Former Padres star runs first horse Sunday
Carlos Quentin, a former Major League Baseball All-Star who played locally for the San Diego Padres, is part of the ownership group of Tattenham, who runs in race 7 on Sunday at Del Mar, a second-level optional $62,500 claimer at one mile on turf in which he’s in for the claiming tag.
Tattenham will be seeking his third straight win. He won his last two starts at Belmont Park, both in claiming races, and was taken out of both races.
Quentin, 33, grew up in the San Diego area and was an All-Star in 2008 and 2011. This is his first horse, trainer Bob Hess said Friday. Hess said Dean Stotz, a former longtime assistant coach at Stanford – where both Hess and Quentin played baseball – introduced Quentin to Hess during the summer meet here. Stotz also is part of the ownership group of Tattenham.