Los Alamitos Race 5

Allowance Optional Claiming

Stake: $69,491

DEVIL BE ME (5) Ran 6th last start at Del Mar Thoroughbred. Can show a better performance this time. Has genuine claims in this race. GEEZER (6) Finished with purpose when winning last start at Del Mar Thoroughbred and ideal distance as proven previously. Tiago Josue Pereira is a suitable jockey booking. Winning hope. TOOK CHARGE (1) Improved to place when 2nd beaten by 1/2L last run at Los Alamitos and going back up in trip. Expecting to settle positively. Exhibiting good form this preparation. Hard to dismiss. CHICK'S DIG IT (2) Lacklustre showing when 11th last run at Santa Anita but has a positive draw. Shows very good finishing speed. Place hopes amongst this field.

Distance: 1207m
Track: Good
Weather: overcast
Surface: Dirt
Class: ALLOW OCLM

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Took Charge (1) 445129x382
Trainer: Martin Jr Valenzuela (USA)
Jockey: Efrain Hernandez
Weight: 56kg
Prize Money: $375,777
Win / Place: 16% / 62%

7 yo Dark Bay/Brown Gelding

Sire: TAKE CHARGE INDY (USA)

Dam: CHARLIE'S LEGACY (USA)

Dam's Sire: Indian Charlie

Rating

Stats

Career

24: 4-6-5

Distance

9: 0-3-3

Trk/Dst

1: 0-0-1

Track

1: 0-0-1

Season

3: 0-1-1

1st Up

6: 1-2-3

2nd Up

5: 1-0-0

3rd Up

4: 0-1-1

4th Up

3: 1-0-1

Turf

6: 1-1-0

Synthetic

1: 0-0-1

Dirt

17: 3-5-4

Fast

6: 1-1-0

Firm

6: 1-1-0

Anti-Clockwise

24: 4-6-5

Jockey Stats

Horse

3: 0-1-1

Last 50

0: 0-0-0

Trainer

W 0% P 0%

Distance

W 0% P 0%

Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Distance

W 0% P 0%

Distance Range Last 6 months

914m - 1308m

Comments

Comes off a 48 day let-up. Last start sat on the pace when 2nd of 8 at Los Alamitos Qh on October 26 over 914m, 0.6 len behind Baladi carrying 57kg at $3.80. The run before that ran last of 8 at Santa Anita on October 14 over 1308m, 12 len behind Sorrento Sky carrying 56kg at $45.50.

Expected Settling Position: Off Pace

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Class	Barrier	Jockey	Weight	Cond.	Race Time	Avg. Speed	Margin	800/400	SP	Days	Prize	Prize Won	Result
2nd of 8	26/10/24	Los Alamitos Qh	914m	ALLOW 3U	6	E Hernandez	57kg	Fast	0:53.36	61.7 km/h	0.6L	3-4	$3.80f	12	$25,433	$5,436	1. Baladi 2. Took Charge 3. Instinct D' Oro
8th of 8	14/10/24	Santa Anita Park	1308m	ALLOW OCLM 3	4	E Hernandez	56kg	FM	1:11.92	65.5 km/h	12.3L	7-6	$46	23	$90,607	$795	1. Sorrento Sky 2. Mubtadaa 3. Castle Leoch
3rd of 6	21/9/24	Los Alamitos	1207m	ALLOW OCLM 3	6	E Hernandez	57kg	Fast	1:09.57	62.5 km/h	1.8L	1-2	$16	412	$67,942	$8,153	1. Manitowish 2. Tranche 3. Took Charge
412 Day Spell
9th of 10	6/8/23	Del Mar	1006m	HCP 3U	4	Tiago Josue Pereira	54.5kg	FM	0:57.28	63.2 km/h	4.9L	4-2	$3.40f	58	$83,982	$824	1. Barristan The Bold 2. Westward Look 3. My Summer Dream
58 Day Freshen-Up
2nd of 6	9/6/23	Santa Anita Park	1308m	ALLOW 4U	3	Tiago Josue Pereira	56kg	FM	1:15.39	62.5 km/h	0.5L	4-2	$5.30	13	$67,485	$13,497	1. Exultation 2. Took Charge 3. Natural Power
1st of 5	27/5/23	Santa Anita Park	1308m	CLM 4U	4	Tiago Josue Pereira	55.5kg	FM	1:15.92	62.0 km/h	2.3L	1-1	$3.20	21	$59,104	$35,463	1. Took Charge 2. Hembree 3. Chaos Theory

Chick's Dig It (2) 52x8241730
Trainer: Jerry Wallace ()
Jockey: Armando Aguilar
Weight: 56kg
Prize Money: $145,879
Win / Place: 14% / 42%

4 yo Chestnut Gelding

Sire: NORTHERN CAUSEWAY (USA)

Dam: SANTA HELENA (USA)

Dam's Sire: Street Boss

Rating

Stats

Career

14: 2-3-1

Distance

4: 2-2-0

Track

1: 0-0-0

Season

7: 1-1-1

1st Up

3: 1-1-0

2nd Up

3: 0-1-0

3rd Up

2: 0-0-0

4th Up

2: 1-0-0

Turf

7: 0-0-1

Dirt

7: 2-3-0

Fast

7: 0-0-1

Firm

6: 0-0-0

Anti-Clockwise

14: 2-3-1

Jockey Stats

Horse

7: 1-1-1

Last 50

0: 0-0-0

Trainer

W 0% P 0%

Distance

W 0% P 0%

Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Distance

W 0% P 0%

Distance Range Last 6 months

1006m - 1308m

Comments

Comes here off a 47-day let-up. Last start second last of 12 at Santa Anita on October 27 over 1308m, 6 len behind Lord Tripping with 56kg at $31.70. Before that 3rd of 11 at Santa Anita on September 29 over 1207m, 2.75 len behind Hacking It Up with 56kg at $11.90.

Expected Settling Position: Midfield

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Class	Barrier	Jockey	Weight	Cond.	Race Time	Avg. Speed	Margin	800/400	SP	Days	Prize	Prize Won	Result
11th of 12	27/10/24	Santa Anita Park	1308m	ALLOW 3U	2	Armando Aguilar	56kg	FM	1:12.78	64.7 km/h	5.8L	12-10	$32	28	$87,428	$795	1. Lord Tripping 2. Afternoon Nap 3. Lemon Sushi
3rd of 11	29/9/24	Santa Anita Park	1207m	ALLOW OCLM 3	7	Armando Aguilar	56kg	FM	1:08.25	63.7 km/h	2.8L	10-6	$12	35	$88,970	$10,677	1. Hacking It Up 2. Refocus 3. Chick's Dig It
35 Day Freshen-Up
7th of 11	25/8/24	Del Mar	1006m	ALLOW OCLM 3	7	Armando Aguilar	56kg	FM	0:56.66	63.9 km/h	2.4L	6-7	$17	16	$128,417	$845	1. Irish Royalty 2. Double Jab 3. Zip Om
1st of 9	9/8/24	Del Mar	1207m	ALLOW OCLM 3	9	Armando Aguilar	55.5kg	Fast	1:09.46	62.6 km/h	4.3L	1-1	$7.30	40	$128,417	$77,051	1. Chick's Dig It 2. Joe Don Looney 3. Windribbon
40 Day Freshen-Up
4th of 7	30/6/24	Los Alamitos	1308m	ALLOW 3U	2	Armando Aguilar	56kg	Fast	1:15.52	62.4 km/h	6.5L	1-4	$6.80	21	$49,849	$2,991	1. Uncle Reg 2. Coach Cronin 3. Without Borders
2nd of 6	9/6/24	Santa Anita Park	1207m	ALLOW OCLM 3	2	Jeremy Laprida	56kg	Fast	1:09.89	62.2 km/h	3.3L	6-4	$13	15	$91,390	$18,278	1. Tom Horn 2. Chick's Dig It 3. Disobey

Baladi (4) 51354x4317
Trainer: Craig Dollase (USA)
Jockey: Armando Ayuso
Weight: 56.5kg
Prize Money: $265,646
Win / Place: 20% / 44%

5 yo Grey/Roan Gelding

Sire: PIONEEROF THE NILE (USA)

Dam: DANCING HOUSE (USA)

Dam's Sire: Tapit

Rating

Stats

Career

25: 5-2-4

Distance

8: 2-0-1

Track

2: 1-0-1

Season

4: 1-0-1

1st Up

3: 1-1-0

2nd Up

3: 0-0-2

3rd Up

3: 2-0-0

4th Up

3: 1-0-0

Turf

6: 0-1-1

Good

1: 0-1-0

Synthetic

1: 0-0-1

Dirt

18: 5-1-2

Fast

5: 0-0-1

Firm

4: 1-0-0

Anti-Clockwise

25: 5-2-4

Jockey Stats

Horse

2: 0-0-1

Last 50

0: 0-0-0

Trainer

W 0% P 0%

Distance

W 0% P 0%

Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Distance

W 0% P 0%

Distance Range Last 6 months

914m - 1308m

Comments

Useful type. Most recently from last on the turn 7th of 9 at Del Mar on November 29 over 1006m, 3.5 len behind Patron D'oro carrying 56kg at $59.80. The start before that won by a nose at Los Alamitos Qh October 26 over 914m defeating Took Charge carrying 57kg at $4.50.

Expected Settling Position: Off Midfield

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Class	Barrier	Jockey	Weight	Cond.	Race Time	Avg. Speed	Margin	800/400	SP	Days	Prize	Prize Won	Result
7th of 9	29/11/24	Del Mar	1006m	ALLOW OCLM 3	6	Armando Ayuso	56kg	FM	0:57.49	63.0 km/h	3.7L	9-9	$60	34	$92,085	$837	1. Patron D'oro 2. Western Avenue 3. Count Of Amazonia
34 Day Freshen-Up
1st of 8	26/10/24	Los Alamitos Qh	914m	ALLOW 3U	3	Adrian Escobedo	57kg	Fast	0:53.36	61.7 km/h	0.1L	7-6	$4.50	36	$25,433	$13,130	1. Baladi 2. Took Charge 3. Instinct D' Oro
36 Day Freshen-Up
3rd of 5	20/9/24	Los Alamitos	1308m	ALLOW 3U	2	Armando Ayuso	56kg	Fast	1:15.65	62.2 km/h	8.3L	5-3	$5.20	27	$48,530	$5,823	1. Redline 2. Kid Azteca 3. Baladi
4th of 7	24/8/24	Del Mar	1308m	CLM 3U	5	Tiago Josue Pereira	54.5kg	Fast	1:15.91	62.0 km/h	6.1L	6-4	$14	391	$82,796	$4,968	1. Tarantino 2. Redline 3. Tahoe Sunrise
391 Day Spell
4th of 7	30/7/23	Del Mar	1207m	CLM 3U	7	Antonio Fresu	55.5kg	Fast	1:09.82	62.2 km/h	2.1L	6-5	$6.30	57	$83,982	$5,039	1. Colt Fiction 2. Established 3. Cyberviking
57 Day Freshen-Up
5th of 5	3/6/23	Santa Anita Park	1308m	HCP 4U	5	Hector Isaac Berrios	56kg	FM	1:13.70	63.9 km/h	11.3L	4-5	$7.80	13	$79,295	$1,586	1. Mucho Del Oro 2. Jetovator 3. Eastern Ocean

Devil Be Me (5) 1858x14x16
Trainer: Steve Knapp (USA)
Jockey: Antonio Fresu
Weight: 56.5kg
Prize Money: $298,429
Win / Place: 41% / 50%

6 yo Chestnut Gelding

Sire: GRAZEN (USA)

Dam: DEVILISH PRO (USA)

Dam's Sire: Eddington

Rating

Stats

Career

12: 5-1-0

Distance

2: 1-1-0

Track

2: 0-0-0

Season

4: 2-0-0

1st Up

4: 3-0-0

2nd Up

4: 1-1-0

3rd Up

1: 1-0-0

4th Up

1: 0-0-0

Turf

2: 0-0-0

Dirt

10: 5-1-0

Fast

2: 0-0-0

Firm

2: 0-0-0

Anti-Clockwise

12: 5-1-0

Jockey Stats

Horse

4: 1-0-0

Last 50

0: 0-0-0

Trainer

W 0% P 0%

Distance

W 0% P 0%

Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Distance

W 0% P 0%

Distance Range Last 6 months

1006m - 1609m

Comments

Third-up today and won third-up previously. Resuming scored a big 3.5 len win at Santa Anita October 26 over 1308m defeating Clampett carrying 55.5kg at $1.90. Last start 6th of 10 at Del Mar on November 23 over 1006m, 2.25 len behind Geezer with 56kg at $6.50.

Expected Settling Position: Off Midfield

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Class	Barrier	Jockey	Weight	Cond.	Race Time	Avg. Speed	Margin	800/400	SP	Days	Prize	Prize Won	Result
6th of 10	23/11/24	Del Mar	1006m	ALLOW OCLM 3	3	J J Hernandez	56kg	FM	0:57.37	63.1 km/h	2.2L	10-8	$6.50	28	$92,085	$837	1. Geezer 2. Double Jab 3. Refocus
1st of 5	26/10/24	Santa Anita Park	1308m	HCP 3U	5	J J Hernandez	55.5kg	Fast	1:15.97	62.0 km/h	3.5L	4-1	$1.90f	84	$57,225	$41,203	1. Devil Be Me 2. Clampett 3. Disko Tribute
84 Day Spell
4th of 9	3/8/24	Del Mar	1609m	ALLOW OCLM 3	5	Antonio Fresu	56.5kg	FM	1:35.26	60.8 km/h	4.5L	1-5	$3.30f	57	$128,417	$7,706	1. Ferrariano 2. Lord Tripping 3. Takes Three
57 Day Freshen-Up
1st of 8	7/6/24	Santa Anita Park	1308m	CLM 3U	2	Antonio Fresu	56kg	Fast	1:16.27	61.7 km/h	2.5L	5-1	$8.40	173	$66,465	$47,856	1. Devil Be Me 2. Super Chief 3. Left Hand Man
173 Day Spell
8th of 8	17/12/23	Los Alamitos	1609m	ALLOW OCLM 3	4	Antonio Fresu	55.5kg	Fast	1:36.72	59.9 km/h	14.8L	1-7	$4.60	36	$77,979	$829	1. Low Expectations 2. Bright Leaf 3. Shortman
36 Day Freshen-Up
5th of 8	11/11/23	Del Mar	1609m	ALLOW OCLM 3	3	Antonio Fresu	56.5kg	Fast	1:35.65	60.6 km/h	2.3L	3-1	$9.70	62	$108,963	$2,833	1. Oviatt Class 2. Clouseau 3. Cowboy Mike
62 Day Spell

Geezer (6) 25561345x1
Trainer: Hector O Palma ()
Jockey: Tiago Pereira
Weight: 56.5kg
Prize Money: $352,711
Win / Place: 33% / 53%

Track Specialist

4 yo Dark Bay/Brown Gelding

Sire: MERIT MAN (USA)

Dam: PAT OLCOTT (USA)

Dam's Sire: More Than Ready

100

Rating

Stats

Career

15: 5-1-2

Distance

5: 3-0-1

Trk/Dst

1: 1-0-0

Track

3: 2-0-1

Season

4: 1-0-1

1st Up

3: 1-1-0

2nd Up

2: 1-0-0

3rd Up

2: 1-0-0

4th Up

2: 1-0-0

Turf

6: 1-1-0

Dirt

9: 4-0-2

Fast

6: 1-1-0

Firm

6: 1-1-0

Anti-Clockwise

15: 5-1-2

Jockey Stats

Horse

13: 4-1-2

Last 50

0: 0-0-0

Trainer

W 0% P 0%

Distance

W 0% P 0%

Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Distance

W 0% P 0%

Distance Range Last 6 months

1006m

Comments

Second-up. First-up after nine months ran on from midfield and won by a nose at Del Mar November 23 over 1006m defeating Double Jab with 56kg at $7.40. Previously second-up 5th of 10 at Santa Anita on September 30 2023 over 1207m, on rain affected going; 9 len behind Tapatio Leo carrying 55kg at $6.80.

Expected Settling Position: Midfield

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Class	Barrier	Jockey	Weight	Cond.	Race Time	Avg. Speed	Margin	800/400	SP	Days	Prize	Prize Won	Result
1st of 10	23/11/24	Del Mar	1006m	ALLOW OCLM 3	4	Hector Isaac Berrios	56kg	FM	0:57.37	63.1 km/h	0.1L	6-7	$7.40	272	$92,085	$55,251	1. Geezer 2. Double Jab 3. Refocus
272 Day Spell
5th of 7	25/2/24	Santa Anita Park	1207m	ALLOW OCLM 4	3	Antonio Fresu	56kg	FM	1:08.52	63.4 km/h	2.1L	4-5	$5.10	29	$111,836	$2,236	1. Andy Can U Hear Me 2. Sawasdee 3. Leyas Candy
4th of 8	27/1/24	Santa Anita Park	1308m	ALLOW 4U	8	Tiago Josue Pereira	56kg	FM	1:13.35	64.2 km/h	2.3L	6-5	$4.90	14	$108,064	$6,483	1. So I'm Told 2. Andy Can U Hear Me 3. Billy's Bet
3rd of 5	13/1/24	Santa Anita Park	1207m	LR OPEN 4U	1	Tiago Josue Pereira	54.5kg	Fast	1:09.06	62.9 km/h	4.5L	4-5	$53	29	$241,935	$29,032	1. The Chosen Vron 2. Brickyard Ride 3. Geezer
1st of 8	15/12/23	Los Alamitos	1106m	ALLOW OCLM 3	3	Tiago Josue Pereira	54.5kg	Fast	1:04.39	61.8 km/h	0.5L	5-2	$4.50	27	$77,979	$46,787	1. Geezer 2. Spiritual Advisor 3. Grazed
6th of 9	18/11/23	Del Mar	1006m	ALLOW OCLM 3	4	Tiago Josue Pereira	55.5kg	FM	0:55.44	65.3 km/h	6.6L	3-4	$22	22	$108,963	$865	1. Book Smart 2. Double Jab 3. Cribbage Board

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