Sorrento Stakes likely to draw Amalfi Sunrise, Comical

DEL MAR, Calif – Amalfi Sunrise, who got a Beyer Speed Figure of 88 in a debut win at Santa Anita on June 23, and Comical, winner of the Schuylerville Stakes at Saratoga on July 11, are the marquee names expected for the Grade 2, $200,000 Sorrento Stakes for 2-year-old fillies on Saturday.

Simon Callaghan, who trains Amalfi Sunrise, also will send out Shedaresthedevil. Others expected for the race are Powerfulattraction, Princess Mo, and Shanghai Kelly.

The Sorrento is a prep for the Grade 1, $300,000 Del Mar Debutante on Aug. 31. That race is the next stop for Immediate Impact, the Baffert-trained half-sister to Arrogate who was a runaway winner of her debut on Sunday.

“We thought she could do something like that. She had been working well. She was no secret,” Baffert said. “She’ll go farther, but she’s a lot quicker than her brother.”

Baffert filly euthanized

Bowl of Soul, a 3-year-old filly trained by Bob Baffert, “sustained an injury to her right hind fetlock while training Monday morning at Del Mar, necessitating euthanasia,” the California Horse Racing Board confirmed in a statement Monday.

Bowl of Soul was in the midst of a workout with Joe Talamo when she was pulled up at the eighth pole. She had a maiden win and a second-place finish in an allowance race in her two starts earlier this year at Santa Anita.

Two other horses died at Del Mar on July 18 in a freak, head-on collusion during training hours.