This week at Golden Gate Fields
Jerry Hollendorfer goes into Thursday’s program needing one winner to reach 7,000, and he has even-money favorite Kiss n Scat and Cajun Cookin in the first race.
Ricardo Gonzalez, second in the jockey standings, will be back riding Thursday after straining a tendon in his left wrist Friday.
Code Warrior, unbeaten in two starts including the Golden Nugget Stakes against male opponents, and My Dynamo, who won two of three races at Del Mar, head a field of six 2-year-old fillies in the Golden Gate Debutante.
Hollendorfer nearly collected his 7,000th winner Wednesday when even-money favorite Point Piper lost the $150,000 Zia Park Championship by a neck. …
The Blaine Wright-trained 4-year-old gelding, who has won 11 of 20 starts overall with $980,235 in earnings, is 4-to-1 in the morning line against eight opponents. …
Keen Ice, the only horse to beat American Pharoah this year, and Effinex, runner-up to the Triple Crown winner in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, run in the Clark Handicap. …
Hollendorfer runs Southern Freedom in the Grade 2, $250,000 Hollywood Turf Cup at Del Mar on Thursday and Iron Fist in the Grade 3, $150,000 Native Diver Stakes there Saturday.