Today at Del Mar, July 28
TODAY AT DEL MAr
By Richard Eng
Post Time 2:05 p.m.
Race 1 - 6 furlongs, Purse $75,000, Maiden special weights, Fillies, 2-year-olds
1 Secret Compass - Beaten favorite in debut; Bob Baffert babies do improve second time out, adding blinkers on.
2 Abide in Me - Ran a good second in debut; now Art Sherman adding first time with Lasix today.
Long Shot - 6 Spy Girl
Race 2 - 6 furlongs, Purse $48,000, Claiming $32,000, 3-year-olds
8 Disarm - Taking a huge class drop to face much easier; John Sadler barn kicking into overdrive trying to pile up wins.
3 Laugh At Life - Tepid chalk was claimed in last by Doug O’Neill; interesting that he drops this one in class.
Long Shot - 1 Too Fast to Pass
Race 3 - 1 1/16th miles (turf, rail at 7 feet), Purse $75,000, Maiden special weights, Cal-breds, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up
5 Coconut Cream Pie - Big chalk has a versatile stalking style that is perfect on this turf course; will sit a trip.
4 Keldy - Sprinter stretching out can be expected to surge for the lead; goes as fast and as far as she can.
Long Shot - 1 Little Unusual
Race 4 - 7 furlongs, Purse $62,000, Claiming $50,000, 3-year-olds
7 Mudflats - Gets a chance to restart his career back in SoCal; Doug O’Neill taking the blinkers off.
4 Scherer Magic - Tepid chalk drops to the lowest class level of his career; John Sadler is turning up the heat to win races.
Long Shot - 3 He’s Not Too Shabby
Race 5 - 1 1/8th miles, Purse $24,000, Claiming $10,000, 3-year-olds and up
6 Whipstock - Won well in last and is dropped in class by Marty Jones; he’s not in the business of giving horses away.
9 Arraignment - Chalk has worked 4 times since being put on the vet’s list; key vote comes from Rafael Bejarano up.
Long Shot - 7 Scofield Barracks
Race 6 - 6 1/2 furlongs, Purse $77,000, Optional claiming $40,000, 3-year-olds and up
2 Gnarly Dude - Claimed by John Sadler and spotted aggressively to win; he’s pulling out all the stops of late.
10 Ranulf - Bob Baffert colt won his MSW well in last; now facing winners for the very first time.
Long Shot - 8 Marchman
Race 7 - 1 1/16th miles (turf, rail at 7 feet), Purse $77,000, Allowance, Fillies, 3-year-olds
7 Blingismything - Big rider switch to Rafael Bejarano for the money shot; has shown ability and a high ceiling.
6 Smooth Talker - Tom Proctor charge was one of the few wire to wire grass winners; Joe Talamo for Gary Stevens at Monmouth.
Long Shot - 1 Somethingabouther
Race 8 - 6 furlongs, $300,000 Bing Crosby, 3-year-olds and up
2 Goldencents - 3-YO colt facing his elders early in a grade 1; like the cut back in distance, adding blinkers on too.
4 Comma to the Top - No horse on earth tries harder every time out; at some point though he has to start showing wear and tear.
Long Shot - 5 Jimmy Creed
Race 9 - 6 furlongs, Purse $28,000, Claiming $12,500, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up
4 One Magical Girl - Sliding down the claiming ladder to this career low class; Bill Spawr uses Agapito Delgadillo a lot.
5 Lia Juliana - In a field full of early speed, this filly may be closing; like Alec Baldwin once said “always be closing”.
Long Shot - 10 Suances Flower
Race 10 - 1 1/16th miles (turf, rail at 7 feet), Purse $75,000, Maiden special weights, 3-year-olds and up
1 Layton Register - This ship and win horse sure looks tough in here; should skim the rail and come flying fast late.
7 Corinthian’s Song - Draw a line thru last over the synthetics; he is better on turf and that’s what he prefers.
Long Shot - 6 Horizontalspeakin
Best Bet - 2 Goldencents (race 8)
Del Mar Saturday - Picks/Winners/Mutuels, 18/5/$40.40; Long Shots, 10/1/$14.00; Best Bet, 1/0/$0
Del Mar Totals - 152/39/$286.20; Long Shots, 76/8/$89.40; Best Bets, 9/3/$11.60
SIMULCAST PLAY OF THE DAY - #8 Channel Lady (4/1) in race 5 at Monmouth Park. For scoring purposes, we’ll make a hypothetical $2 win, place and show bet, $6 total. On Saturday, Parnelli ran second at Saratoga paying $4.00 to place and $3.20 to show. Stats - 123/80/$601.10; Follow him on Twitter: @richeng4propick
