DQ'd 1-2 finishers try again

SAN MATEO, Calif. - Five of the six 3-year-olds in Sunday's Bay Meadows feature, a $40,000 starter allowance race at 1 1/16 miles on the turf, come off their turf debuts.

The field includes the first-place finisher and the runner-up from a similar race April 22 at Golden Gate Fields. Both were taken down in a rare double disqualification in which Home Port was disqualified from the win and placed second and runner-up More Bertrando disqualified to fifth in separate incidents.

Still, both runners earned career-best Beyer Speed Figures in the race, their first on turf.

made a strong four-wide rally but drifted in down the lane, causing bumping with Hopingandwishing, who was moved up from third to first.

More Bertrando brushed with This Is Living on the first turn. The two brushed again in the upper stretch while they were alternating on the lead. More Bertrando came out a bit, forcing This Is Living to take up, and was disqualified to last.

Home Port and More Bertrando should be better in their second tries on the turf, and each has two half-mile drills since that last race. One of More Bertrando's works was a bullet.

, fourth in the same race but moved up to third, will also be making his second turf start.

El Real ran second in his turf debut, taking the lead in the lane before being gobbled up late by the fast-finishing Ferndale Sal. El Real also record a career-best Beyer in his turf debut, and - sired by El Corredor out of Appealingly Regal - is bred to love the extra distance he'll get on Sunday.

ships north after meeting better horses in his turf debut at Hollywood Park. He was part of a tough pace battle before giving way badly in the lane. He won't face as much pace pressure here and should be able to finish stronger.

Plan for Fun showed grit in winning his maiden when he was stretched out in his second career start. He sat just off the pace early, took over at the quarter-pole, and withstood a stern challenge all the way down the lane.

Silent Speed, who recently won his maiden at a mile, makes his turf debut. He had a maintenance work since his victory, but needed to drop to a low level to get the win and has a relatively low Tomlinson turf rating.