Leading Trainer Jones Tries Lucky No. 7

Beginning tonight, purses for quarter horse races will increase by 15 percent, which averages to $1,000 a race.

This means that the minimum purse for all overnight contests is $5,000 and the track will continue to pay $300 to the owner of every starter in all quarter horse races.

On tonight’s card, Paul Jones, the runaway leader in the trainer standings, will send out only three horses in the eight races and two of them are in the seventh, a 350-yard affair for older maidens.

Jones will be represented by The Notary, a first-time starter owned by Bill Henthorn, and Indian Jack Flash, a gelding who has been fourth and fifth in his first two races. Cody Jensen will ride The Notary, Ramon Sanchez Indian Jack Flash.

Earlier, Jones will send out another rookie in the third, a 300-yard race for 2-year-old maidens. Sanchez will ride Mocha Blast.

The picks: 1. Beduinos Missy Sissy. 2. Grand Desire. 3. Deal Buster. 4. Local Call. 5. Kay Dees Effort. 6. Striking Miss Julie. 7. Indian Jack Flash. 8. Second First Shake.

Four! Use Julyssa Dash and Beduinos Missy Sissy in the first, single Grand Desire in the second, Deal Buster, Mocha Blast and Not Another Corona in the third and No Pet Peeves, Local Call and Mystical Sign in the fourth.

Shots in the dark: Silkn Grace debuts in the sixth. First Clone should improve second time out in the seventh.

Post time: 7:15 p.m.

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