She Seeks Fresh Start in Lake Forest

A winner of six of 10 starts in 2002, Ddf De Great Saiga seeks her first win of this year in tonight’s $15,000 Lake Forest Handicap.

Owned by Miguel Martinez and trained by Adan Farias, the 4-year-old Idaho bred mare has been idle since finishing fourth behind Whosleavingwho in a trial for the Los Alamitos Winter Championship.

Successful in eight of 21 lifetime, the daughter of Floyd De Great has run well fresh before and three of her last four victories have come at 350 yards, the distance of the Lake Forest.

The small field is completed by Wire Ta Wire, who has won two of her last three for leading trainer Paul Jones, Annual Edition, another Jones trainee, Yak Ity Yak Go, who lost as the 1-2 favorite in a field of five on May 11 and Oh Bobbette, who has only one victory in 29 starts.

The picks: 1. Splash Of Gucci. 2. Ensueno Chick. 3. Silky Goose. 4. Concorde Cs. 5. Hey Dale. 6. Wynhurst. 7. Spittin And Splittin. 8. Ddf De Great Saiga. 9. Inkys Beda Roses.

Four! Use Wynhurst and Raging Roman in the sixth, Spittin And Splittin, Blushing Blake and Magical Rhythm in the seventh, Ddf De Great Saiga and Yak Ity Yak Go in the eighth and Inkys Beda Roses and Kacy Red in the ninth.

Shot in the dark: Chico Dorado should improve with the class drop in the second.

Post time: 5:30 p.m.

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