Del Mar Futurity: Getaway Car is 1 of 3 Bafferts in field of 7

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Getaway Car, who is 2-for-2 with a win last month in a graded stakes, is one of the three colts who could give trainer Bob Baffert his fourth consecutive victory in the Grade 1, $300,000 Del Mar Futurity, a seven-furlong feature on closing day Sunday.

A $700,000 son of Curlin owned by SF Racing and its partners, Getaway Car was a 5 1/2-length winner last out in the Best Pal (G3) covering six furlongs at Del Mar. That was worth an 85 Beyer Speed Figure, according to Daily Racing Form.

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Juan Hernández will ride Getaway Car from post 1 in the field of seven 2-year-olds.

Baffert also entered a pair of maiden winners. Citizen Bull, also co-owned by SF Racing, got an 84 Beyer for his first win last month. He goes from the outside post with Mike Smith. Gaming, who carries the colors of Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman, will be ridden by Flavien Prat from post 2.

R Heisman, who won the Graduation Stakes against restricted company last month, is cross-entered for trainer Peter Miller in this race and Friday’s I’m Smokin Stakes.

“We are looking at the Futurity,” Miller said Thursday afternoon.

If he goes Sunday, R Heisman will be ridden by Umberto Rispoli from post 3. Miller also entered Brother Tony, who finished third in Gaming’s debut win. He starts from post 4 with Reylu Gutiérrez.

Maiden winner McKinzie Street, trained by Tim Yakteen and ridden by Kazushi Kimura, starts from post 6. Twice-raced Rank, who was second in Gaming’s maiden victory, drew post 5 with Antonio Fresu.

The Del Mar Futurity, which has produced seven Kentucky Derby winners, is the 10th of 11 races Sunday. It will start shortly after 9 p.m. EDT. The first post on closing day is at 4:30 p.m.

2024 Del Mar Futurity G1

Post	Silks	Horse / Sire	Rating	Trainer / Jockey	Last Start / Next Start	Status
1		Getaway Car Curlin	6.23	Bob Baffert Juan J. Hernandez	1st, 2024 Best Pal G3 2024 Del Mar Futurity G1	Entered
Last Race Next Race		1st, 2024 Best Pal G3 2024 Del Mar Futurity G1
2		Gaming Game Winner	0.00	Bob Baffert Flavien Prat	1st, Dmr MSW (8/11/24-R7) 2024 Del Mar Futurity G1	Entered
Last Race Next Race		1st, Dmr MSW (8/11/24-R7) 2024 Del Mar Futurity G1
3		R Heisman Far From Over	4.45	Peter Miller Umberto Rispoli	1st, 2024 Graduation RS 2024 Im Smokin RS	Entered
Last Race Next Race		1st, 2024 Graduation RS 2024 Im Smokin RS
4		Brother Tony Unified	0.00	Peter Miller Reylu Gutierrez	3rd, Dmr MSW (8/11/24-R7) 2024 Del Mar Futurity G1	Entered
Last Race Next Race		3rd, Dmr MSW (8/11/24-R7) 2024 Del Mar Futurity G1
5		Rank Honor A. P.	0.00	Doug F. O'Neill Antonio Fresu	2nd, Dmr MSW (8/11/24-R7) 2024 Del Mar Futurity G1	Entered
Last Race Next Race		2nd, Dmr MSW (8/11/24-R7) 2024 Del Mar Futurity G1
6		McKinzie Street McKinzie	0.00	Tim Yakteen Kazushi Kimura	1st, Dmr MSW (7/28/24-R3) 2024 Del Mar Futurity G1	Entered
Last Race Next Race		1st, Dmr MSW (7/28/24-R3) 2024 Del Mar Futurity G1
7		Citizen Bull Into Mischief	6.12	Bob Baffert Mike E. Smith	1st, Dmr MSW (8/17/24-R7) 2024 Del Mar Futurity G1	Entered
Last Race Next Race		1st, Dmr MSW (8/17/24-R7) 2024 Del Mar Futurity G1

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