No Pet Peeves Looks to Turn 17

No Pet Peeves, who has banked more than $191,000 during his 59-race career, will make his first start in more than six months in tonight’s sixth race.

Owned by Martha Wells and trained by Dan Francisco, the 9-year-old gelding returns in a career soft spot, showing up in an $8,000 claimer in search of his 17th lifetime victory.

Alex Bautista will ride the California-bred in the field of eight and he will break from post position No. 2 in the second leg of the evening’s second pick four. He is the 2-1 favorite on the morning line.

The picks: 1. I Got Hot Pants. 2. Think Mile. 3. Ja Runaway Dash. 4. Departure Time. 5. Bobbys First Policy. 6. Wired To Win. 7. Murr Key Blurr. 8. Dashing And Famous. 9. Chicky Do Run Run.

Four! Use Make A Rare Run, Yuuba Jr and I Got Hot Pants in the first, Boldandthebeautiful and Think Mile in the second, single Ja Runaway Dash in the third and use Drivers Seat, Legal Thief and Departure Time in the fourth.

Shots in the dark: BCR Passem Hi, returning to California from Idaho, stretches out to 870 yards in the sixth. On Solid Ground keeps Joe Badilla Jr. as he makes his local debut for trainer Jaime Gomez in the eighth.

Post time: 5:50 p.m.

On the Net: For entries and results from Los Alamitos, visit: www.latimes.com/horseracing/