INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Taxi Ride beat Meltarib by a nose Friday in the $48,700 feature at Hollywood Park, ending a six-race losing skid.
Ridden by Joe Talamo, Taxi Ride ran 1 1-16 miles on the turf in 1:43.85 and paid $21.20, $7.20 and $4.40. The 5-year-old had not won since Feb. 18, 2010, at Santa Anita.
Meltarib returned $3.40 and $2.40, while 3-2 favorite Sunburn was another half-length back in third and paid $2.60 to show.
Taxi Ride has two wins in seven career starts and earnings of $67,400.
Talamo, Rafael Bejarano and Martin Garcia each rode two winners on the card. Trainer Mike Mitchell saddled two winners.
