Big Fish © Benoit Photo

VICTOR ESPINOZA (Big Fish, winner) – “I had a good trip. The only problem I had was on the far turn when I dropped my hands just a bit and he took off. He almost ran up on the heels of the horse in front of us. But I checked him and wheeled him out. He swerved just a bit in the stretch, but nothing big. You know the kind he is; if they make the lead they get lonely out there and they want to wait for other ones to come and play.”

DAVID HOFMANS (Big Fish, winner) – “After his work the other day I was confident. I thought he was coming into this race peak perfect and we had planned for this race a long time ago. I absolutely thought he would do well on the turf. He’s bred for the turf and he showed in his last race he’s a different horse on the turf.” 

FRACTIONS:  :24.00 :49.32  1:14.71  1:23.73  1:38.21 

The stakes win was the second of the meet for rider Espinoza, but his first in the Del Mar Juvenile Turf. He now has 104 stakes wins at Del Mar, third most among all riders.

The stakes win was the first of the meet for trainer Hofmans and his first in the Del Mar Juvenile Turf. He now has 27 stakes wins at Del Mar.

The winning owner Legacy Ranch is Pete Parrella of Chino, CA.