DRF's Horse Racing Playbook for Friday, July 24, 2026
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2:06 WO 3rd JMR SPEEDY ESCAPE (#2, 10-1) was competitive in all three of his starts at the meet at this $7.5K conditioned class. Shortening up to 5 1/2 furlongs might be to his benefit. – Ron Gierkink | Get Past Performances for this race
2:52 SAR 4th GET A JOB (#3, 8-1) earned figures in the mid-80s while winning twice over fellow state-breds early in his career; promptly got back on track when winning an off-turf race here last summer, then held his own in his next two starts while facing tougher than this; interesting at a fair price as he drops for his return from the layoff. – Mike Beer | Get Past Performances for this race
5:24 WO 9th ACCELERANDO (#1, 7-2) is a DRF Best Bet (Ron Gierkink). | Get Past Performances for this race
5:31 DMR 2nd TIZ ALLURING (#5, 4-1) shortens in distance after she faltered to seventh setting the pace in a productive maiden turf sprint at Santa Anita. But her previous start was a promising third-place debut from off the pace; second out she unexpectedly set the pace and faded. Seems she runs best from behind, which is the likely strategy switching to jockey Juan Hernandez. Furthermore, the race 'ALLURING ran in turned out productive. The winner Somerset West won the G2 San Clemente last weekend; third place Goodies scored an impressive maiden win opening day. – Brad Free | Get Past Performances for this race
5:45 SAR 9th VOODOO DOLL (#2, 7-2) finished strongly to win each of his first two starts sprinting, including the turf debut in his first start back from a layoff; was put on the lead when stretched to a mile last time, and he was never letting that field get by in the stretch, even after the runnerup bumped him and forced him into the gap just as the closers were coming into contention; still has forward to go. – Mike Beer | Get Past Performances for this race
6:19 SAR 10th GOLD SOVEREIGN (#4, 4-1) finished gamely to hold his ground through a fast final three-eighths when stretched out in distance two back; lost his best chance when boxed up in traffic at a crucial point last time; rates another chance with Prat returning. – Mike Beer | Get Past Performances for this race
7:02 DMR 5th SUNK COST FALLACY (#9, 6-1) drops from Cal-bred maiden-50 to Cal-bred maiden-12.5k. His fourth-place finishes two and three starts back would be plenty fast enough. – Brad Free | Get Past Performances for this race
8:32 DMR 8th GOING NOWHERE (#4, 8-1) is a DRF Best Bet (Brad Free). | Get Past Performances for this race