Neither Salty nor Sour
Play of the day: Bitterbutsweet (#3) in the Flawlessly Stakes (Race 8) on Friday at Hollywood Park.
I’ve had this one on my watch list since before her debut because she is kin to For Always, a horse who impressed me as a two-year-old on the Kentucky circuit.
Obviously, Bitterbutsweet is a long way from Turf Paradise (where she was a stakes winner) and Northern California (where she finished second behind a next out Grade 2 winner), but Tarabilla Farms saw something it liked when it bought this Lemon Drop Kid filly and shipped her south to the barn of David Hofmans.
Yeah, said trainer is winless at the meet, and Aaron Gryder isn’t my favorite turf jockey, but if Hofmans gets any improvement out of this one following the seven-week layoff then she’s in the mix at 15-to-1 ML.
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