Del Mar: Hollywood Derby is 1 of 3 graded stakes Saturday
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Alex Evers / Eclipse Sportswire
Del Mar’s turf festival goes into high gear Saturday at the seaside oval with a trio of turf tests at different levels on tap for racing fans throughout the afternoon.
Topping off the day’s action will be the 84th running of the Hollywood Derby, a Grade 1 headliner that carries a $300,000 purse and is limited to 3-year-olds.
Six of the Baker’s Dozen in the nine-furlong turf test have out-of-town connections. Four of them have won Derbies already this year. Five of them are last-out winners. And, just for fun, let’s throw in two fillies taking on the boys. There’s also a millionaire, a ridgling, a British-bred colt and a pair of geldings. That’s a lot in the mix for the race that made California Chrome horse of the year, the first time, in 2014.
Then there’s a dozen older horses wanting to run 1 1/16 miles on the lawn in the 48th edition of the $200,000 Seabiscuit Handicap, a Grade 2 testing that serves as a nifty undercard offering on the nine-race program. And finally, 2-year-old fillies will get to strut their stuff in the Jimmy Durante (G3), a one-mile grass affair that will bring out 13 hopefuls.
Here are the lineup for the stakes threesome.
Hollywood Derby
Hollywood Derby favorite Carson’s Run is a shipper from the east who has won five of nine lifetime starts and more than $1 million. He’s a son of the Tapit sire Cupid.
| Post | Silks | Horse / Sire | Rating | Trainer / Jockey | Last Start / Next Start | ML |
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Stay Hot Summer Front |
6.24 | 8-1 | ||
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Rothschild Uncle Mo |
5.92 | 15-1 | ||
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Chatalas Gun Runner |
6.47 | 30-1 | ||
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| 4 |
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Carson’s Run Cupid |
6.94 | 3-1 | ||
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| 5 |
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King Of Gosford Zoustar |
6.09 | 5-1 | ||
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| 6 |
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Formidable Man City of Light |
6.74 | 9-2 | ||
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| 7 |
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Donegal Momentum Uncle Mo |
6.27 | 6-1 | ||
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| 8 |
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Atitlan The Factor |
6.67 | 8-1 | ||
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| 9 |
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Tirupati Mitole |
0.00 |
2nd, WO AOC (10/26/2024-R2) |
30-1 | |
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2nd, WO AOC (10/26/2024-R2) |
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| 10 |
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British Isles Justify |
0.00 | 30-1 | ||
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| 11 |
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Heart Headed Oscar Performance |
4.79 | 20-1 | ||
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| 12 |
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Twirling Point Twirling Candy |
5.79 | 20-1 | ||
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| 13 |
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Cathal No Nay Never |
0.00 | 15-1 | ||
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Seabiscuit Handicap
Redistricting, the top choice in the Seabiscuit, is also in from the east where he just missed in his comeback start for ’24 in a Grade III at Aqueduct last month. The British-bred 4-year-old failed to finish the course here last year when he competed in the Hollywood Derby.
| Post | Silks | Horse / Sire | Rating | Trainer / Jockey | Last Start / Next Start | ML |
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| 1 |
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Fast Buck Gallant Son |
0.00 |
2nd, California Flag H. |
20-1 | |
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| 2 |
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Sumter War Front |
6.03 | 8-1 | ||
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| 3 |
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Seal Team War Front |
5.92 | 7-2 | ||
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| 4 |
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Zio Jo Nyquist |
3.79 |
1st, DMR AOC (11/17/2024-R7) |
15-1 | |
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1st, DMR AOC (11/17/2024-R7) |
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| 5 |
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Astronomer Air Force Blue |
6.11 | 15-1 | ||
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| 6 |
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Mi Hermano Ramon Creative Cause |
5.79 | 12-1 | ||
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| 7 |
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Redistricting Kingman |
6.07 | 3-1 | ||
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| 8 |
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Easter Exosphere |
6.40 | 8-1 | ||
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| 9 |
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Masteroffoxhounds War Front |
6.05 | 15-1 | ||
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| 10 |
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Almendares Havana Grey |
6.47 | 4-1 | ||
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| 11 |
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St Anthony Noble Mission |
4.79 | 20-1 | ||
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| 12 |
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Cabo Spirit Pioneerof the Nile |
6.64 | 30-1 | ||
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Jimmy Durante
Supa Speed, the one to beat on the line in the Jimmy Durante, was in a world of trouble in her last start at Santa Anita in October. The Justify chestnut was a good second in the Juvenile Fillies Turf at Del Mar on Sept. 7 in her prior start.
| Post | Silks | Horse / Sire | Rating | Trainer / Jockey | Last Start / Next Start | ML |
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Resolve Midnight Lute |
0.00 | 6-1 | ||
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Slick Oasis Dream |
0.00 | 15-1 | ||
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Lee’s Baby Girl Malibu Moon |
0.00 | 8-1 | ||
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Dandy Vandy Without Parole |
0.00 | 12-1 | ||
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| 5 |
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Schilflied Mendelssohn |
0.00 | 15-1 | ||
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| 6 |
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Casalu Caracaro |
5.89 | 12-1 | ||
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| 7 |
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Origami Sioux Nation |
0.00 | 12-1 | ||
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| 8 |
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Supa Speed Justify |
0.00 | 7-2 | ||
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| 9 |
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Sea Runner Gun Runner |
0.00 | 9-2 | ||
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| 10 |
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Ce La Vi Charli Classic Empire |
0.00 | 20-1 | ||
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| 11 |
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Will Then War of Will |
0.00 | 20-1 | ||
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| 12 |
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Tigerish Tiz the Law |
5.87 | 15-1 | ||
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| 13 |
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Acquitted Into Mischief |
0.00 | 8-1 | ||
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