No Pet Peeves Is Retired After 20th Victory

No Pet Peeves, one of the more popular performers at 870 yards, has been retired.

The 10-year-old gelded son of Sir Alibi went out a winner for owner Mimi Wells and trainer Dan Francisco.

Favored against $2,000 claimers in Friday night’s second race, No Pet Peeves looked beaten at the head of the short stretch but used a powerful late surge to overtake Amender and win for the 20th time in 69 starts. A five-time stakes winner at Los Alamitos, he earned $208,197.

“My kids would tell me, ‘Let him win his 20th race and then retire him,’ ” Wells said. “He’s done that, so now he gets to go home to my ranch.”

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The picks: 1. Flying Jeb. 2. Lonely Desert. 3. Grand Desire. 4. Bys Bug. 5. Begin The Begin. 6. A Lady With Rhythm. 7. Cartels Collection. 8. Lucky Red Hot.

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Four! Single Begin The Begin in the fifth, Use A Lady With Rhythm, Cathedral and Elvia Six in the sixth, Picasso Toll, Resist and Cartels Collection in the seventh, Lucky Red Hot, Shell Ha and Dicey Sis in the eighth.

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Shots in the dark: Get Um Injun should improve with a clean takeoff in his second start for trainer Carlos Lopez in the second. Prouduino had excuses in his latest and can make amends in the fourth for trainer Chris O’Dell.

Post time: 7:15 p.m.

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