Del Mar day 2 recap + Friday July 18th preview
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Thursday, July 17, 2008 Del Mar recap…
Rafael Bejarano and Tyler Baze both booted home a winner to keep things going on Day 2, but the day belonged to Victor Espinoza and Joel Rosario, as both rode two winners on the card. Peter Miller saddled a pair of maiden claiming juvenile sprint winners.
Final times are much faster in this 2nd Polytrack meet as the synthetic track played fair for the 2nd straight day…
Race 6: Bullsbay sat the right trip behind the speed and was definitely best in this entry level flat mile affair. 8f in 1:36.23.
Race 7: Distant Victory rolled to her 2nd straight good looking turf route tally for Carla Gaines. The CA-bred filly sports the look of a future stakes performer. 8.5 grassy furlongs in 1:42.76.
Friday July 18th Del Mar Preview
Race 2: My racingonthenet free selection of the day.
Race 3: Number 1 Padach (7-2) drops a bit and cuts back a furlong 2nd time off the Monteleone claim. Come and get her from the rail.
Race 5: Peter Miller won a pair of juvenile maiden claimers here yesterday, and he’s got Number 5 Big Revolution (6-1) in this spot. She sports a couple of bullets and attracts Bejarano, 29% with this barn.
Race 6: My MySpace free selection of the day.
Race 7: The featured CTBA stakes has a few solid contenders, starting with Number 9 Atka (7-2). The Harrington trainee has faced open company and stakes foes in last two. Well spotted in the CA-bred ranks. Number 4 Saucey Evening (9-2) graduated in a Colonial turf sprint for Graham Motion, and she’s been training all along on synthetic. Gomez gets the call. Number 8 Ten Churros (3-1) is the speed and goes from Mullins to Baffert. Must avoid a duel with Streamin Heat.
Tags: CTBA, Day 2 recap July 17th, Day 3 preview July 18th, Del MarRelated Stories
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