Charger Bar Is Rescheduled for Saturday

The $125,000 Charger Bar Handicap, the first Grade I stakes of 2003, will be run Saturday, a week after it was originally scheduled.

The 400-yard race, which had attracted a quality field of 10 older mares, was postponed last Saturday after a heavy fog blanketed the track and forced the night’s final three races to be canceled.

Before the fog settled in, General Te upset Cha Cha Chickie to win the $27,750 Pioneer Derby for paints.

General Te, the 5-2 second choice, prevailed by three-quarters of a length and completed the 400 yards in 20.04 seconds. The loss ended a seven-race win streak for Cha Cha Chickie, who was the even-money favorite.

Tonight, Chicky Do Run Run, a winner against $16,000 claimers, will try to step up and beat $50,000 stock in the seventh at 350 yards. The 4-year-old gray gelding will be looking for his fifth win in 16 starts.

The picks: 1. Sixes Quick. 2. Dorana. 3. Dawn’s Moonlight. 4. Corona Captain. 5. Flying J Bug. 6. Superoyal Special. 7. Chicky Do Run Run. 8. Magical Rhythm.

Four! Use Sixes Quick, Red Ida Go and Versify in the first, Onwego Desert Music, Dorana and Inkys Beda Roses in the second, single Dawn’s Moonlight in the third and All The Difference, Corona Captain and Fishers Good Time in the fourth.

Shot in the dark: Manhood switches to jockey Ramon Sanchez in the sixth.

Post time: 7:15 p.m.

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