Prince Earl risks unbeaten mark in Let It Ride Stakes

Prince Earl, unbeaten in two starts, will have his stakes debut in Saturday’s $75,000 Let It Ride Stakes for 3-year-olds at Del Mar after being withdrawn from the Grade 2 Twilight Derby at Santa Anita on Sunday.

Trainer Phil D’Amato said the Let It Ride Stakes “looks like a little easier on paper.”

The Let It Ride Stakes is run at a mile on turf and is restricted to horses who have not won a stakes with a first-place purse of $60,000 or more at a mile or over since April 1. Statebred races are excluded from that clause.

A California-bred by Paddy O’Prado, Prince Earl won a maiden race for California-breds on the hillside turf course at Santa Anita in May and an open-company optional claimer at Del Mar on Sept. 1. He is owned by Andrew and Irina Molasky and Todd Marshall.

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