Del Mar news: Brown shipping in, Hunt has new target race
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Del Mar Executive Vice President of Racing Tom Robbins attended the Breeders’ Cup and, after talking with Chad Brown, returned with the expectation that the mega-trainer will be sending several horses west for the meeting and will be especially well represented in the Hollywood Derby and Matriarch Stakes on the closing weekend.
The Dec. 1 Hollywood Derby (G1) is for 3-year-olds at 1 3/8 miles. The Dec. 2 Matriarch (G1) for 3-year-old fillies runs at one mile. Both turf races carry a $300,000 purse.
Next for former Breeders' Cup contender
Hunt, voted Del Mar's top grass horse of the 2017 summer meeting off victories in the Eddie Read and Del Mar Handicap, was entered in the Breeders’ Cup Mile but didn’t make the plane to Kentucky after running a temperature.
Owned by Michael House of Rancho Santa Fe and trained by Phil D’Amato, Hunt is being tentatively targeted for the Grade 2, $200,000 Seabiscuit Handicap on Nov. 24. The 6-year-old Irish-bred earner of more than $900,000 is the defending champion.
Field of 12 for opening day stakes
The supplemental entries of Miss Southern Miss and Gliding By finalized a field of 12 with one also eligible for the $75,000 Kathryn Crosby Stakes set for Friday.
The one-mile run for older fillies and mares over the Jimmy Durante Turf Course is the first of 14 stakes during 16 days of fall racing at Del Mar that will be conducted on a four-day per week basis. The opening four days conclude with a special Veterans Day program on Monday. Thereafter racing will be staged Thursday to Sunday.
The field for the Kathryn Crosby from the rail out: Gliding By (Evin Roman), Psycho Star (Edwin Maldonado), Miss Southern Miss (Assael Espinoza), Excellent Sunset (Mario Gutierrez), Shehastheritestuff (Geovanni Franco), Quebec (Rafael Bejarano), Way to Versailles (Flavien Prat), Tonahutu (Gary Stevens), Escape Clause (Ruben Fuentes), Sweet Charity (Mike Smith), Last Promise Kept (Drayden Van Dyke) and Pantsonfire (Kent Desormeaux). Also eligible: Birdie Gold (Mike Smith, 1
st call).
The Dec. 1 Hollywood Derby (G1) is for 3-year-olds at 1 3/8 miles. The Dec. 2 Matriarch (G1) for 3-year-old fillies runs at one mile. Both turf races carry a $300,000 purse.
Next for former Breeders' Cup contender
Hunt, voted Del Mar's top grass horse of the 2017 summer meeting off victories in the Eddie Read and Del Mar Handicap, was entered in the Breeders’ Cup Mile but didn’t make the plane to Kentucky after running a temperature.
Owned by Michael House of Rancho Santa Fe and trained by Phil D’Amato, Hunt is being tentatively targeted for the Grade 2, $200,000 Seabiscuit Handicap on Nov. 24. The 6-year-old Irish-bred earner of more than $900,000 is the defending champion.
Field of 12 for opening day stakes
The supplemental entries of Miss Southern Miss and Gliding By finalized a field of 12 with one also eligible for the $75,000 Kathryn Crosby Stakes set for Friday.
The one-mile run for older fillies and mares over the Jimmy Durante Turf Course is the first of 14 stakes during 16 days of fall racing at Del Mar that will be conducted on a four-day per week basis. The opening four days conclude with a special Veterans Day program on Monday. Thereafter racing will be staged Thursday to Sunday.
The field for the Kathryn Crosby from the rail out: Gliding By (Evin Roman), Psycho Star (Edwin Maldonado), Miss Southern Miss (Assael Espinoza), Excellent Sunset (Mario Gutierrez), Shehastheritestuff (Geovanni Franco), Quebec (Rafael Bejarano), Way to Versailles (Flavien Prat), Tonahutu (Gary Stevens), Escape Clause (Ruben Fuentes), Sweet Charity (Mike Smith), Last Promise Kept (Drayden Van Dyke) and Pantsonfire (Kent Desormeaux). Also eligible: Birdie Gold (Mike Smith, 1
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