Jolie Olimpica may test males in Del Mar Mile

Jolie Olimpica, a two-time stakes winner at Santa Anita earlier this year, is under consideration for the Grade 2 Del Mar Mile against males on Aug. 23, trainer Richard Mandella said on Friday.

Jolie Olimpica was the morning-line favorite for the Grade 2 Yellow Ribbon Stakes for fillies and mares on Aug. 8, but missed the race after she sustained a cut on a foot, Mandella said. Friday, Jolie Olimpica worked five furlongs in 1:01 on the main track, leaving the $150,000 Del Mar Mile, on turf, as an option.

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“I think it warrants a possibility,” Mandella said. “I think if she’s okay, we’ll run.”

Owned by Rick Porter’s Fox Hill Farms, Jolie Olimpica has won 5 of 7 starts in Brazil and the United States. Jolie Olimpica was second to Rushing Fall in the Grade 1 Jenny Wiley Stakes at Keeneland on July 11.

The field for the Del Mar Mile is expected to include Mo Forza, a three-time stakes winner against 3-year-olds last fall and winter who has not raced since a ninth in the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational at Gulfstreaam Park in January.