Eight Entered for Grade II Sorrento
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Eight 2-year-old fillies, all with victories in their last starts and the possibility of the Del Mar Debutante in their future, were entered Saturday for Wednesday’s Grade II $200,000 Sorrento Stakes.
Six of the eight – One True Kiss, Pretty N Cool, Sooner Time, Stays In Vegas, Undisputed and Uptown Twirl – are recent debut maiden winners with Bob Baffert-trained Pretty N Cool and Peter Eurton-trained Sooner Time having done so at Del Mar.
The field, from the rail out: Right There (Kent Desormeaux), Gomo (Mario Gutierrez), Undisputed (Flavien Prat), Sooner Time (Corey Nakatani), One True Kiss (Tyler Baze), Uptown Twirl (Victor Espinoza), Pretty N Cool (Martin Garcia) and Stays In Vegas (Rafael Bejarano).
AMERICAN PHAROAH TODAY
The Triple Crown champion galloped 1 1/2 miles under exercise rider George Alvarez on his third day back at the track since returning to Del Mar on Monday after a victory in the $1.75 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park in New Jersey.
American Pharoah stepped onto the track amid a crowd of horses at 7:50 a.m.and was finished with his exercise in about 10 minutes time. Jim Barnes, assistant to Bob Baffert, watched from the grandstand with owner Ahmed Zayat and his family and friends. Baffert is away at a horse sale.
Jeff Bloom, emcee for the Daybreak at Del Mar program, said that attendance has been strong for the weekend programs, likely in response to the opportunity it provides to see American Pharoah.
READ WINNER GABRIEL CHARLES UNDERGOES SURGERY FOR COLIC
Grade 1 Eddie Read Stakes winner Gabriel Charles underwent emergency surgery at San Luis Rey Equine Clinic for colic on Saturday afternoon, correspondent Natalie Voss revealed in a story in Sunday’s Paulick Report.
An entrapment of the horse’s large intestine over the small intestine was determined to be the cause of the colic according to trainer Jeff Mullins who acted quickly, in concert with veterinarian Dr. Melinda Blue in getting the horse to the San Luis Rey center for the surgery.
According to Mullins, the next 36 hours are critical and the horse is not considered “out of the woods” at this stage. Provided he makes it through the period with no complications, his prognosis is good.
Gabriel Charles won the 2014 Del Mar Derby under Mike Smith last September and returned to take the $400,000 Eddie Read on July 18, his fourth win in 11 career starts. The $240,000 winner’s share of the Read person boosted the earnings of the 5-year-old son of Street Hero, co-owned by Michael House and Sam Britt, to $584,400.
Source: Del Mar Thoroughbred Club
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