Del Mar
Calculator has eye on Malibu
Benoit & Associates Calculator, winning the Sham Stakes in January, is back in training and is targeting a prep race and then the Malibu at Santa Anita.
DEL MAR, Calif. – Calculator, who finished second to American Pharoah in the Del Mar Futurity last summer and went on to win the Sham Stakes in January, is back in training after being sent to the sidelines earlier this year, trainer Peter Miller said.
Calculator is at San Luis Rey Downs, where Miller keeps the bulk of his horses. He said his hope is to get one prep into Calculator prior to the Malibu Stakes, a Grade 1, seven-furlong race for 3-year-olds that traditionally kicks off Santa Anita’s winter meeting Dec. 26.
The Sham is the only win for Calculator, who was second in both the Del Mar Futurity and FrontRunner Stakes to American Pharoah while still a maiden.