Del Mar
Normandy Invasion joins Mandella barn
Barbara D. Livingston Normandy Invasion will probably run in a stakes next out.
DEL MAR, Calif. – Normandy Invasion, seventh in the Grade 1 Whitney Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 8, has joined trainer Richard Mandella’s stable at Del Mar.
Owned by Fox Hill Farms, the 5-year-old Normandy Invasion was previously trained by Larry Jones. The horse has won 2 of 12 starts and earned $551,900. Normandy Invasion was fourth in the 2013 Kentucky Derby and is winless in three starts this year.
Mandella said Normandy Invasion will be pointed for the $300,000 Awesome Again Stakes at 1 1/8 miles at Santa Anita on Sept. 26.
– additional reporting by David Grening