Three Amigos Look for Futurity / Debutante Double

The same owners can win Runhappy Del Mar Futurity (G1) and TVG Del Mar Debutante (G1), something that hasn’t happened since 2001. Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman are all rivals in both two races with coach Bob Baffert, like the Hall of Famer, who wiped out races 21 years ago.

Baffert has a record 15 Del Mar Futaries, including the 2001 edition, when he won the race for The Thoroughbred Corp. with Officer and Debutante with Habibti, also for The Thoroughbred Corp. Baffert has three out of nine in this year’s edition, which takes place as the 10th race on September 11, the end of the year. Del Mar Season. Pegram, Watson and Weitman own two of them, Havnameltdown and Stone cave while a major partnership led by SF Racing owns the third company, Newgate .

Pegram, Watson and Weitman, who buy horses under the name Three Amigos, do well with 2-year-olds in Del Mar. They have Cooking at home (favourite line 9-5 am) and Fast and shiny in Debutante on September 10. They won Futurity 2011 with Baffert .’s coaching Drill and in 2009 with Baffert in training Look at luck . Pegram’s first win in the race came in 2002 with Icecoldbeeratreds—Also trained by Baffert.

A $200,000 purchase at this year’s Ocala Breeder Sale for 2-year-olds during a training sale, Havnameltdown was by Not collected , a millionaire in 2012 Horse of the Year in Canada. Havnameltdown is 2 for 2; he broke his maiden 2 1/4 length in his debut on July 24 in Del Mar.

Baffert named Mike Smith on Havnameltdown from post 8, while Hernandez stuck with Cave Rock (track 7). In his only start, with Hernandez on board, Cave Rock flew home for six long runs with a 6-5 favorite on August 13 in Del Mar. Cave Rock belongs to a champion trained by Baffert Interrogation and priced at $550,000 at the September 2021 Keeneland Promotion.

If Newgate wins, he will give most of his owners back-to-back wins in Futurity. He is owned by many people in the partnership of Pinehurst winner of 2021. Newgate, son of Into Mischief and an $850,000 avid Keeneland, won his only race by 3 and a half lengths. John Velazquez drove the Newgate in that race and came back from 6th place.

The Big Wam is the only other bet winner in the field. A Washington bred, he won the August 12 Graduation race, one of the Golden Stakes Series races. He qualifies for the California hybrid race because those events are also open to California crossbreed athletes, and The Big Wam is from California males. Boss .

This time The Big Wam drew the outside card. Mendez named Hector Barrios to ride. Mendez trained Dr. Schivel Futurity winner 2020.

Bolt d’Oro 2 year old current top boar and first crop lead and Del Mar Futurity winner of 2017, selected two in this year’s field, The firm and Pop d’Oro . Both ran in Best Pal, coming in second and fourth, respectively.

The agency won a first race at Santa Anita . Park in his only other beginning, while Pop d’Oro breaks his maiden in Turf Paradise and then placed fourth in Fasig-Tipton Futurity at Santa Anita. Mark Glatt trains Agency, driven by Flavien Prat from Lesson 2, and Hector Palma trains Pop d’Oro, ridden by Abel Cedillo from Lesson 5.

Doug O’Neill, trainer Mixto (Ramon Vazquez, track 3), won Del Mar Futurity twice, with Nyquist in 2015 and with Stevie Wonderboy in 2005. Both won the Eclipse Award as 2-year-old boys’ champions of the year. The son of Good magic owned by Calumet Farms, Mixto finished fourth in its only outing.

Entering Del Mar’s final three days of racing, Baffert and O’Neill took the lead among coaches with 17 wins each. Right behind them at the age of 16 is Phil D’Amato, who trains newcomers to Futurity Classic Cats (Umberto Rispoli, lesson 1). In his only start, Classical Cat scored 2 and a half goals at Del Mar on 20 August.

John Shirreffs train Skinner (Victor Espinoza, track 4) for CRK Stable. The son of Curlin Skinner finished 5th ahead of Havnameltdown in his debut but crashed.