Baffert could start four in CashCall Futurity

As usual, trainer Bob Baffert has his sights set on the Grade 1, $750,000

CashCall Futurity, which is expected to draw a near capacity field for its 32nd

running on Saturday at Hollywood Park.

The Hall of Fame conditioner, who has won three of the last four Futurities,

including the 2011 edition with Liaison, is expected to start four, though final

plans and rider assignments for the race, which will be run at 1 1/16 miles over

the Cushion Track, will be cemented in the next couple of days.

The "final four" of his 26 nominations are Carving, winner of the Real Quiet

Stakes on November 10; Den's Legacy, who captured the Grade 3 Generous on turf

November 24; Really Mr Greely, upset winner of the Grade 3 Hollywood Prevue on

November 22; and Title Contender, who set the pace while making his stakes bow

in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile before fading to eighth on November 3.

Shipping in from New York will be unbeaten Violence, trained by Todd Pletcher.

The Medaglia d'Oro colt was a debut winner at Saratoga on August 18 before an

easy victory in the Grade 2 Nashua at Aqueduct on November 4.

He's Had Enough, beaten a head at 19-1 by Shanghai Bobby in the Breeders' Cup

Juvenile, has J. Paul Reddam, Doug O'Neill and Mario Gutierrez thinking about

another Triple Crown run. The connections won this year's Kentucky Derby and

Preakness with I'll Have Another, who was retired with an injury prior to the

Belmont Stakes.

Ken McPeek, who shipped Pure Fun to Hollywood Park for an emphatic victory in

Saturday's Grade 1 Hollywood Starlet, has two possibilities for the CashCall --

Bold Challenger, an impressive maiden winner on November 2 at Churchill Downs,

and Boundless Heart, a developing son of Elusive Quality.

Other probable starters are Oxbow, a 4 3/4-length maiden winner at Churchill

Downs on November 25 for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, and Little Jerry,

who posted a stunning $53.80 debut victory for trainer Richard Baltas on

November 18. Also expected are Fury Kapcori and Dirty Swagg, the second- and

third-place finishers, respectively, in the Real Quiet.

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