Free: Del Mar horses to watch for week of Aug, 7, 2023
DEL MAR
MURPHY BOY
Trainer: Michael McCarthy
Last race: Aug. 3, 1st
Finish: 2nd by 1
Beyer: 60
Debut 2-year-old ran super in turf sprint. Off slowly, gradually worked into contention, finished willingly and probably would have won with clean break. Munnings colt will be tough next out.
CAILIN DANA
Trainer: Sean McCarthy
Last race: Aug. 4, 1st
Finish: 2nd by 1 1/4
Beyer: 60
Debut 2-year-old filly in turf sprint was not quick, unleashed wide move on turn, loomed threat into lane, finished well in race dominated by pacesetter. ’Dana is bred to route, can be followed.
SHE IS ROMANTIC
Trainer: Peter Eurton
Last race: Aug. 4, 1st
Finish: 4th by 2
Beyer: 67
Debut 2-year-old filly ran well in turf sprint. Off slowly from rail, hard-held fourth on the inside, unrelaxed early, finished evenly and galloped out well. Promising career debut by Blame filly.
JENSCO
Trainer: John Shirreffs
Last race: Aug. 5, 3rd
Finish: 1st by 2 1/2
Beyer: 79
Second-start 3-year-old maiden with sharp works, this Gormley filly crushed. Inside trip just off pace, cut corner, romped with plenty in the tank, more impressive than figure. Up the ladder.
JULIA’S DREAM
Trainer: Michael McCarthy
Last race: Aug. 6, 1st
Finish: 1st by 5 1/2
Beyer: 88
Debut 2-year-old filly with fast works popped gate in turf sprint, opened up, gone. Course favored speed, but this was a dominating performance by daughter of first-crop sire Flameaway.
HANDR’SDREAM
Trainer: Mark Glatt
Last race: Aug. 6, 2nd
Finish: 3rd by 4 3/4
Beyer: 67
Class-drop sprinter dueled and flattened out behind late-running one-two finishers. Claimed for $8k by Glatt from Isidro Tamayo, pace-presser can improve in claiming sprint with softer pace.
AUTUMN CHILL
Trainer: Keith Desormeaux
Last race: Aug. 6, 5th
Finish: 4th by 4 3/4
Beyer: 50
Second-start 2-year-old filly wants farther than six furlongs. Outrun early, one-paced through stretch in race dominated by speed. Constitution filly may relish two turns, follow on stretch-out.
DON’T JU FORGET
Trainer: Peter Miller
Last race: Aug. 6, 8th
Finish: 2nd by 3/4
Beyer: 78
Cal-bred allowance filly stuck in traffic into lane, waited for room, finished with a rush, but front-running winner was gone. Solid effort, Don’t Ju Forget fits in Cal-bred N1X, either surface.
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