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Jones and Schvaneveldt Stock Feature Race

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Trainers Paul Jones and Blane Schvaneveldt seem to have tonight’s $13,000 Huntington Harbour Handicap surrounded.

Five of the eight entrants in the 300-yard dash are trained by Jones or Schvaneveldt, and three of them are coming off victories.

Jones, the leading trainer at the recently concluded 2001-2002 meet, will send out Stel Corona, who won for the third time in nine starts on Dec. 6, and the paint Tiene Mucho Blanco, who earned his second victory the following night.

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Schvaneveldt, the winningest trainer in Los Alamitos history, will be represented by Makin Dollars, a winner on Dec. 13; Echo Boomer, who had the third nose in a photo on Dec. 8, and Throwin A Fit, who was fifth in the trial for the Los Alamitos Million on Nov. 29.

The ninth of 10 races on the card, the Huntington Harbour is completed by One Big Love, who has been first, second or third in all six of his starts; First Steps Special, a three-time winner for trainer Angela Aquino, and the Jaime Gomez-trained Shenoshezroyal.

The picks: 1. Murmuring Sea. 2. Party Train. 3. Xelodonia. 4. A Classic Pie. 5. Raging Springs. 6. Virgule. 7. Isolation. 8. Dragon Wings. 9. Tiene Mucho Blanco. 10. Magical Nick.

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Four! Use all in the seventh, Loose Fly and Dragon Wings in the eighth, Tiene Mucho Blanco, Stel Corona and One Big Love in the ninth and single Magical Nick in the 10th.

Shots in the dark: Roll Angel Roll could improve in the second after being fractious in the gate when last seen Oct. 4. Im Willie Kool is a first-time starter in the fifth for trainer Dan Francisco.

Post time: 6:30 p.m.

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

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