Touching Rainbows returns to dirt for Cary Grant Stakes

DEL MAR, Calif. – Touching Rainbows, third in the Grade 1 Bing Crosby during the summer season at Del Mar, will move back to the main track after two grass sprints for the $100,000 Cary Grant Stakes on Sunday.

The Cary Grant, for older California-bred sprinters going seven furlongs, is expected to have a small field. Touching Rainbows was not an original nominee to the race, but he will be supplemented when entries are taken Thursday morning, according to Derek Lawson, the jockey agent for Flavien Prat, who will have the mount.

Touching Rainbows most recently was ninth in the Grade 3 Eddie D Stakes on the hillside turf course at Santa Anita. He worked five furlongs in 1:00.80 on Monday morning at Santa Anita.

Others expected for the Cary Grant include Brandothebartender, Edwards Going Left, Solid Wager, and possibly Ann Arbor Eddie and He Will, who worked four furlongs in 50.80 seconds on Monday at Santa Anita.

Edwards Going Left is the defending race winner. He, too, ran in the Bing Crosby, finishing fourth, only a head behind Touching Rainbows. He worked five furlongs in 1:00.40 on Monday at Santa Anita.

A larger field is likely for the Grade 3, $100,000 Bob Hope Stakes for 2-year-olds on Saturday, including Mucho Gusto, a four-length winner of his debut Sept. 20 at Los Alamitos. Joe Talamo rode him that day and has the call again Saturday. He worked five furlongs in 1:00.60 on Monday at Santa Anita.

Others expected for the seven-furlong Bob Hope include Owning, Savagery, Sigalert, Sparky Ville, Spin Lightning, and possibly Extra Hope.

Sparky Ville and Savagery were one-two in the Sunny Slope Stakes on Oct. 21 at Santa Anita. Owning worked three furlongs in 37 seconds on Monday at Santa Anita.