Jones Breaks Single-Season Earnings Record
When La Premier Fleur ran second in a maiden race Friday, trainer Paul Jones broke the record for single-season earnings. The $1,687 picked up by the maiden pushed Jones’ earnings for 2003 to $3,531,720, breaking the record of $3,531,572 set by Blane Schvaneveldt in 1984.
Jones added to his total as Love That Gold and Marmeta banked $1,500 in the ninth.
The best race tonight brings Arabians Mucho Caliente and Kador De Blaziet together in the sixth at 4 1/2 furlongs. With close to $150,000 in earnings, Mucho Caliente will be seeking his third win in his last four starts; Kador De Blaziet has won two of his last three.
The picks: 1. Rosie Is Red. 2. Ghazieh Okba. 3. Carol Day. 4. Strawberry Banks. 5. Browny Caliente. 6. Tylers Cash Flow. 7. Mucho Caliente. 8. Fishers Good Time. 9. Hez de Rocket.
Four! Rosie Is Red and Twaynas Red Bid in the first, Sliceofspice and Ghazieh Okba in the second, Direct and Carol Day in the third and Strawberry Banks, Cindys Morningstar and Kelly’s Hat in the fourth.
Shots in the dark: I See Dreams makes his first start against maidens in the fifth. Lender switches to jockey Alex Bautista in the sixth.
Post time: 5:30 p.m.
On the Net: For entries and results, visit: www.latimes.com/horseracing/
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