Del Mar
Bal a Bali, Om all set for Del Mar Mile
Benoit & Associates Bal a Bali paid $8.20 in winning the Shoemaker Mile at Santa Anita on Saturday.
DEL MAR, Calif. – Bal a Bali and Om are expected to meet Sunday in the Grade 2, $200,000 Del Mar Mile on turf, and each turned in a short, sharp workout on the dirt on a drizzly Tuesday morning in their final serious preparations for the race.
Om, trained by Dan Hendricks, worked three furlongs in 36.80 seconds. Bal a Bali, trained by Richard Mandella, went a half-mile in 47.40.
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“Just a little tune-up,” Mandella said.
Hendricks worked for Mandella before going out on his own 30 years ago. He and Mandella are in the same barn at Del Mar and remain very close friends.
Others expected for the Del Mar Mile include Blackjackcat, Le Ken, Midnight Storm, and Vyjack.
