Del Mar splits Wednesday's Harry F. Brubaker Stakes into two divisions
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For the first time in its 20-year history, the Harry F. Brubaker Stakes, the $75,000 feature on Wednesday’s program, has been split into two divisions.
The race is named for Harry F. “Bud” Brubaker, a 50-year fixture at Del Mar, the last 25 as Director of Operations, before his passing in 1995. Brubaker was also a National Football League official from 1950-70 and officiated in the 1968 NFL Championship game won by Baltimore over Cleveland.
Twenty-two horses were nominated for the one mile main track event, and when 15 of the names were advanced to the entry box, racing officials decided to break it into divisions which will go as the fifth and seventh on an eight-race card.
The first division was to have featured Firing Line, the runner-up to American Pharoah in the 2015 Kentucky Derby in a field of seven. But trainer Simon Callaghan said Sunday that Firing Line, a 4-year-old son of Line of David owned by Arnold Zetcher, will be scratched due to a muscle strain.
The first division field from the rail: Kristo (Tyler Baze), Grazen Sky (Mike Smith), Solid Wager (Martin Pedroza), Crittenden (Santiago Gonzalez), Soi Phet (Kent Desormeaux) and The Gomper (Mario Gutierrez).
The second division from the rail: Conquest Cobra (Santiago Gonzalez), Magic Mark (Drayden Van Dyke), Songforjohnmichael (Joe Talamo), War Envoy (Martin Garcia), Smart Transition (Norberto Arroyo, Jr.), Lieutenant Colonel (Rafael Bejarano), Blue Tone (Kent Desormeaux) and Avanti Bello (Flavien Prat).
CLOSERS – Of the five perfect Pick Six tickets Saturday, which paid $104,655.40 each, two were purchased on track here. The base price of one was $16,128, the other was $2 … Selected works from 201 on the main track and 34 on turf officially timed Sunday morning: Dirt -- Big Cazanova (4f, :48.60), Justin Squared (4f, :47.00), Papacoolpapacool (4f, :48.00), Avenge (5f, 1:01.00), Cairo Healer (5f, :58.40), Life’s Blessing (5f, :58.40), Mrazek (5f, 1:00.00), Arrogate (6f, 1:11.80); Turf – Elektrum (4f, :51.00), Finest City (4f, :51.20), Path of David (4f, :49.00), Nancy From Nairobi (5f, 1:00.00), Obviously (5f, 1:01.00) and Entrechat (6f, 1:14.80) … Songbird, who notched her 10th straight victory in Saturday’s Alabama Stakes at Saratoga under Mike Smith, will be back at her stall at Del Mar on Monday for some R&R and early training for whatever’s next, said Dan Ward, assistant to trainer Jerry Hollendorfer.
Source: Del Mar Thoroughbred Club
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