Filly Is Seeking to Regain Winning Form

Ab What A Runner will try to rebound from her first loss in eight starts in the $269,200 Los Alamitos Derby tonight.

A Grade 1 at 400 yards, the Derby features the 10 fastest qualifiers from trials that were held two weeks ago.

A winner of her first seven, including the 2002 All American Futurity at Ruidoso, Ab What A Runner finished second in her trial, beaten a head by Strawberry Dash.

G.R. Carter will ride the gray filly for owners Donnie and Kris Hill and trainer Bret Vickery. Ab What A Runner will break from post nine.

The picks: 1. Star’s Copy Cat. 2. Regent Te. 3. Amazing Zelda. 4. A Willing Chic. 5. Southerly Flow. 6. He Could Be The One. 7. Band Red Hot. 8. Ib Snow. 9. Ab What A Runner. 10. Cappoquin.

Four! Star’s Copy Cat in the first, Regent Te, Lettherockroll and Dasani Lake in the second, Amazing Zelda, Yhaf Fay Tiki and Tikis French Kiss in the third and Kiss This G Bye, A Willing Chic and A Cashin in the fourth.

Shots in the dark: Slipthejab makes her first start for trainer Santiago Rodriguez in the fifth. Theworldiswhatumakit is a debuting son of Corona Cartel for trainer Jose Flores in the sixth.

Post time: 6:30 p.m.

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