Running BacSeeks First Victory as 5-Year-Old

A winner of four of six in 2002, Running Bac will try for her first win as a 5-year-old in tonight’s eighth, a $13,850 allowance at 300 yards.

Owned by J. Francisco Diaz and trained by Juan Aleman, the Utah-bred mare won four handicaps last year and was third in another. In her only start in 2003, she was a troubled eighth in the Charger Bar Handicap on Jan. 25.

Running Bac, who has won 10 of 19 races in her career and earned more than $108,000, will break from Post 6 in the field of seven and will be ridden for the first time by Hector Cuevas.

Marmeta, who will leave from the outside post, is the only entrant coming off a victory, but it was almost eight months ago. The 4-year-old Pritzi Dash mare, who is owned and trained by Paul Jones, hasn’t been out since she won an allowance by 1 1/2 lengths Dec. 6. Jones also is scheduled to run Wire Ta Wire.

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The picks: 1. Mebered. 2. Seasoned Pro. 3. Fresno Jazz. 4. Said Enough. 5. Seymour Strawberries. 6. Sudden Mischief. 7. Snow Wonder I Win. 8. Last Shall Be First. 9. Amender.

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Four! Use Mebered, Dear Crossing and Tall Man King in the first, Novia and Seasoned Pro in the second, Fresno Jazz and Toast To Tom in the third and Restless Warrior and Said Enough in the fourth.

Shots in the dark: Coronetta makes her first start in seven months for trainer Carlos Lopez in the fifth. Snow Shark races for the first time in the seventh.

Post time: 6:15 p.m.

On the Net: For entries and results from Los Alamitos,

visit: www.latimes.com/horseracing/