Nooni brings high hopes into Saturday’s Del Mar Debutante
Photo:
Del Mar / Benoit Photo
With a 2-for-2 record and a $1.8 million price tag, Nooni
carries high expectations Saturday into the 74th running of the Grade 1,
$300,000 Del Mar Debutante.
The seven-furlong race for seven 2-year-old fillies is the
feature on the next to last day of summer racing at Del Mar. As the fourth race,
it is expected to start after 6 p.m. EDT with the first post for the 11-race
card coming at 4:30 p.m.
Click here for Del Mar entries and results.
Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, who trains Nooni, has won the
Debutante a record 10 times, most recently in 2021 with Grace Adler. He and Amr
Zedan, whose Zedan Racing Stables own Nooni, teamed with Baffert to win the
2020 renewal with Princess Noor.
Bred in Florida, Nooni is a Win Win Win filly who finished
first in her five-furlong debut by 9 1/2 lengths June 13 at Santa Anita. She
then won by 1 1/2 lengths Aug. 10 in the Sorrento (G3) going six furlongs at
Del Mar. That performance earned her an 81 Beyer Speed Figure, according to Daily
Racing Form.
With Del Mar’s leading jockey Juan Hernández looking for his
first win in the Debutante, Nooni will start from post 2.
Baffert also entered Vodka With A Twist, a Churchill Downs stakes
winner who was second in the Sorrento, and Tenma, who won by a neck in her debut
Aug. 18 at Del Mar.
Nine Debutante winners went on to become Eclipse
Award-winning 2-year-old fillies, most recently Songbird in 2015. She also was
the last of five victors in this race who would finish first in the Breeders’
Juvenile Fillies. The only Debutante-Kentucky Oaks (G1) double was in 1993-94
with Sardula.
| Post | Silks | Horse / Sire | Rating | Trainer / Jockey | Last Start / Next Start | HRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Proud Starlet Mendelssohn |
0.00 | Entered | ||
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| 2 |
|
Nooni Win Win Win |
6.23 | Entered | ||
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| 3 |
|
So There She Was Munnings |
0.00 | Entered | ||
|
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| 4 |
|
Vodka With A Twist Thousand Words |
4.79 | Entered | ||
|
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| 5 |
|
Night Beacon Hard Spun |
0.00 | Entered | ||
|
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| 6 |
|
Tenma Nyquist |
0.00 | Entered | ||
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| 7 |
|
Jack’s Magic Girl Good Magic |
0.00 | Entered | ||
|
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