Lazaro Barrera Memorial

TRACK BANDIT PREVIEWS

Eleven sophomore sprinters are set to line up on Sunday in the $100,000 Lazaro Barrera Memorial S. (G3) at Hollywood Park, and TRY TO FLY (Trippi) could

keep his record perfect in his third career start. The Doug O'Neill-trained

chestnut broke his maiden by 5 1/4 lengths going three-quarters at Santa Anita

in early March, then was immediately sent to take on stakes company in the San

Pedro S. last out. He raced near the rear of that field, rallied between rivals

and gutted out the half-length score under Joseph Talamo, who returns to the

saddle here. Try to Fly earned competitive BRIS numbers in each of those starts

and could continue his move forward after posting consecutive bullet works at

Hollywood this month.

EUROGLIDE (Honor Glide) is also looking to move his record to a perfect

three-for-three here. The Peter Eurton charge broke his maiden by 6 1/4 lengths

going six furlongs before stretching out to Sunday's seven-furlong distance to

take an allowance at Santa Anita by three parts of a length. The bay gelding won

both in front-running fashion, earning a 106 BRIS E2 Pace figure for his maiden,

and could take this one all the way home under Corey Nakatani.

PRINCIPLE SECRET (Sea of Secrets) will try to use his experience to overcome

his rivals here. The dark bay three-year-old jumped straight off a maiden debut

win to take the Best Pal S. (G2) at Del Mar in August. He just missed by a neck

to eventual Grade 1 winner Stormello (Stormy Atlantic) in the Norfolk Breeders' Cup S.

(G2) and then was eased in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1). The Christopher

Paasch-conditioned colt ended his juvenile season with an off-the-board finish

in the Hollywood Futurity (G1) and returned off the four-month break to finish

second to our top pick in the San Pedro most recently. Principle Secret will be

looking to turn the tables on that rival here with Alex Solis.

TIME TO GET EVEN (Stephen Got Even) captured his maiden on May 13 by 2 1/2

lengths, improving in a big way off his initial start in March. The dark bay

colt rallied three wide to score by 2 1/2 lengths, garnering a 101 BRIS Speed

figure and 102 E2 Pace rating. Trained by Walther Solis, he could make a run for

the top three in his stakes debut. ANOTHER KRIS (Kissin Kris) is three-for-four

in his career, with his only loss coming in the Sunshine Millions Dash S. in

May. The Jerry Hollendorfer trainee had excuses that day, coming from far back

instead of racing close to or setting the pace like he prefers. Another Kris

could redeem himself here in the exotics.

ABALANCHE (Snow Ridge) is a consistent performer, finishing a nice fourth in

the San Pedro S. two back before running third in an allowance on Hollywood's

Cushion Track. The dark bay sophomore could use that experience over the track

to grab a share of this one. DESERT CODE (E Dubai), winner of the grassy Baldwin

S. (G3) in March, looks to be the class of this field. He broke his maiden on

the Cushion Track, but has spent his past three races running on the turf. The

chestnut colt could easily take this one, but we're willing to take a shot

against the probable favorite.

SCAT THIEF (Cat Thief) didn't handle his past two tries against graded

company and we don't think he'll fare any better here. HURRY HOME WARREN

(Mancini), also entered in Saturday's Will Rogers S. (G3), couldn't break his maiden until moving to the turf and has excelled on

that surface. Even if he runs here, we'll just watch to see how he handles the Cushion Track. Both ROBBOS COURAGE (Mr. Greeley) and TAXI FLEET (Northern Afleet) own lower numbers

than others in here. We can't recommend either.