Whosleavingwho Tries to Leave Them Behind

Whosleavingwho, the co-world champion with Streakin Sin Tacha in 2002, will make his first start of the year in tonight’s third and final trial for the $200,000 Los Alamitos Winter Championship.

The Texas-bred gelding, who completed his 4-year-old season with a victory in the Champion of Champions on Dec. 14, is one of 21 older horses trying to earn a spot in the Winter Championship, a Grade I to be run March 1. The 10 fastest qualifiers tonight will move on to the 400-yard final.

Owned by Jim Geiller and Kim Kessinger and trained by Paul Jones, Whosleavingwho will break from the rail under jockey Joe Badilla Jr. Among his opponents are Miami Cartel, Ddf De Great Saiga and Backed By Speed.

Dinastia Toll, who won the Charger Bar Handicap last month, heads the first trial, and Takin On Spoon Man, Agouti and Harley Man are the top contenders in the second.

Also trained by Jones, Agouti won the Southern California Derby last month and has been first or second in 14 of 20 starts.

The picks: 1. Barbies Paint. 2. Prized Pistol. 3. Miami Moon Dust. 4. Mean Gene. 5. Zip Lip. 6. Spring Bold. 7. Dinastia Toll. 8. Agouti. 9. Whosleavingwho. 10. A Classic Pie.

Four! Use Sixes Quick and Barbies Paint in the first, single Prized Pistol in the second, Awsome Chicken, Miami Moon Dust and Mighty Advance Man in the third and Bluduino, Mean Gene and Go Go Woodstock in the fourth.

Shots in the dark: Bobcat Bob just won nicely and could make his presence felt in the seventh. Ib Snow could fire fresh in the eighth for trainer Felix Gonzalez.

Post time: 7:15 p.m.

On the Net: For entries and results from Los Alamitos, visit: www.latimes.com/horseracing.