A glimpse of the future at Hollywood Park

The last two Grade I races for 2-year-olds in 2006 will be run at Hollywood Park over the weekend.

Ten males will get together in the $250,000-guaranteed Hollywood Futurity today, about 24 hours before 13 fillies race in the $250,000-guaranteed Hollywood Starlet.

Eclipse awards are not on the line in these 1 1/16 -mile races. Divisional honors in each category were assured Nov. 4 in the Breeders’ Cup races at Churchill Downs.

Street Sense clinched 2-year-old honors with his 10-length win in the Juvenile, and unbeaten Dreaming Of Anna won the 2-year-old filly title with a wire-to-wire victory in the Juvenile Fillies.

Still, both the Futurity and Starlet are interesting races with large, competitive fields. The future looks bright for several of the youngsters competing and some could join the list of previous Futurity and Starlet participants who went on to stardom.

Past Futurity winners include A.P. Indy and Point Given, each of whom went on to become horse of the year, as well as Real Quiet and Snow Chief, who combined to win three Triple Crown races.

Some who ran in the Futurity but did not win it include 2005 Kentucky Derby upsetter Giacomo; Thunder Gulch, who won the Kentucky Derby and Belmont in 1994, and Alysheba, who won the Derby and Preakness in 1986.

The Starlet was won by a pair of eventual 2-year-old filly champions, Althea and Outstandingly, as well as multiple stakes winners Very Subtle, Goodbye Halo, Serena’s Song and Sharp Cat.

In the 26th Futurity, Belgravia will be seeking to remain perfect in his third start for owners John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Ahmed Zayat and trainer Patrick Biancone.

Purchased for $2 million in February at a Fasig-Tipton sale in Florida, the son of Mr. Greeley, a winner at 6 1/2 and seven furlongs, will be trying two turns for the first time.

In his Hollywood Park debut, Belgravia won the Hollywood Prevue by a nose Nov. 18. He will break from the outside under jockey Julien Leparoux and will be looking to give Biancone his second Futurity win in four years. The French trainer won with Lion Heart, who went on to finish second in both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness in 2003.

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The California Horse Racing Board recently filed complaints against trainers Art Sherman and Wesley Ward for medication violations.

Brahma Bull, trained by Sherman, exceeded the allowed level of total carbon dioxide when he finished second in the fourth race at Bay Meadows on Dec. 2.

Denaeslittledevil, a filly trained by Ward, tested positive for phentermine, a stimulant that isn’t permitted to be in a horse’s system at any level, and its metabolite hydroxyphentermine after she’d won the 11th race July 1 at the Alameda County Fair in Northern California. Hearings have not been scheduled in either case.

Horses trained by Mike Mitchell will begin running out of the detention barn Sunday and continue for 45 days, ending Jan. 30.

Dynout, trained by Mitchell, finished second in the sixth race Nov. 19 at Hollywood Park, then was found to be over the allowable level of total carbon dioxide.

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T.H. Approval, who finished seventh as the 3-2 favorite in the Hollywood Turf Cup a week ago, has been retired. The multiple stakes winner for owner-breeder Tadahiro Hotehama and trainer Eduardo Inda fractured the sesamoid bone in his right front leg during the running of the Grade I.

The son of With Approval finished his career with seven victories in 28 starts and earnings of $863,708.

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Negotiations are continuing between Television Games Network and HorseRacing TV regarding a one-year experiment during which account holders would be able to bet races normally exclusive to one betting service or the other.

If an agreement were reached -- considered unlikely before Dec. 26, the start of Santa Anita’s winter-spring meet -- TVG holders would be able to wager on races from Santa Anita and Golden Gate Fields, which they currently cannot do.

Later in the year, HRTV or Xpressbet account holders would be able to make bets on races at Hollywood Park, Del Mar and the Oak Tree meet at Santa Anita.

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bob.mieszerski@latimes.com