Galilean © Benoit Photo
West Point Thoroughbreds and partners’ Galilean won the $125,000 California Dreamin’ Stakes by a half length Sunday at Del Mar giving rider Flavien Prat his fourth stakes victory on the young meet’s sixth day.
The tally was also his third triumph on the 11-race card and propelled him into a three-way tie for the shore jockey crown with nine victories. Riders Umberto Rispoli and Abel Cedillo also have nine firsts.
Galilean, a 4-year-old colt by Uncle Mo, earned $71,250 for capturing the California-bred turf test. He covered the mile and one-sixteenth in 1:40.87 and, as the 6/5 favorite, returned $4.40, $3.80 and $2.80.
Second in the stakes was Reddam Racing’s Whooping Jay and third was Flawless Racing, Flanagan or Jarvis’ Brandothebartender.
Galilean, a $600,000 purchase at the Barrett’s April 2-year-old sale in 2018, now has earned $514,098 with five wins in 10 starts. He is conditioned by John Sadler, whose victory in the race was his 77th stakes score at Del Mar, tying him with Ron McAnally for second-most stakes in Del Mar history.
Racing resumes at Del Mar tomorrow with first post at 2 p.m.
FLAVIEN PRAT (Galilean, winner) – “It’s going well (the score was his fourth stakes victory in the first six days of racing at the meet). Everything seems to be good. My agent is working hard – he better be – and I seem to be riding well. This horse today put me in a good spot, I was able to save ground and he ran well to finish.”
JOHN SADLER (Galilean, winner) – “A beautiful ride by Flavien (Prat). A ground saving trip and he liked the turf just as we thought he would. We like to run twice here so we’ll look for something at the end of the meet, but nothing really jumps out off the top of my head right now. We’ll see.”
FRACTIONS: :23.43 :47.02 1:10.93 1:34.84 1:40.87
The stakes win was the fourth of the meet for rider Prat, and his second (2018, Fly to Mars) in the California Dreamin’. He now has 48 stakes wins at Del Mar.
The stakes win was the first of the meet for trainer Sadler, and his second (2013, He Fire N Ice) in the California Dreamin’. He now has 77 stakes wins at Del Mar, which ties him with Ron McAnally for second-most among all trainers in Del Mar history.
The winning owner is West Point Thoroughbreds and partners. West Point is run by Terry Finley of Mount Laurel, NJ.