DEL MAR LEADERS
(Through Thursday)
JOCKEYS / WINS
Juan Hernandez / 15
Umberto Rispoli / 10
Joe Bravo / 9
Ramon Vazquez / 7
Edwin Maldonado / 5
TRAINERS / WINS
Philip D’Amato / 8
Doug O’Neill / 7
Bob Baffert / 6
Peter Miller / 5
George Papaprodromou / 4
WEEKEND STAKES AT DEL MAR
Friday
• $175,000 Real Good Deal Stakes, 3-year-olds bred in CA, 7 furlongs
Saturday
• $400,000 Grade I Clement L. Hirsch Stakes, fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up, 1 1/16 miles
• $150,000 California Dreamin Stakes, 3-year-olds and up bred in CA, 1 1/16 miles (turf)
Sunday
• $150,000 Grade III La Jolla Handicap, 3-year-olds, 1 1/16 miles (turf)
• $125,000 CTBA Stakes, 2-year-old fillies bred in CA, 5 1/2 furlongs
DOWN THE STRETCH
• Flightline has been installed as the 3-1 favorite for the first of two Breeders’ Cup Classic Future Wager pools. Betting begins at 9 a.m. Friday and concludes at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. The pools will consist of 23 individual wagering interests and one “All Others” wager. Minimum bet is $2 and it is a win wager only. The second Future Wager will will be offered over Labor Day weekend. Life Is Good is the 7-2 second choice in the first pool, followed by Olympiad (9-2). Hot Rod Charlie is 20-1.
• Santa Anita announced the stakes schedule for its 2022-23 winter-spring meet this week, which includes three Grade I stakes on opening day Dec. 26 – the Malibu, La Brea and American Oaks. There are a total of 93 stakes races, 10 of which are Grade Is. The $500,000 Grade I Santa Anita Handicap will be run March 4. The $750,000 Grade I Santa Anita Derby, which has produced 19 Kentucky Derby winners and was won last spring by Taiba, is scheduled for April 8. Closing day is June 18.
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• Shedaresthedevil was shipped Wednesday from Kentucky to Del Mar by trainer Brad Cox to run in Saturday’s $400,000 Grade I Clement L. Hirsch Stakes. The 5-year-old daughter of Daredevil, who’s won 10 of 20 starts, won last year’s running by 3 1/4 lengths and will be challenged this year by the Bob Baffert-trained Private Mission, who goes into the race off a victory in the Grade II Santa Maria Stakes at Santa Anita on June 18. Florent Geroux, Shedaresthedevil’s regular rider, will be aboard again. Juan Hernandez will ride Private Mission.
— Art Wilson