Hawkish Looking to Extend Winning Streak to Five
Already the winner of two futurities, Hawkish will be favored to add another to his resume in tonight’s $336,500 PCQHRA Breeders’ Futurity at 350 yards.
Owned by Enrique Gonzalez’s E G High Desert Farms and trained by Concepcion Balderrama, Hawkish, a 2-year-old son of Dash Thru Traffic, has won the Kindergarten and Ed Burke Memorial Futurities. He broke his maiden in his third start at 7-1 in the Kindergarten, then won the Ed Burke by 1 3/4 lengths as the 3-5 favorite on July 26.
A winner of four in a row, Hawkish will be ridden by regular jockey Alex Bautista.
The picks: 1. Sherman Burnett. 2. Maxian. 3. Kid Flyer. 4. Bonos Lotsa Stuff. 5. Bala Bev. 6. Hawkish. 7. Knight Raider. 8. Grateful Heart. 9. One More Heartache. 10. Himes.
Four! Favorite Ovation, Sherman Burnett and Penny Purse in the first, Maxian, Pennants Headlight and Sir Elton in the second, Kid Flyer, Lanes End and Tennaco in the third, then single Bonos Lotsa Stuff in the fourth.
Shots in the dark: Cheyennes Dasher makes her Los Alamitos debut in the fifth. Strawberry Dash switches to jockey Ramon Sanchez in the eighth.
Post time: 6:45 p.m.
On the Net: For entries and results from Los Alamitos, visit: www.latimes.com/horseracing.
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