Artislas © Benoit Photo

REYLU GUTIERREZ (Artislas, winner) - “It’s all a credit to the horse; I mean he fit in an easy hole. Not many horses have courage to do that, especially horses his age. He saved ground the whole way, he wasn’t ranked at all, you know horses usually stretching out 5 ½ to a mile it’s tough. Really professional by this horse. Future is very bright for him. I think he will do a mile, and he does everything we have expected of him in the mornings. A lot of thanks to Corey Nakatani helping me off the track and, of course, (trainer) Jeff Mullins.”

JEFF MULLINS (Artislas, winner) – “He was sitting fourth or fifth just cruising along. I told Reylu (Gutierrez) just be patient; hopefully you’ll get somewhere to go and hopefully you’ll have horse when it’s time to go and he said, ‘Don’t worry, we’ll have horse.’ He’s always shown us a lot. Reylu has worked him almost every time and he’s always been really high on this horse."

FRACTIONS:  :22.18  :46.61  1:12.21  1:24.44  1:36.53

The stakes win was the first of the meet for rider Gutierrez and his first ever at Del Mar. 

The stakes win was the first of the meet for trainer Mullins, but his second (Packs a Wahlop, 2022) in the Del Mar Juvenile Turf. He now has 24 stakes wins at Del Mar. 

The winning owners are Irving Ventures, Arthur or Meathe, et al.  Irving Ventures is the nom du course of Ruben Islas, Jr. of San Diego, CA.