Turf’s up for Bend A Little

Nobody can ever say Bend A Little has to carry her turf course around with her. The 5-year-old Benny The Dip mare has six wins in her career and each has come at a different track.

Making her Hollywood Park debut, Bend A Little, a 9-1 shot, won the $61,800 Hermosa Beach Handicap on Saturday. Owned by Cynthia Knight and trained by Christophe Clement, Bend a Little had won at Calder, Gulfstream Park, Belmont Park, Saratoga and Delaware Park.

Ridden by Jose Valdivia Jr., Bend A Little, making her first start at 1 1/2 miles, was never far off the slow pace set by longshot Lasika, angled out at the head of the stretch, got the lead and safely held 3-1 second choice Aubonne to win by 1 1/4 lengths. The final time was 2:29.10.

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Jockey Eibar Coa won two of the stakes that were part of a pick four at Calder.

Coa won the $200,000 Elmer Heubeck Distaff with heavily favored Take D’Tour, then took the $200,000 Carl G. Rose Classic on Rehoboth, who won in a desperate finish over longshot Dazzling Dr. Cevin and Summer Book.

In the other two races, favored Revved Up won the $150,000 Bonnie Heath Turf Cup under jockey Eddie Castro and Edgar Prado guided 8-1 shot D’artagnans’spirit to a head win over 31-1 outsider Eternal Look in the $150,000 Jack Dudley Sprint Handicap.

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In a race taken off the turf and reduced to a field of five, Naughty New Yorker, the 19-10 second choice and a main track only entrant, won the $147,000 Red Smith Handicap on Saturday at Aqueduct.... Arbuckle Bandit, a 10-1 shot, won for the third time in five starts on grass, taking the $150,000 Commonwealth Turf at Churchill Downs.... Jockey Russell Baze won once on Saturday at Bay Meadows, giving him 9,510 career wins, leaving him 20 shy of tying Laffit Pincay Jr. on the all-time list.

bob.mieszerski@latimes.com