GARLAND OF ROSES

Aqueduct, eighth race. Purse: $65,000. Six furlongs, fillies and mares. Post: 3:44 p.m.

LOWDOWN: Tar Heel Mom makes her first start since finishing a close third in the Grade 2 Vagrancy last May. Before going on the shelf, she was one of the top female sprinters in America. The 5-year-old mare has run well off a layoff in the past.

TV: HRTV, TVG, OTB Ch. 71

MY CHARMER

Calder, ninth race. Grade 3. Purse: $100,000. Mile-and-an-eighth, turf, fillies and mares. Post: 3:53 p.m.

LOWDOWN: Gold d’Oro has won two of her last four starts in gate-to-wire fashion on grass. Last out, she rallied from off the pace to finish second in the Scoot overnight stakes at Belmont.

TV: HRTV, OTB Ch. 71

NATIVE DIVER

Hollywood Park, eighth race. Grade 3. Purse: $100,000. Mile-and-an-eighth, 3-year-olds and up. Post: 7:05 p.m.

LOWDOWN: Dakota Phone lost 18 straight before winning the San Diego Handicap in July. Counting that win, he’s won two of his past four starts, including a last-to-first score in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile last out.

TV: TVG, OTB Ch. 71

LAST WEEK: At Aqueduct, Believe in A.P. ran second at even-money in the Demoiselle, paying $2.40 to place; Girolamo (7-2) was third, beaten a half-length in the Cigar Mile, paying $3.10 to show. At Churchill, Aide was fourth at 8-5 in the Golden Rod.