Gold Cup Day at HP

[my miss storm cat]

Excerpt(s), Hollywood Park barn notes.....

(Lava Man is out... going to the Eddie Read at Del Mar).

Nice fields taking shape.

Gold Cup - Probable are Heatseeker (Bejarano), Tiago (Mike Smith), Big Booster (Corey Nakatani), McCann's Mojave (Frank Alvarado), Perfect Drift (Victor Espinoza), Racketeer (Rosario) and Student Council (Shaun Bridgmohan).


A Gleam - Ashley's Kitty (Joseph Talamo), Dawn After Dawn (Gomez), Dearest Trickski (Smith), Intangaroo (Alonso Quinonez), Magnificience (David Flores), Romance Is Diane (Rafael Bejarano), Spenditallbaby (Joel Rosario) and Tiz Elemental (Victor Espinoza).


American - Hyperbaric is expected to face Shoemaker winner Daytona (Alex Solis) and the Bobby Frankel-trained duo of Heroi Do Bafra (Aaron Gryder) and Storm Military (Rafael Bejarano) in the American. Heroi Do Bafra worked four furlongs in :48.80, and Storm Military drilled five panels in 1:01 Sunday.

Three other nominees considered possible also worked: Albertus Maximus five furlongs in :59 on Cushion Track; Worldly, six furlongs in 1:17, and Becrux, seven furlongs in 1:28.40, on turf.


Landaluce - Atka (Jon Court), Cosmic Queen (Mike Smith), Glitter City (Martin Garcia), Got Tobe Rio (Alex Solis), Lentissimo (Alonso Quinonez) and Malusita (Jose Campos).