Photo: Hollywood Park
Downhill
Diva found room along the rail in the stretch and went on to spring a mild
surprise in the $48,000 allowance feature Friday at Hollywood Park.
Owned
by a partnership that includes Fast Lane Farms and trainer Patricia Harrington,
the 3-year-old Swiss Yodeler filly out of the Snow Chief mare Snow Report won
for the fourth time in 12 starts.
Now
3-for-8 over Cushion Track, Downhill Diva, who was ridden by Brice Blanc, ran
the 1 1/16 miles in 1:44.12. The margin of victory was 2 ¼ lengths.
Lifting
her earnings to $120,638, Downhill Diva paid $14.40, $5 and $3.20.
Vision
in Gold, the 13-10 favorite, gained second, 1 ¼ lengths in front of Queen
Martha. She paid $3.20 and $2.40. The show price on Queen Martha, the 5-2
second choice, was $2.80.
Pacesetter
Live and Love was fourth, then came Makoma, First Settler and Americas
Dreaming.
Jockey
Felipe Valdez was taken to nearby Centinela
Hospital Medical
Center for tests after
being involved in a mishap in the second race.
Valdez, 32, who has one
win at the Autumn meet, was unseated at the start by Score for Fun, a
2-year-old maiden trained by Mel Stute for his wife Annabelle. The longest shot
in the field at 46-1, Score for Fun was uninjured.
Trainer
Bob Baffert remains one victory shy of 2,000 in his career. For the Memories,
the stable’s lone starter Friday, finished fourth in the fifth race.