Seven Sisters © Benoit Photo

SLO Racing Stable’s Seven Sisters sprinted to the front out of the gate in the Thursday feature at Del Mar and just couldn’t be caught as she scampered to a length and one-half victory under rider Ricky Gonzalez.

The 5-year-old mare by Oxbow didn’t make it to the races until this year, scoring in her third start on July 29 at Del Mar in a maiden $50,000 claimer by more than five lengths. Back today to face allowance horses, the bay homebred had all of her speed and used it to good advantage to best 10 distaff rivals. She is trained by Andy Mathis.

Finishing second in the six and one-half furlong dash was Slugo Racing or Paymaster Racing’s Wishtheyallcouldbe, who had a neck on Tesar or Bach’s last-closing Smoothlikebuttah. The 11-10 race favorite, Nentwig, Pagano or Weiner, et al’s Taming the Tigress, broke very poorly and spotted her field five lengths, then closed too late and finished fourth.

Seven Sisters ran the distance in 1:17.91 and paid $28.00, $14.60 and $9.60 across the board. Wishtheyallcouldbe returned $20.00 and $12.80, while Smoothlikebuttah paid $10.80 to show.

The track’s Pick Six Single Ticket Jackpot wager was not hit once again, the sixth racing day since the mandatory payout that occurred on TVG Pacific Classic Day August 21. The carryover on the bet rose to $351,686 and it will go forward to Friday’s race card which has a first post of 3:30 p.m.