Wong to have string at Del Mar, including Our Silver Oak

Our Silver Oak, the winner of the $200,351 Snow Chief Stakes for 3-year-old California-breds at Santa Anita last Saturday, will be among approximately 15 horses based at Del Mar this summer with trainer Jonathan Wong.

Wong has been a fixture in Northern California in recent years and will have a small division at Del Mar for the first time this summer. The Del Mar meeting runs July 17 to Sept. 2.

“Usually, I just ship down there and run,” Wong said on Wednesday.

“This time, we’ll take a chance and see how we do. I’ll be happy if I win three or four races. It’s tough down there.”

Our Silver Oak, who races for Robert Jones, Michael Nentwig, and Ray Pagano, has won 2 of 11 starts and earned $224,694. The Snow Chief Stakes was the gelding’s first stakes win.

Wong said races such as the $150,000 Real Good Deal Stakes, for California-bred 3-year-olds at seven furlongs on July 27, or the Grade 3 La Jolla Stakes, for 3-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles on turf Aug. 4 are options for Our Silver Oak.

Wong has won 7 races from 26 runners at Del Mar since the summer of 2015. Last summer, he won 2 races from 6 runners, the most active he has been at a Del Mar meeting.