Adare Manor will scratch from Pacific Classic after tying up

Adare Manor, California’s leading older female, will not start in Saturday’s Grade 1 Pacific Classic at Del Mar after tying up after training on Thursday, trainer Bob Baffert said.

Adare Manor was the 9-5 favorite on the morning line to win the $1 million Pacific Classic.

“Adare Manor tied up a little bit after her gallop,” Baffert said. “I don’t feel she’s 100 percent. She can’t be off of her game.

“We’re going to sit this one out.”

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Owned by Michael Lund Petersen, Adare Manor has won 10 of 18 starts and earned $2,096,600. She has been in outstanding form this year, winning 3 of 4 starts.

After finishing a game second to Sweet Azteca in the Grade 1 Beholder Mile at Santa Anita in March in her first start of the year, Adare Manor has won her last three starts in the Grade 1 Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn Park in April, the Grade 2 Santa Margarita Stakes at Santa Anita in May, and the Grade 1 Clement Hirsch Stakes on Aug. 3 at Del Mar.

With the win in the Clement Hirsch, Adare Manor earned a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Distaff on Nov. 2 at Del Mar. Adare Manor was seventh by three lengths behind Idiomatic in the 2023 BC Distaff at Santa Anita last November.

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