DEL MAR, Calif. - The final three races of Saturday’s program at Del Mar produced an unforgettable hour for Nick Cosato, the managing director of the Slam Dunk Racing syndicate.
Slam Dunk co-owns Tezzaray, who won her stakes debut in the Grade 3 Jimmy Durante Stakes for 2-year-old fillies in the day’s seventh race. Two races later, Beyond Brilliant ($23.80) won the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby. Slam Dunk Racing did not have a runner in the Hollywood Derby, but Cosato made a successful series of bets on the race to give him a win in a track-sponsored handicapping tournament.