Three year old filly for Phil D’Amato, who normally has a lot of early speed, missed the start in Saturday’s finale, a maiden special weight event at 5/8 on the turf for 3 and up. Off at 8/1 in a field of 10, she swerved out at the start from the four hole and impeded […]
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Three year old filly for Tim Yakteen made her debut on Friday in a $50,000 maiden claimer at ¾ on the main 3 and up. Off at 8/1 in a field of 9, she broke running from the rail slot and was 4th early on just 3 back of the leaders. Kimura started to move […]
Three year filly for Doug O’Neill put on an impressive display of speed on Sunday when she made a shambles of a 1st allowance condition at a mile on the main track for fillies and mares 3 and up. Off at 16/1 in a field of six and the longest price on the board, she […]
Three year old colt for Gary Mandella tried the first allowance condition on Saturday at a flat mile on the main, 3 and up. Off at 11/1 in a field of 10, he was pretty much void of any speed early and Fresu took him straight to the rail to save some ground. He stayed […]
Six year old gelding for John Shirreffs, who had been off for 15 months, surfaced on Saturday in a $40,000 claimer for older runners at ¾ on the main. Off at 5/1 in a field of 7, he came out running under Rispoli and showed much more speed than he had in the past. He […]
Two year old colt for Richie Baltas made his debut in Friday’s third, a 5/8 turf sprint for juvenile maiden special weights. Off at 5/2 in a field of 8, he completely missed the start and was quickly 7 back of the leaders and dead last. Rispoli got him to the outside and he started […]
Three year old French bred filly, who was claimed by Ron Ellis in his last start two months ago, surfaced on Friday in a starter allowance race for non winners twice who had raced for $50,000 or less. Off as the longest price in the field of 8 at 13/1, she broke OK under Talamo […]
Two year old filly for Tim Yakteen made her debut in Saturday’s opener at five and a half on the main in a maiden special weight for juvenile fillies. Off at 18/1 with Fresu up, who has been ice cold so far at Del Mar, she broke running from the rail slot and fought for […]
Five year old mare for Phil D’Amato, away from the races for 22 months, was entered in the Daisycutter Handicap at 5/8 on the lawn Saturday. Off at 9/2 in a field of 8, she broke running under Kyle Frey and sat 2nd down the back side just 2 lengths back of the elusive leader. […]
Three year old Irish filly for Phil D’Amato made her 1st start in this country and the 4th of her career in the finale on Saturday. Off at 5/1 in a full field of 12 runners in a maiden special weight at a mile on the turf, she was pretty much void of any early […]