Del Mar Futurity (gr. I) winner Tamarando will look to rebound from two consecutive defeats when he faces seven rivals in the $100,000 Real Quiet Stakes at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, the two-year-old son of Bertrando won the Del Mar Futurity by closing five lengths in the final furlong to triumph by a half-length. This performance was followed by a pair of third-place finishes in the FrontRunner Stakes (gr. I) -- in which Tamarando broke slowly before rallying -- and the Golden State Juvenile Stakes, in which he made up 4 1/2 lengths in the stretch to be beaten just 1 1/2 lengths. These performances -- while defeats -- were impressive enough to make Tamarando the 5-2 morning line favorite in the Real Quiet.
Facing Tamarando are a pair of promising debut winners named Green Mask and Beach Hut. The former, trained by Wesley Ward, broke his maiden by 5 1/4 lengths sprinting six furlongs over the Keeneland Polytrack, while the latter -- trained by Bob Baffert -- won his first start by 3 1/4 lengths over the same distance at Santa Anita Park.
A somewhat surprising 12-1 on the morning line is Better Bet, who defeated Tamarando in the Golden State Juvenile Stakes at odds of 47-1. Electric Eddie and Life Is a Joy -- the second- and fifth-place finishers, respectively, in that race -- are also entered in the Real Quiet.
Rounding out the field are Karma King, who broke his maiden first-time out at Del Mar before finishing second in an allowance race at Golden Gate Fields, and Mr. Splash, who unleashed a powerful late run to break his maiden first-time out at Golden Gate.
Entries:
PP/Horse/Jockey
1 Karma King/Joe Talamo
2 Electric Eddie/Agapito Delgadillo
3 Green Mask/Kent Desormeaux
4 Mr. Splash/Mike Smith
5 Life Is a Joy/Corey Nakatani
6 Tamarando/Rafael Bejarano
7 Better Bet/Martin Pedroza
8 Beach Hut/Martin Garcia
-Keelerman
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