Los Alamitos: Baffert enters 2 in bid for 7th straight Starlet win

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will have two opportunities to win the Grade 2, $200,000-guaranteed Starlet for a seventh consecutive year Saturday at Los Alamitos.

The race for 2-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles is being offered at Los Alamitos for the 10th time after being run as the Hollywood Starlet from 1981 to 2013 at Hollywood Park. It offers 10-5-3-2-1 Kentucky Oaks (G1) qualifying points to the top five finishers.

The Starlet is the last of nine races and has an approximate post time of 7:30 p.m. EST.

Baffert, whose streak of Starlet victories started with Dream Tree in 2017 and continued through Faiza last year, entered Nothing Like You and Grazia.

Owned by Georgia Antley Hunt, Jeff Giglio and John Rogitz, Nothing Like You will be seeking her third win in a row.

The daughter of Malibu Moon filly out of the Brother Derek mare Miss Derek followed up a 6 1/2-length maiden victory in her fourth career start Oct. 14 with a nose win over Tambo in the Desi Arnaz five weeks later at Del Mar. She has earned $117,160.

An Uncle Mo filly out of the Malibu Moon mare Tonasah, Grazia won her debut by 3 1/4 lengths Nov. 12 for Gandharvi and Commonwealth Thoroughbreds. The victory at six furlongs was worth $36,600.

Chatalas will be aiming for her third win and second in a Grade 2 for Rancho Temescal Thoroughbred Partners, Dan Agnew and William Chatalas and trainer Mark Glatt.

The daughter of Gun Runner and the Indian Charlie mare Indian Safari captured the Chandelier (G2) on Oct. 7 at Santa Anita before finishing ninth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies last month. She has banked $207,200.

A 9-1 upset winner over maidens nearly a month ago, Great Forty Eight will make her stakes debut for Firebird Racing and trainer Tim Yakteen. The daughter of Constitution and the Exchange Rate mare Angela’s Ashes is 1-for-4 with earnings of $54,220.

Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella will seek his first Starlet success with two-start maiden Flynn’s Chance.

A Medaglia d’Oro filly out of the Bernardini mare Venetian Sonata, Flynn’s Chance was third, defeated by 1 3/4 lengths, behind Great Forty Eight on Nov. 12 when stretched to eight furlongs. She has earned $7,820 for Spendthrift Farm.

Completing the field is Pacific Rose, who was supplemented for $7,500 by owners California Racing Partners, Ciaglia Racing and Dominic Savides.

Winless in four starts for trainer Doug O’Neill, the daughter of Not This Time and the Bernardini mare Naples Rose has earned $21,080. She has been fourth in three of her outings, including the Chandelier, when checking in 2 1/2 lengths behind Chatalas.