Tres Borrachos faces six in Native Diver

Tres Borrachos finished fast in the San Diego Handicap (Benoit Photos)

A rallying third in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, Tres Borrachos is the
probable favorite in Saturday’s Grade 3, $100,000
Native Diver Handicap
at
Hollywood Park. The six-year-old gelding tops a field of seven entered for the 1
1/8-mile race.

Tres Borrachos returned from a nine-month layoff this summer with new trainer
Marty Jones and snapped a 13-race losing streak in his second start back,
capturing the Grade 2 San Diego Handicap on July 30. That came over the
Polytrack at Del Mar, but son of Ecton Park loves the Cushion Track, recording
his three other career wins at Hollywood. The late runner registered a
career-best 103 BRIS Speed rating in the Dirt Mile and will retain the services
of Joel Rosario.

Runner-up in the Grade 2 Strub and Grade 2 San Fernando earlier this year,
Tweebster probably needed his last race, a second in the November 11 Yo Eleven
Stakes, following a lengthy layoff. The four-year-old gray has never turned in a
bad race over the Cushion Track (4-2-2-0) and is eligible to keep moving forward
for trainer Bob Baffert, who is winning at a torrid 38 percent clip this meet
(11 for 29). Regular rider Rafael Bejarano will be up.