With three men coached by Graham Motion, one coached by Todd Pletcher and one coached by Shug McGaughey, the Hollywood Derby (G1T) on Dec. Del Mar has a decidedly East Coast taste. But coaches in California are defending their courts with firepower lately.
McGaughey’s runner-up, celestial city , was the only one of 11 in the Hollywood Derby to win in a row. In two races at aqueduct, Celestial City won the 1/16 mile permit race on grass and returned to score in the 1/8 mile Hill Prince Stakes (G2T) with a length of 2 1/4 after stumbling at the catch. head. Earlier this year, he placed in two turf stakes classified at Saratoga.
McGaughey said of Hill Prince: “The races on this horse are very good – it is racing against some pretty tough opponents.
Celestial City is second with Fuerteventura against the winner Annapolis in Saranac Shares (G3T) in Saratoga. In the next start, Annapolis won the Coolmore Turf Mile (G1T) Share at Keeneland.
McGaughey has appointed Ramon Vazquez to ride Celestial City from No.
Pletcher is sending Craftiness (Flavien Prat, post 9), whose only three on-court starts led to split bets in seconds at Saratoga and Keeneland and win in a one-mile-restricted Better Talk Now Stakes in Saratoga. Earlier this year, Wit won the Bay Shore Stakes (G3) at the Aqueduct. At age 2, Wit broke his first daughter six lengths and added a Sanford Stock (G3) for eight more lengths before placing in a Hope Stock (G1) and a Champagne Stock (G1).
Three recent stakes in Southern California could be instructive on the Hollywood Derby outcome. Eight of the Hollywood Horse Race participants competed in one or more Let It Ride Stakes on November 11 at Del Mar, the October 29 Twilight Horse Race (G2T) at Santa Anita, and September 3 Caesars Sportsbook Del Mar Derby (G2T). All three races are for 3-year-olds on grass, two derbies at the same 1 1/8 mile distance are the Hollywood Derby and the limited one-mile Let It Ride event on grass.
Cabo’s spirit won the Twilight Derby after finishing fifth in the Derby Del Mar. He had to race five laps wide in the Derby Del Mar, but in the Twilight Derby he finished successfully and scored half a length away from the priority. Scout , a rival to the Hollywood Derby. Both times, the initial slowness countered Cabo Spirit’s attacking style from behind.
“There was no pace for him (in the Del Mar Derby), and that I think put him back,” said coach George Papaprodromou. “But he made a big run, went wide, and that cost him a little bit.”
The trainer noted that despite another slow start in the sunset Derby—first quarter mile at: 25.07 and first half mile at: 49.89—”we finished. .”
Joe Bravo, who will be driving the Cabo Spirit from the rails, has been testing it for most of this year. At Del Mar together, they won 1 1/16 miles La Jolla Handicap (G3T) on August 7.
Speaking Scout is one of three athletes in Motion, along with Script and Evan Harlan . The Twilight Derby is the first time Speaking Scout has started in California. Before that, he won the October 1 Derby Hawthorne presented by BetMakers in 5 stages. At age 2, Scout finished second in Pulpit Stakes at Gulfstream Park. Juan Hernandez will go from column 10.
A subsidized winner at Keeneland and bet at parxScript run second first Handy Dandy in Let It Ride. Umberto Rispoli will join Script from post 2. Evan Harlan broke his maidenhood at the Aqueduct in his final start, leading through. Motion specified Edwin Maldonado to go from position 6.
Before the Let It Ride win, Handy Dandy finished fourth in the Twilight Derby. Peter Miller trains Handy Dandy, who has been served by jockey Florent Geroux from No. 4.
Mark Glatt train spy who is still a teenager, but came in third after Handy Dandy and Script in Let It Ride and second after Slow down Andy in the Derby Del Mar. Ryan Curatolo rode the Spycatcher in both of those races and is again expected to ride the pony, who drew post 7.
Ron Ellis . train war at sea Third place in the Derby Del Mar was for jockey Mike Smith, who returned to the ship from 8th. Before the Derby Del Mar, War At Sea and Smith had won three races in a row, culminating in a culmination of three races. June 4 cinema at 1 1/8 mile on grass in Santa Anita.
Item: Hollywood (G1T) Match
Del MarSaturday, December 3, 2022, Race No. 9
- IT class
- 1 1/8m
- pitch
- 400,000 USD
- 3 years old
- 4:30pm (local)
