Pants On Fire back to racing in Harlan’s Holiday

Hallandale Beach, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – Pants On Fire has not finished out of the money this year and will try to keep that streak alive Saturday at Gulfstream Park in the $100,000 Harlan’s Holiday Stakes at 1 1/16 miles.

Owned by George and Lori Hall, Pants On Fire will take on eight rivals in the late season stakes and start from post 4 with his regular rider Paco Lopez in the saddle.

The 6-year-old, trained by Kelly Breen, is coming off a solid third-place finish in this year’s Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at 9-1 behind repeat winner Goldencents. The veteran racehorse, winner of the 2011 Louisiana Derby, began 2014 with a third in the Monmouth Cup following a lengthy rest after racing in last December’s Japan Cup Dirt Stakes.

Pants On Fire got second in Monmouth’s Iselin Handicap in August with another runner-up finish in Belmont Park’s Left Bank Stakes. He hit the wire first on Sept. 20 at Charles Town Races in the Wild and Wonderful Stakes.

The 6-year-old has won nine of 29 lifetime starts with five seconds and six thirds for $1,427,635.

Here is the field for Harlan’s Holiday from the rail out: Sr. Quisqueyano, Arny Fontanez; Csaba, Luis Saez; Rose To Gold, Jesus Rios; Pants On Fire, Paco Lopez; Hampstead Heath, Luis Contreras; Schivarelli, Javier Castellano; Valid, Orlando Bocachica; Liam’s Map, John Velazquez and Hy Kodiak Warrior, Manuel Melean.

The Harlan’s Holiday has an approximate post time of 4:27 p.m. ET.

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