AT THE POST

DAY 12 of 57

FRIDAY’S ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE 7,000

FRIDAY’S ON-TRACK HANDLE $467,151 FRIDAY’S OFF-TRACK HANDLE $2,813,571

FRIDAY’S TOTAL HANDLE $3,280,722 TODAY’S SIMULCAST SCHEDULE Gulfstream Park, 11 a.m.; Aqueduct, 11:20 a.m.; Tampa Bay, 11:20 a.m.; Laurel Park, 11:30 a.m.; Fair Grounds, 12:30 p.m.; Santa Anita, 2:30 p.m.; Golden Gate, 2:45 p.m.; Penn National, 5:05 p.m.; Turfway Park, 5:15 p.m.; Delta Downs, 5:25 p.m.; Charles Town, 6 p.m.; Daytona Beach (greyhounds), 6:25 p.m.; Derby Lane (greyhounds), 6:30 p.m.; Sam Houston, 7:15 p.m.; Southland (greyhounds), 7:15 p.m.; Los Alamitos, 8 p.m.

FRIDAY’S STARS

Fernando De La Cruz won three consecutive races to raise his season total to eight victories in 38 starts, which puts him in fourth place in the jockey standings. De La Cruz won the fifth race with Irish Mischief ($3.20, $2.40, $2.60), covering 1 mile in 1:39.11; the sixth race with Super Syd ($36.40, $12.80, $5.40), covering 6 furlongs in 1:11.19; and the seventh race with Cummings ($11.00, $4.60, $3.80), covering 6 furlongs in 1:10.17.

GRAY ATTEMPT DRAWS RAIL

Dwight Pruett’s Gray Attempt drew the rail Friday morning for the $500,000 Southwest Stakes for 3-year-olds, part of a stakes tripleheader Monday at Oaklawn.

Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen entered five horses — Bankit, Boldor, Jersey Agenda, Long Range Toddy and Ninth Street — with Cutting Humor, Olympic Runner, Six Shooter, Sueno and Super Steed completing the projected 11-horse field.

Probable post time for the Southwest, the ninth of 10 races, is 5:09 p.m. Information for this report was contributed by Oaklawn media department