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Boland to Ride Amerigo in Los Angeles Handicap - English-Bred Makes Seasonal Debut at Hollywood Saturday HOLLYWOOD PARK, Inglewood, Calif., May 14. Trainer Harris Brown has secured the services of jockey Bill Boland for his English-bred star Amerigo in the 0,000 added Los Angeles Handicap on here Saturday, he announced this morning. Amerigo will be making his seasonal debut in the 7 furlongs dash and it will make the first time Boland has handled Mrs. Tilyou Christopehrs performer. Amerigo has not raced since he pushed Vertex to aj maximum effort in the Gulf-stream Park Handicap, bowing by a neck after duelling head and head with Vertex throught the stretch in the lYi miles test. Prior to that he turned in a near track record victory in winning the City of Magic Handicap at Gulfstream, wearing down Talent Show in the drive. He was a winner in his previous outing, too, posting the fastest 7 furlongs time recorded at Hialeah when he beat Greek King by three lengths in 1:22. x Boland normally would have ridden Terrang for the Poltex Stable and Roland Bond, but trainer Carl Roles held the hardhitting son of khaled out of the Los Angeles to concentrate on the 00,000 added Californian the following week.
