DEL MAR, Calif. – Obviously will be seeking his third victory in the Grade 2, $200,000 Del Mar Mile in the last four years on Sunday, but trainer Phil D’Amato was not happy with the weights for the grass race, which finds Obviously toting top weight of 124 pounds even though he hasn’t run since November and hasn’t won a race since June 2014.
By comparison, Talco – who won the Grade 1 Shoemaker Mile on June 13 – gets in at 121, as does Bal a Bali, who won the Grade 3 American before finishing fifth in the Shoemaker Mile.