Del Mar guide: Odds, PPs, more for Yellow Ribbon Handicap
Multiple Grade 1 winner Anisette makes her return to the races in Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Yellow Ribbon Handicap at Del Mar.
Anisette will spot the rest of the six-horse field anywhere from six to nine pounds under Umberto Rispoli when the Yellow Ribbon is run as race 8 of 10 at 8:32 p.m. EDT. The 1 1/16th-mile turf test will be shown live on FanDuel TV.
Check out Horse Racing Nation’s free past performances page for downloadable PPs for the Yellow Ribbon and more, courtesy of our partners at Brisnet.
We also have Super Screener picks and analysis for the Yellow Ribbon as well as recent top speed figures for each contender.
Yellow Ribbon best speed figures
| Post | Horse | ML | Beyer | TimeformUS | HRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uncorked | 5-1 | 90 | 110 | 104 |
| 2 | Anisette | 3-5 | 91 | 117 | 105 |
| 3 | Fuente Ovejuna | 10-1 | 88 | 119 | 101 |
| 4 | Lucky Girl | 12-1 | 85 | 111 | 102 |
| 5 | Bellabel | 6-1 | 87 | 109 | 97 |
| 6 | Ever Smart | 12-1 | 89 | 112 | 110 |
Looking at the pace
The pace projector senses that frontrunners Bellabel and Ever Smart will have an advantage in the Yellow Ribbon, calling into question Anisette's ability to make her patented late run.
Pace projector appears courtesy of TimeformUS.
HRN picks for the Yellow Ribbon Handicap
This week's Super Screener contains a long shot play in the Sorrento Stakes (G3) at Del Mar. Here's what Super Screener creator Mike Shutty said about Vodka With a Twist at 6-1:
"Vodka With a Twist will likely see them all early, but should be within three lengths of the pace. ... She already has a win at this distance, and – more importantly – has shown an ideal balance in how she distributes her energy. She'll just sit off the pace and when other fillies are tiring, she'll just be getting going."
Buy the special Now through Breeders' Cup Super Screener package for just $97, a savings of nearly $400, and get analysis for the Yellow Ribbon and much more this weekend.
Chip Gehrke's latest divisional rankings believe Anisette can threaten for top turf female with a win in the Yellow Ribbon.
Mike Smith, 59, was profiled by Del Mar ahead of his start in the Yellow Ribbon atop Ever Smart.
J. Keeler Johnson's latest Horses to Watch column highlighted a logical Sorrento Stakes (G3) win threat in Nooni.
Colonial Down track announcer Jason Beem joined the Ron Flatter Racing Pod to discuss Sunday's Arlington Million (G1) program.
Here's the field for the Yellow Ribbon Handicap (G2):