RACE 2 - POST TIME - 2:33 PM

Purse $68,000.  One And One Sixteenth Miles.

1   Five Palms (KY)      6/H   L   $62,500   S Elliott   119   B Baffert   5/1   SCRATCHED

2   Mystery Train (ARG)      6/R   L   $62,500   F Prat   119   D F O'Neill   8/1   SCRATCHED

3   Kristo (KY)      5/H   L   $0   T Baze   119   J W Sadler   5/2   5/2

4   Arrogate (KY)      3/C   L   $0   R Bejarano   117   B Baffert   6/5   6/5

5   Teniente Coronel (KY)      5/G   L   $62,500   K J Desormeaux   119   R B Hess, Jr.   3/1   3/1

Melatonin came down with a temperature this week that prevented trainer David Hofmans from working him as scheduled Friday morning at Del Mar, while possibly jeopardizing his status for the Grade 1 Pacific Classic on Aug. 20.

Winner of the Santa Anita Handicap and Gold Cup at Santa Anita, Melatonin has not been ruled out of the Pacific Classic yet. "We have time," Hofmans said Friday, adding that he needs to "get three works into him" in order to take on California Chrome and possibly Beholder in the $1 million Pacific Classic.

Although he has not worked since winning the Gold Cup on June 22, Melatonin does not typically require an extensive workout pattern to prepare for a race. He has been training regularly, but the Friday workout would have been his first breeze in preparation for the Pacific Classic in three weeks.

Not sure why Steve changed his name to Silver State Racing, but this is Chrome's full sister racing Saturday for her 2nd try.

RACE 6 - POST TIME - 4:40 PM

Del Mar MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT
Five And One Half Furlongs.

1   My Pi Romancer (CA)      2/F      K J Desormeaux   120   J K Desormeaux
2   Coco Smooches (CA)      2/F   L   E A Maldonado   120   G Sherlock
3   Dreamy Gal (CA)      2/F      T Baze   120   J Mullins
4   Princess Roi (CA)      2/F      F Prat   120   R Baltas
5   R Sunday Surprise (CA)      2/F   L   R Bejarano   120   D F O'Neill
6   Wild Cause (CA)      2/F   L   S Gonzalez   120   M Harrington
7   My Lady Love (CA)      2/F      R Almanza   120   M Harrington
8   Adler (CA)      2/F      V Espinoza   120   E Truman
9   Hotflickarue (CA)      2/F      M Gutierrez   120   P Eurton
10   Veiled Heat (CA)      2/F   L   J Talamo   120   J M Fanning
11   Miss Sunset (CA) (AE)      2/F      F H Perez   120   J Bonde
12   Li'l Grazen (CA) (AE)      2/F      S Gonzalez   120   S Miyadi
Owners: 1 - KMN Racing, LLC ; 2 - Chou, London, or Lovingier Et Al ; 3 - John Pendergast ; 4 - GGG Stables or Sarno ; 5 - Silver State Racing LLC, Godwin, or Melton, et al ; 6 - Heinz H. Steinmann ; 7 - Mike Harrington ; 8 - Peter Redekop B.C., Ltd ; 9 - S. Alesia and Ciaglia Racing, LLC ; 10 - John W. Antonelli ; 11 - Klein & Lebherz ; 12 - Nick Alexander

Breeders: 1 - KMN Racing; 2 - Terry C. Lovingier; 3 - John Pendergast & Judy Pendergast; 4 - GGG Stables; 5 - Perry Martin & Steve Coburn; 6 - Heinz H. Steinmann; 7 - Dr. Mikel C. Harrington &Patricia O. Harrington; 8 - M. Auerbach, L.L.C.; 9 - Old English Rancho; 10 - John Antonelli; 11 - Premier Thoroughbreds LLC & Alan Klein; 12 - Nick Alexander

Pedigrees (Sire - Dam, by Dam Sire): 1 - Unusual Heat - Free the Magic , by Cryptoclearance ; 2 - Awesome Gambler - River Cutie , by Rio Verde ; 3 - Ez Dreamer - Famous Gal , by Western Fame ; 4 - Roi Charmant - Stormin Lucy , by Native Storm ; 5 - Lucky Pulpit - Love the Chase , by Not For Love ; 6 - Creative Cause - Swiss Wild Cat , by Ministers Wild Cat ; 7 - Creative Cause - My Yolady , by Mineshaft ; 8 - Unusual Heat - Lethal Hunter , by Jade Hunter ; 9 - Vronsky - Hot Flick , by Unusual Heat ; 10 - Unusual Heat - Veiled Threat , by You and I ; 11 - Into Mischief - Tuscan Sunset , by Trippi ; 12 - Grazen - Cherry Gold , by Touch Gold

BREAKING NEWS: Preakness winner Exaggerator headed to Haskell, setting up showdown with Derby winner Nyquist

Your Dad sells his business and has some cash on-hand.

You are 25 and finished Vet school and had barn jobs for Mike Mitchell and Cliff SIse.

Dad tells you, go get your Trainers license and I'll set you up with some inventory.

He proceeds to spend $2.1 million and off you go!

Congrats again Shelbe Ruis, you're now 2/11....

RACE 9

DEL MAR - Sunday, July 24, 2016

5 Midnight Pleasure   43.80   14.00   10.20
3 Dangerfield       4.20   3.00
7 Term of Art           7.60

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$100 bankroll daily, bet W-P-S however you want.
No penalties if you miss a day (like the showvivor contests)
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FWIW I went with $100 to win on Her Emmency in today's Yellow Ribbon Stakes.

Saturday brings us the newest import to the west coast transferred from Mott to D'Amato....VYJACK going a mile on the turf in the Wickerr Stakes

Should have an easy time of it now that OHIO scratched out, expecting a downward revision to the ML?

1   Toowindytohaulrox (KY)      5/H   L   T J Pereira   120   P D'Amato   10/1
2   Power Ped (KY)      6/G      S Gonzalez   120   N D Drysdale   12/1
3   Lieutenant Colonel (KY)      4/G   L   M Garcia   122   J Hollendorfer   6/1
4   Little Curlin (KY)      5/H   L   M A Pedroza   122   J Hollendorfer   8/1
5   Forever Juanito (KY)      5/G   L   A Delgadillo   120   V L Garcia   20/1
6   Vyjack (KY)      6/G   L   F Prat   122   P D'Amato   2/1
7   A Red Tie Day (KY)      6/H   L   T Baze   122   R Baltas   12/1

So, what does it take to be a good morning line maker at a premier meet?

A good handicapper?
A good insider?
A good race caller???

The reason I ask is because I just saw that Travis Stone is going to hang up his binoculars used for calling races and instead do the morning line for the upcoming Saratoga meeting.

Would Larry Collmus make a good morning line maker, or Trevor Denman, both excellent race callers, but morning line makers?

Just thinking outloud that maybe NYRA missed the boat on this one and should've given the task to their in-house expert Andy, no?

just kidding,



but it would be nice to have him back at Saratoga while Trevor is doing DelMar.

Fresh off the farm.....
https://www.dmtc.com/media/news/fresh-and-fit-trevor-denman-ready-for-a-del-mar-588

Okay, so you spent $6,500 for a stud fee and I was the result.
I waited until I was 3 to try racing.
I ran once in January and stunk up the joint at 4/1 odds in a straight maiden event where I finished 10th beaten some 20 lengths.
I ran for the second time in March and there must've been some great clocker reports as I was hammered in the wagering down to 7/5, again in a straight maiden event, and I did everything asked of me making every pole a winning one, drawing away to win by 2 1/2 lengths in a very good time for the 6 1/2 furlongs.
I've collected some $33,000 in my bank account.

And what do I get in return.......you gelded me since that last race!?!?!?!?!?!
Huh, what's up with that?
Sincerely,
TRIBAL FIGHTER
Race 8  @ Santa Anita today.

Let's assume for just a second that you had $30,000 plus expenses to invest without any cash flow problems.

Would you consider this a good or bad investment?

Claiming a 3YO Maiden entered for the 4th time today.

Ran against straight maidens first time out in February of his 3yo year routing and finished 4th.
Then dropped in to a $75,000 maiden claimers mile and finished 3rd at 7/5 odds in March.
Tried the same level again in June at 3/5 odds and finished 4th beaten 13 lengths.

Connections----Gary West and Bob Baffert
Breeding Super Saver $65K/Charity Girl
Cost---$260,000 at the Sept Keeneland sale.

We shall see, curious what you think.
Doug O'Neil won the two-way shake today while he finished 2nd beaten 4 lengths at 6/5

Where do you think he'll be spotted next?
http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/instant.cgi?date=2016-07-03&track=SA&country=USA&race=5&type=inc&print=on

Collmus steps down from Gulfstream announcing job

Larry Collmus has stepped down as the wintertime racetrack announcer at Gulfstream Park. No replacement has been named.

Collmus, 49, who began calling the races at Gulfstream in January 2007, cited the desire to lessen his workload, which includes calling races at the New York Racing Association tracks -- Aqueduct, Belmont, and Saratoga -- seven months of the year as well as being the voice of the Triple Crown and Breeders' Cup. Collmus informed Gulfstream Park management of his decision Wednesday morning.

http://espn.go.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/16615030/collmus-steps-gulfstream-announcing-job

June/July racing at Santa Anita.

I doubt the region would fold up if the industry were to shut down for a month but cards like today are tough to wager on.

What say you?

In case you missed it.....

Eclipse Champion Nyquist, who has been idle since running third in the Preakness Stakes May 21 and who was undefeated in eight career starts following his victory in the Kentucky Derby May 7, will work five furlongs prior to Saturday's first race, according to trainer Doug O'Neill.

Vyjack is listed on the worktab as being under the care of Bill Mott, but he's actually trained by Phil D'Amato now on the west coast.

Shadwell Stable's multiple grade II winner Mohaymen returned to the worktab June 23 with a three-furlong breeze at the Greentree Training Center adjacent to Saratoga Race Course.

Big Chief Racing, James Justice, and Billy Shelton's Swipe, who underwent throat surgery after a sixth-place finish in the April 16 Coolmore Lexington Stakes (gr. III), is set to make his return in a June 26 allowance race at Belmont Park.

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Mile and 1/8th

1   Thatlookonyerface (KY)      3/G   L   W De La Cruz   122   D Cotey   8/1
2   Mo Dont No (OH)      3/G   L   L H Colon   120   J A Radosevich   15/1
3   Adventist (KY)      3/C   L   A T Gryder   120   L Gyarmati   3/1
4   Van Damme (KY)      3/C   L   T D Houghton   120   R M Gorham   20/1
5   Cocked and Loaded (KY)      3/C   L   W Martinez   120   L Rivelli   4/1
6   Wild About Deb (KY)      3/C   L   T McCarthy   120   P D'Amato   5/1
7   Discreet Lover (FL)      3/C   L   J L Flores   120   U St. Lewis   15/1
8   Mo Tom (KY)      3/C   L   J Castellano   122   T M Amoss   5/2
9   Riding in the Wind (OH)      3/C   L   J C Enriquez   120   J L Lopez   20/1
10 Decorated Soldier (KY)      3/C   L   J R Velazquez   122   T A Pletcher   12/1

8th Race. (C8) Triple Bend Stakes (Grade I)
$300,000 Guaranteed
STAKES
Purse $300,000 Guaranteed Seven Furlongs
FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARD.
1 CLEVER ROYAL (L) '11 G 120 Pedroza, M Tachycardia Stables or Twilight Racing, LLC Kristin Mulhall
2 KOBE'S BACK (L) '11 H 122 Stevens, G C R K Stable Peter Eurton
3 CAUTIOUS GIANT (L) '11 G 120 Perez, F Tachycardia Stables or Twilight Racing, LLC Kristin Mulhall
4 LORD NELSON (L) '12 C 120 Bejarano, R Spendthrift Farm, LLC Bob Baffert
5 AMBITIOUS BREW (L) '10 G 120 Desormeaux, K Pamela C. Ziebarth Martin F. Jones
6 SUBTLE INDIAN (L) '12 G 120 Smith, M Mercedes Stable, LLC Robertino Diodoro
7 HOME RUN KITTEN (L) '11 H 120 Talamo, J Tarabilla Farms, Inc. David Hofmans
8 COASTLINE (L) '11 H 120 Baze, T Agave Racing Stable or Jaam Racing, Inc. Philip D' Amato

9th Race. (C9) The Gold Cup at Santa Anita (Grade I)
$500,000 Guaranteed
STAKES
Purse $500,000 Guaranteed One Mile And One Quarter
FOR THEEE-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARD.
1 BAL A BALI (BRZ) (L) '10 H 120 Prat, F Fox Hill Farms, Inc. or Siena Farms, LLC Richard Mandella
2 SECOND SUMMER (L) '12 G 120 Gutierrez, M S. Alesia, Ciaglia Racing LLC or Ferrell, Et Al Peter Eurton
3 HARD ACES (L) '10 H 122 Gonzalez, S Hronis Racing, LLC John Sadler
4 LIEUTENANT COLONEL (L) '12 G 120 Garcia, M Clarke & Braverman Jerry Hollendorfer
5 WIN THE SPACE (L) '12 C 120 Stevens, G Kretz Racing, LLC George Papaprodromou
6 HOPPERTUNITY (L) '11 H 120 Smith, M Pegram, Watson or Weitman Bob Baffert
7 MELATONIN (L) '11 G 124 Talamo, J Tarabilla Farms, Inc. David Hofmans
8 IMPERATIVE (L) '10 G 120 Bejarano, R J K Racing, LLC Richard Baltas

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