Del Mar Stable News
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Stable Notes July 28, 2018
Published Saturday, July 28th, 2018 (6 years ago)
Unique Bella © Del Mar Thoroughbred Club
DAY 9
UNIQUE BELLA AIMS FOR GRADE I HIRSCH IN REGULAR WAY
What’s unique about Unique Bella?
“She’s a champion, that’s what’s unique about her,” Hall of Fame...
Take the One O One Wins Real Good Deal Stakes
Published Friday, July 27th, 2018 (6 years ago)
Take the One O One © Benoit Photo
Taking the shortest way home, even-money favored Take the One O One rallied on the rail turning into the stretch to take the lead and continued on...
Stable Notes July 27, 2018
Published Friday, July 27th, 2018 (6 years ago)
Peter Miller © Eclipse Sportswire
DAY 8
MILLER STIRS UP SOME GOOD MEMORIES WITH STORMY LIBERAL, ROY H
Trainer Peter Miller ranks a Saturday at Del Mar, November 4, 2017, as probably the third-best day...
Unique Bella Strong Favorite in Clement L. Hirsch Stakes Sunday
Published Friday, July 27th, 2018 (6 years ago)
Unique Bella
Don Alberto Stable’s champion filly Unique Bella, a winner of eight of eleven starts and worse than second only once in a brilliant career, figures to be an odds-on favorite Sunday when she...
Nice Ice Wins Del Mar Feature
Published Thursday, July 26th, 2018 (6 years ago)
Nice Ice © Benoit Photo
Nice Ice, who won a maiden race over Santa Anita’s six and one-half furlong downhill turf course in April, stretched out to a mile over the Del Mar grass to...
Stable Notes July 26, 2018
Published Thursday, July 26th, 2018 (6 years ago)
Roy H
DAY 7
THREE FROM BREEDERS’ CUP SPRINT RETURN FOR BING CROSBY
The first, fourth and fifth-place finishers from the $1.5 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint last November are back at Del Mar as part...
Champion Sprinter Roy H Faces Ten in Grade I Bing Crosby Stakes
Published Thursday, July 26th, 2018 (6 years ago)
Roy H © Benoit Photo
Champion sprinter Roy H, who clinched an Eclipse Award with his triumph in the $1.5 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint last November at Del Mar, returns to the scene of his...
Beach View Upsets Hoppertunity in Cougar II Handicap
Published Wednesday, July 25th, 2018 (6 years ago)
Beach View © Benoit Photo
Given a ground-saving ride by jockey Rafael Bejarano, Beach View swept to the front along the rail turning into the stretch and easily defeated odds-on favored Hoppertunity in the featured...
Unbeaten Smiling Angelo Heads Real Good Deal Stakes Field
Published Wednesday, July 25th, 2018 (6 years ago)
Smiling Angelo © Benoit Photo
Ferro Family and Flores’ Smiling Angelo, impressive winner of his only two races, will make his stakes debut Friday versus seven fellow California-bred three-year-olds in the $150,000 Real Good Deal...
Stable Notes July 25, 2018
Published Wednesday, July 25th, 2018 (6 years ago)
DAY 6
JUSTIFY RETIRED; WILL PARADE FOR FANS HERE SATURDAY
Bob Baffert was by himself in a second-floor grandstand box when approached by two writers around 7:30 Wednesday morning. Naturally, the first subject was Justify....