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He’s Expected to Dust Field

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Miami Moon Dust, who has won four of his last six races, will be favored to win the $10,000 Donner Summit Stakes tonight.

Owned by Bob Grimes and trainer Paul Jones, the 4-year-old Texas Hero gelding, who won only one of his first 13 races, has been on a roll all year.

In his last race, he won the Grass Valley by three-quarters of a length May 10. He will break from the outside in the field of six this evening in the 400-yard contest.

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The Donner Summit also includes the second- and third-place finishers in the Grass Valley -- A Rare Gem and Floater. A Rare Gem is trained by Vince Smith, who also will send out Riggsmarolle, an upset winner at nearly 15-1 in his most recent outing June 5.

Completing the lineup are Mayflower Ann and Kates Flyer.

The picks: 1. Frekle Asset. 2. Bandolen. 3. Zoras. 4. Oak Canyon. 5. Miami Moon Dust. 6. Kan Fly. 7. Really A Redhead. 8. Night Lines. 9. Follow This Chick.

Four! Use Frekle Asset and the Rusty Billy-Primo Figlio entry in the first, Rate Me Royal, Mr Looking Glass and Bandolen in the second, Zoras and Amber Croixnoire in the third and Oak Canyon and Jus Jiggin in the fourth.

Shots in the dark: Tw Sheza Crackerjack drops in class in the seventh. First N Favorite debuts for trainer Mike Howell in the ninth.

Post time: 7:15 p.m.

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

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