Del Mar
Del Mar: Torrey Pines next for Sweet Lulu
Shigeki Kikkawa Sweet Lulu, shown winning an allowance at Hollywood Park last month, remained unbeaten in three starts on Wednesday.
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DEL MAR, Calif. - The unbeaten Sweet Lulu is likely to run in the $100,000 Torrey Pines Stakes for 3-year-old fillies over a mile after winning her first start around two turns in an optional claimer on Wednesday.
Trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, Sweet Lulu led throughout the one-mile race under jockey Julien Leparoux, winning by 4 3/4 lengths in 1:35.99. She earned a career-best 99 Beyer Speed Figure.
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On Thursday, Hollendorfer praised Leparoux’s strategy of sending Sweet Lulu to the front.
“Speed was holding yesterday and he went on with it,” he said.
Sweet Lulu is owned by Steve Beneto, a member of the California Horse Racing Board.
