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Mast Track returns to Hollywood for Californian MAST TRACK (Mizzen Mast) has dropped five straight starts at other venues since winning the 2008 Hollywood Gold Cup (G1), but he remains a perfect one-for-one over the Cushion Track in Inglewood, California. The five-year-old horse will return to Hollywood Park for Saturday's $250,000 Californian S. (G2), which will serve as a tune-up for a title defense in the July 11 Gold Cup, and he'll face 11 opponents in the 1 1/8-mile event. Owned, bred and trained by Bobby Frankel, Mast Track has been freshened off a disappointing seventh in the Charles Town Classic in mid-April. He led wire-to-wire in last year's Gold Cup, but will likely be tracking the speed on Saturday under David Flores. There's a lot of early zip in the field. Four-time stakes victor BALL FOUR (Grand Slam) exits a wire-to-wire tally in the May 9 Mervyn LeRoy H. (G2) at Hollywood and will likely show speed once again with Joseph Talamo. Once-beaten stakes winner RAIL TRIP (Jump Start), who has the services of Jose Valdivia Jr., figures to revert to front-running tactics following his runner-up effort in the Mervyn LeRoy. Grade 2 hero AWESOME GEM (Awesome Gem) will be a late-running threat following his rallying third in the Berkeley S. (G3), and Mervyn LeRoy third DAKOTA PHONE (Zavata) also owns a strong closing kick. Earlier on the program, five horses will square off over 1 3/4 grassy miles in the $100,000 Round Table H. (G3). Grade 2 winner and multiple Grade 1 runner-up OBRIGADO (Fr) (Enrique) is the top draw.
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