Shedaresthedevil had a two-race winning streak end with a third-place finish in the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps Stakes on June 5 at Belmont Park. Or, was it only disrupted? Sunday at Del Mar, Shedaresthdevil starts in her fifth Grade 1 race in the last year in the $300,000 Clement Hirsch Stakes, the track’s leading race of the summer for fillies and mares. Shedaresthedevil, a 4-year-old filly trained by Brad Cox, has rebounded from losses in the recent past. Shedaresthedevil was third in the Grade 1 Spinster Stakes at Keeneland last October, a loss that ended a three-race winning streak that included the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs in September. The Spinster was Shedaresthdevil’s final start of 2020. Earlier this year, Shedaresthedevil won her first two starts at 1 1/16 miles around two turns – the Grade 2 Azeri Stakes at Oaklawn Park and the Grade 1 La Troienne Stakes at Churchill Downs – before the defeat in the Ogden Phipps at 1 1/16 miles around one turn. “Sometimes that one-turn race doesn’t suit all horses,” Cox said Friday. “I do believe she’s a better filly around two turns and she’s shown that at Churchill Downs. I think getting her back around two turns will be to her benefit.” The Hirsch Stakes is run at 1 1/16 miles. Aside from the purse and prestige, the winner receives an automatic berth to the Breeders’ Cup Distaff on Nov. 6 at Del Mar. Those were the leading factors that led Cox and owners Qatar Racing, Autry Lowry Jr., and Flurry Racing Stables to send Shedaresthedevil to Del Mar. :: Visit DRF's Del Mar shop for all your handicapping needs: Past performances, picks, Clocker Reports, Betting Strategies, and more “This will give us a line on whether to come back” in the fall, Cox said. Last fall, Shedaresthedevil did not start in the BC Distaff at Keeneland, which was won by the Cox-trained Monomoy Girl. “It was time to go let her be a horse, and she responded well in the first two starts off the layoff,” Cox said. “We’re glad to get her around two turns again.” Shedaresthedevil won the Azeri Stakes at 1 1/16 miles at Oaklawn over Letruska, who won the Ogden Phipps and is rated as the leading older female in the nation. In the Clement Hirsch, Shedaresthedevil will start from the outside post in a field of seven that includes the Grade 2 winners As Time Goes Boy and Venetian Harbor, and the Grade 3 winner Warren’s Showtime. Shedaresthedevil will be ridden by Florent Geroux, who has been aboard the filly for her last seven starts, including five wins. Geroux is likely to have Shedaresthedevil in a forward position behind expected pacesetter Venetian Harbor. “She should get a good trip,” Cox said. “It will be up to Florent whether we need to take control of the race or sit off of them. Florent will determine where she is in the first turn. “I think she’s capable of winning.” Venetian Harbor will have her second start of the year in the Hirsch, having recorded an impressive win in the Grade 2 Monrovia Stakes at 6 1/2 furlongs on turf on June 5 at Santa Anita. This is Venetian Harbor’s first start around two turns since a second in the Grade 1 Ashland Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Keeneland in July 2020. :: Join DRF Bets and play the races with a $250 First Deposit Bonus. Click to learn more. As Time Goes By starts in the Hirsch on the strength of consecutive Grade 2 wins over This Tea at Santa Anita – by 9 1/4 lengths in the Santa Margarita Stakes at 1 1/8 miles on April 24 and by a nose in the Santa Maria Stakes at 1 1/16 miles on May 22. This Tea has since been retired. Jockey Mike Smith was aboard for those races and when As Time Goes By finished second by 2 3/4 lengths to Swiss Skydiver in the Grade 1 Beholder Mile on March 13 at Santa Anita. Trained by Bob Baffert, As Time Goes By starts from post 3 in the Hirsch and is likely to have a stalking trip. “Being where I drew, we’ll get happy and comfortable,” Smith said. “Venetian Harbor will probably be on the lead. We’ll sit inside and work out a trip from there.” Smith was not concerned that As Time Goes By was nearly beaten in the Santa Maria after such a comprehensive win in the Santa Margarita. Race distance played a factor, he said. “We had won pretty handy the time before,” Smith said. “We went into the race shortening up in distance, and Bob said he hadn’t done a whole lot between races. “She was able to hold her off. I like the way she galloped out. She’s very capable of pulling it off on Sunday. I’d rather it be a mile and an eighth.”