Winning Usually in the Works for Gelding

Willie Works, who won five of eight races as a 2-year-old, is entered in tonight’s $27,050 Cypress Sophomore Handicap at 350 yards.

Trained by Blane Schvaneveldt, Willie Works -- a Utah-bred gelding -- finished worse than second only once last year and earned two graded stakes victories in his final two races as a juvenile.

The chestnut beat Metallic Lion as a 9-1 longshot in the California Juvenile Challenge on Aug. 29, then won the Juvenile Challenge Championship, a Grade I, by 1 1/4 lengths on Nov. 1. Rodrigo Aceves will ride Willie Works.

The picks: 1. Best Of Change. 2. The Money Train. 3. Ghazieh Okba. 4. Blastin Holland. 5. Kelly’s Hat. 6. Jims Ladies Man. 7. Miss Special Dasher. 8. That Lovely Day. 9. Mocha Blast. 10. Give Me An Effort.

Four! Take Best Of Change and Keelhauled in the first, The Money Train in the second, Ghazieh Okba and Charleene in the third and Blastin Holland, Someone In Need and Proud Fantacia in the fourth.

Shots in the dark: Sunshineorshadows makes her Los Alamitos debut in the fifth after winning two of eight starts at Emerald Downs. Scr Proudest Target switches to jockey Alex Bautista in the sixth.

Post Time: 6:30 p.m.

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