Appealing Resume has that winning habit
CYPRESS, Calif. – Appealing Resume’s career has been inconspicuous. The 7-year-old mare has never started in a stakes, dropped as low as $4,000 claiming early in her career, and has campaigned mostly in Northern California and Washington.
She has kept winning, 14 times, tied for the most by any Successful Appeal progeny. On Friday at Los Alamitos, Appealing Resume will try to make it 15 wins in race 7, a starter allowance for fillies and mares who have raced for a $25,000 tag or less since the start of 2013 and have not won at the level since.
Six fillies and mares were entered in race 7 on a sleepy card. Four of the eight races are maiden claimers, a restricted $6,250 claimer was split, and 2-year-old special-weight maiden fillies go 5 1/2 furlongs.
Appealing Resume will be among the favorites in the featured race.
DRF FORMULATOR FACT: No. 5 Appealing Resume. Trainer Billy Morey is winless in 14 starts over the past five years on dirt in the first start following a claim. Click for more details. – Mike Hogan
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The starter allowance is the first seven-furlong race of the short meet, over a track that last weekend produced slower times and played fair to all styles, including late runners. The profile shift benefits Appealing Resume, who generally rallies from off the pace.
Appealing Resume was reclaimed by Ed Moger last out from a fourth-place finish in a $25,000 claiming race. Appealing Resume has made 26 starts for Moger, winning 11. Her rivals Friday include Prettyhotprincess, third last out in a $20,000 claiming race, and Tim’s Go Girl, a runner-up last out while finishing five lengths in front of Appealing Resume.
DRF FORMULATOR FACT: No. 2 Prettyhotprincess. Trainer Hector Palma is 2 for 5 (4 in the money) with a $3.88 ROI over the past five years going from synthetic to dirt in the second start following a layoff. Click for more details. – Mike Hogan
KEY CONTENDERS
Appealing Resume (Last 3 Beyers: 55-67-50)
◗ Jockey Francisco Duran is named to ride Appealing Resume for the first time since 2011. Appealing Resume is 5 for 8 under Duran.
◗ Appealing Resume has run well at Los Alamitos. She finished second, well clear of third, in a similar starter allowance during the summer meet.
◗ Appealing Resume, who has earned $252,797, is one of two Successful Appeal progeny with 14 wins. The other is the 8-year-old mare Perpetuity, based at Mountaineer Park.
Prettyhotprincess (Last 3 Beyers: 71-73-72)
◗ In her only California start, Prettyhotprincess finished third in a $40,000 claiming sprint last month at Del Mar.
◗ Trained by Hector Palma, her rider is Kent Desormeaux.
◗ The 4-year-old filly has won 3 of 18.
◗ She is dropping in class and looks like the one to beat.
Tim’s Go Girl (Last 3 Beyers: 70-68-65)
◗ The runner-up last out in a $25,000 claiming sprint at Del Mar, Tim’s Go Girl is trained by Doug O’Neill.
◗ A 3-year-old filly with an improving pattern, Tim’s Go Girl will be ridden by Elvis Trujillo.
◗ O’Neill and Trujillo entered closing week 4 for 9 together at this meet, giving them more wins than any other trainer-jockey combination.