The 5th race at Hollywood Park on June 24 gained key race status Thursday afternoon as Rossi Reserve, with jockey Victor Espinoza on board, was victorious in the 5th Race at Del Mar by a length and three-quarters over Place horse Akeela. Earlier in the week, in the 4th race on closing day at Hollywood Park, Kiss My Swiss, trained by Jorge Alcala and ridden by Juan Hernandez, went wire-to-wire to win by a comfortable two and a half lengths.
I feel that it should be noted that Rossi Reserve's and Kiss My Swiss' victories both came against lower grade competition than that which they faced on June 24. While entrants in the key race had been running for a tag of $20k-$18k, Kiss My Swiss was victorious at the slightly lower $16k-$14k level, while Rossie Reserve's win came against a field for sale for $8k-$7k. Make of that information what you will.
The rest of the field from the key race, as near as I can tell, has not yet come back from the June 24 contest. This includes the Exacta in that race, Classy Attraction and Fast Eydie, as well as the bottom two finishers, Ambitoness and Candy's Pleasure. Note that of those four, Fast Eydie was the only one not claimed out of the June 24 race.
Peace and Love,
Jimbo
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