Mundaye Call makes first local start in deep maiden field

DEL MAR, Calif. – Mundaye Call, who made her first two starts at Saratoga, makes her first start on the West Coast on Saturday when she heads a field of 2-year-old fillies in race 6 at Del Mar, a 6 1/2-furlong maiden race.

Mundaye Call, a daughter of Into Mischief who was a $950,000 yearling buy by the OXO Equine of Larry Best, finished second against maidens at Saratoga in her debut, then was wheeled back in the Grade 1 Spinaway and finished last of seven.

“We didn’t think the Spinaway was coming up that strong and thought she’d have a chance if she moved forward, but in hindsight we probably should have been conservative,” Don Chatlos, her trainer, said Thursday morning. “We took a shot. After that, we freshened her up and got her back on track.

“She had a nice work the other day,” Chatlos said, referring to a five-furlong move in 1:00 on Saturday. “Only Instagrand was faster.”

The race also includes first-time starters trained by Jerry Hollendorfer and Richard Mandella, and second-time starters trained by Mandella and Bob Baffert.

“It’s no different than New York. They don’t give anything away,” Chatlos said. “Papa Mandella has a couple, Jerry, Baffert.”

Mandella’s first-time starter is the Street Sense filly Night On the Town, a $425,000 yearling buy. His other entrant, Parkour, was second in her debut last month at Santa Anita.

Mandella said Night On the Town “probably eventually will be better going longer, but the way she trains she should run well.”

Parkour “ran well first time and should run well again,” Mandella said.