Del Mar Stable Notes July 20, 2018

DMTC News – From the Wire —- SPOUSE OR SHEIK? BAFFERT STAYS STRESS FREE TRAINING FOR BOTH The question regarding Saturday’s Grade II $200,000 San Diego Handicap was one only Bob Baffert was qualified to ponder. “Is it a bigger stressor to train a horse for your wife,...
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Monmouth Park Barn Notes for Friday, July 20, 2018

By Tom Luicci —- STEPHENS PLANNING TO DEBUT A PAIR OF 2-YEAR-OLDS ON TURF IF WEATHER HOLDS AT MONMOUTH PARK FOR SUNDAY’S CARD OCEANPORT, N.J. – With all of the work that John Stephens puts into getting a young horse to the races – more than most trainers, since he and his...
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Opening Day all-sources handle at Saratoga Race Course tops $20 million for second consecutive year

NYRA RELEASE —- New York Racing Association introduces The Stretch, Saratoga’s newest hospitality area SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Opening Day of the 2018 season at Saratoga Race Course generated all-sources handle of $20,247,319, the second consecutive season that...
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Daddy Is a Legend holds off Altea in stretch to win G3 Lake George

By Brian Bohl —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Jim and Susan Hill’s Daddy Is a Legend outkicked Altea in the stretch to earn her first stakes win of the year, capturing the Grade 3, $150,000 Lake George for 3-year-old fillies on Opening Day of the 40-day summer meet...
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Gulfstream: Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Grows to $377,000

By David Joseph —- Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Grows to $377,000 Gulfstream Summer Graduate Takes Schuylerville (G3) HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved at Gulfstream Park Friday, creating a $377,563.07 carryover jackpot for Saturday’s...
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Catherinethegreat storms home in G3 Schuylerville

By Anthony Affrunti —- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Grade 3, $150,000 Schuylerville for 2-year-old fillies, the first of 69 stakes worth $18.85 million in purses during the 40-day Saratoga Race Course meet, was captured by John C. Oxley’s filly...
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Gulfstream: Grade 2 Winner Conquest Big E Targets Sunday’s Coast is Clear Stakes

By David Joseph —- Grade 2 Winner Conquest Big E Targets Sunday’s Coast is Clear Stakes HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – A son of Tapit who brought a winning bid of $700,000 at the 2014 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, Conquest Big E was always meant to be a good horse. The...
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Race Selection: Grade II San Diego Handicap

By Rick Francis —- Del Mar Race 7) Grade 2 San Diego Handicap 1&1/16th Miles Post Time 8pm EDT Catalina Cruiser (1), Sadler/Van Dyke; fast, real fast; don’t think he can sustain .21 & change quarters, but if he can, they won’t catch him. Dr. Dorr (2),...
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Saratoga Race Selection: Grade I Diana

TSV Staff Selection —- Race 10), Grade 1 Diana Stakes F&M 1&1/8TH Miles (Turf) Post Time: 5:55 EDT 6) A Raving Beauty – 5-year-old is 2-for-2 on the year taking both the G3 Beaugay and last out inching clear of the Grade 1 Just A Game field; she’ll be...
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Saratoga Day 2: GIII Sanford, Grade I Diana key to Late Pick-4

By Matt Pappis Tracksideview Staff Writer —- Stakes action continues from Saratoga Race Course with the runnings of the Grade 3 Sanford and the G1 Diana. Race 8) 5½ Furlongs. (Turf) ™Alw 87000n1x Purse $87,000 FOR FILLIES AND MARES Post Time: ( 5:02)/ 4:02/ 3:02/ 2:02...
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