American H.

TRACK BANDIT PREVIEWS

KING OF HAPPINESS (Spinning World) appears to be the class of Sunday's

$250,000 American H. (G2) at Hollywood Park and we can't go against the talented

chestnut despite his 9-5 morning-line favorite status. Trained by Neil Drysdale,

the six-year-old earned a nose win in the Inglewood H. (G3) in his seasonal

debut, then returned last out to just miss by a half-length in the Shoemaker

Breeders' Cup Mile S. (G1). He earned a nice 104 BRIS Speed rating for that last

effort and owns both speed and a late kick, which should prove enough to take

this 1 1/8-mile grass test. Patrick Valenzuela in the saddle only improves his

chances.

FAST AND FURIOUS (Fr) (Singspiel [Ire]) has done well since coming to the

United States last fall and could offer a challenge for it all here under Victor

Espinoza. The dark bay has yet to break through with a win, but has been close

in all three starts, finishing third in the Shoemaker most recently. He earned a

101 Speed figure for that one, and the Ron McAnally-trained four-year-old could

finally capture that elusive first U.S. score on Sunday.

QSAR (Ger) (Tiger Hill) scored in his first U.S. start last out, taking an

optional-claimer by three parts of a length after tracking the pace. Conditioned

by Bobby Frankel, the bay four-year-old owns five wins from eight grass races

and could improve that figure under John Velazquez in this spot.

HE'S CRAFTY (Crafty Prospector) could add some value to the exotics is he

goes off anywhere near his 20-1 morning-line odds. The Wesley Ward charge is

moving up in class here, coming off a claiming-race victory, but owns the

numbers to get the job done. The six-year-old chestnut has also been working

well of late and might have enough to make a race of it. Rene Douglas has the

call.

LAURA'S LUCKY BOY (Theatrical [Ire]) will be making his second start for

Richard Mandella here and will need to improve drastically off a ninth in the

Maker's Mark Mile (G2) last out. The four-year-old owns the talent to do just

that, as evidenced by his recent sharp works at Santa Anita. He could be

overlooked by the general public on Sunday but result in a nice price at the end

of the race. WHILLY (Ire) (Sri Pekan) looked like a monster last year but, in

one start since a runner-up finish in the Dubai Duty Free (UAE-G1), hasn't been

able to reclaim that form. He could come back with a stellar run here, so

consider for part.

CAPITANO (Belong to Me) loves the distance (2-2) and might fill out the

bottom of the exotics. FOURTY NINERS SON (Distorted Humor) brings a three-race

win streak into this one and steps up in class. He could earn a share. SIGINT (Wekiva

Springs) doesn't look fast enough to challenge against these. We can't

recommend.