Big City Lights: Look for Mandella to Find a Graded Sprint To Get the Job Done Again

Five year old full horse for Richard Mandella tried the 7 furlong Cary Grant stakes on Saturday on the main track where he has run second in the last two years. However, this year The Chosen Vron is on the sidelines and he didn’t have to worry about losing to him, which he had done 4 consecutive times. Off as the 4 to 5 favorite in a field of just five, he broke OK under Kazushi Kimura and sat third down the back side, just 3 off the leaders. The fractions were quick as they went 44.23 for the half and when Kimura saw an opening at the rail at the 3/8 pole, he zipped through it and the race was basically over. He quickly opened up two on the field and by the time they hit the stretch it was four open lengths and widening. He cruised on home to win by 8.5 at the wire and he had some pretty nice company behind him in Man O Rose, Curlin’s Kaos, and None Above the Law. This was his 6th win in just 12 trips to the post and he has never been out of the top three in his career which include three graded stakes. His earnings now stand at $503,420 and the time for 7/8 was 1:21.39 which is excellent. Look for Mandella to find a graded sprint for him in the near future and he will get the job done once again.

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Big City Lights’s Race Information
Race Date:  November 9, 2024	Track:  Del Mar		Race #:  8
Distance:  7 Furlongs	Conditions: stakes		Surface: Dirt
Trainer:  Richard Mandella	Jockey:  Kazushi Kimura		Track Condition:  FAST
Trouble Notes:  paused early, angled in, rail bid 3/8, powered away			Track Variant:  +5
Finish Position: 1st	Win Payout:  $ 3.80	Place: Payout:  $ 2.60	Show Payout:  $ 2.10

Race Replay

Big City Lights – Del Mar –  November 9, 2024

Big City Lights Performance Figures Earned
Race Condition Pars	Big City Lights Figures Earned
Race Class Level:  170	Running Style In Race:  Mid Pack Runner
Final Time Rating Par: 150	Final Time Rating: 149
CPR Race Par:  141	CPR Earned In Race: 142
Fast Fig Race Par:  0	Fast Fig In Race:
Key Race Winners: 0	Running Style In Race:   Mid Pack Runner
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Generally horses that are on the Horses To Watch list ran into unexpected trouble, bad luck, and/or didn’t run the race we believe Big City Lights was cabable of.  We expected that if Big City Lights gets a good trip in their next start than we should see an improvement in Big City Lights performance figures.  Use the performance figures earned in Big City Lights last race (listed above) and compare them to the field and pars of Big City Lights next start.  If Big City Lights appears to have earned higher performance figures in the last race when running into trouble  as compared to the rest of the field’s expected perfomance in the upcoming race than there is a good chance that Big City Lights will dominate the race.

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