Adayar Echoes Galileo In Epsom Derby-King George Double Sponsored by:
Adayar wins the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.
Adayar made his own slice of history as he became the first Epsom Derby winner since Galileo to follow up in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth QICPO Stakes at Ascot Racecourse, outside of London, England.
The son of Frankel put in a superb performance under William Buick to fend off a classy field, with both Mishriff and Love chasing him home.
Hitting the front early on in the home straight the Cazoo Derby winner was immediately challenged by older rival Mishriff. There was a brief tussle for the lead before the relentless Adayar pulled clear. The Godolphin colt eventually prevailed by a length-and-three-quarters.
Familiar Names Lead Early Del Mar Standings Sponsored by:
Kyle Frey is finding success early in Del Mar s summer meet.
Four days into the 82
nd summer meeting at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif., one can find the usual suspects in the upper reaches of the jockey and trainer standings.
There s Flavien Prat, winner of four of the last five riding titles on top, despite missing a day while on assignment in New Jersey, with seven wins from 24 mounts.
There s eight-time (summer and fall) training champion Peter Miller having saddled three winners from 23 starters. Miller is deadlocked with defending fall champion Richard Baltas, who has gone 3-for-21.
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Galilean wins the Soi Phet Stakes at Los Alamitos Race Course.
Trainer John Sadler will send out defending champion Galilean in Sunday s featured $150,000 California Dreamin Stakes and has a three-horse contingent in the $80,000 Daisycutter Handicap earlier in the program at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif.
At the very least, Sadler s charges figure to factor strongly in both events as the 64-year-old Pasadena native seeks to add to his 78 Del Mar stakes victories, second on the track s all-time list behind Bob Baffert.
Galilean, a 5-year-old son of Uncle Mo owned by West Point Thoroughbreds and partners, moved between rivals to get a clear lead entering the stretch and held on for a half-length victory as the 3-2 favorite in last year s California Dreamin , a 1 1/16-mile turf assignment for California breds. It was the fourth start in a seven-race 2020 campaign that has netted earnings of $217,098.
United Repeats in Eddie Read At Del Mar Sponsored by:
United and jockey Flavien Prat, left, outleg Smooth Like Strait, right, to win the Grade 2 Eddie Read Stakes at Del Mar.
Under Del Mar s leading rider Flavien Prat, United bettered his last-out fourth place in the Grade 2 Charlie Whittingham with a repeat victory in the Grade 2 Eddie Read, following up his half-length win in the 2020 edition at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif.
United stalked the early pace fifth behind the front-running Award Winner, who set steady fractions of :25.19 for the first quarter and :49.43 for the half-mile. The Richard Mandella trainee waited for the final turn to make his move, Prat sending the Giant s Causeway gelding to the outside for running room. Both Smooth Like Strait and United challenged Award Winner coming out of the turn, Smooth Like Strait briefly taking the lead as United bore down on him, passing the Michael McCarthy trainee in the final strides to win by a
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Madone and Juan Hernandez edge Going Global in the San Clemente
Kaleem Shah s Madone saved ground early, then launched a strong outside bid from the three-eighths pole home to prove a half length best Saturday in the $202,500 San Clemente Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif.
The winner, a daughter of the Australian sire Vancouver though bred in Kentucky, covered a mile on turf in the Grade 2 feature in 1:35.28 and got the measure of race favorite Going Global, the 2-5 choice running in the silks of Dubb, Gevertz or Nentwig and partners. Finishing third was Slam Dunk Racing or Platts Tetragonal.