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Drayden Van Dyke celebrates aboard Ginobili after winning the 2021 Pat O'Brien Stakes |
The feature race at Del Mar on Saturday was the $200,000 Pat O'Brien Stakes (G2) for older horses sprinting 7 furlongs on the main track and is a Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In" qualifier for the Dirt Mile. Conditions were excellent at the seaside oval with the 9,178 fans in attendance enjoying sunny skies and temperatures in the low 70's. After California Street scratched, a field of 9 went to post with Count Fleet Sprint (G3) winner C Z Rocket sent off as the 2-1 favorite off a 2nd place finish in the Steve Sexton Mile (G3) and a close third in the Bing Crosby (G1). In to challenge him included 3-1 second choice Flagstaff, 2nd in the True North (G2) after winning the Churchill Downs (G1), and 5-1 third choice Ginobili off an allowance win on July 17.
Ginobili leads in the stretch |
Pgm Horse Jockey Win Place Show 1 Ginobili Van Dyke 12.80 6.00 3.60 9 C Z Rocket Geroux 3.60 2.60 8 Flagstaff Bravo 2.80 Winning Time: 1:22.36 $1 Exacta 1-9 27.30 $2 Quinella 1-9 26.20 $0.50 Trifecta 1-9-8 45.15 $1 Superfecta 1-9-8-5 420.10Results Chart |
Left: Ginobili in the winner's circle. Winning trainer Richard Baltas said, "We nominated him to the Pacific Classic but we talked it over with the owners and decided to go here. Then he drew the rail, but it really didn't seem to matter. I'm just very, very happy. I thought Drayden rode him great. I told him (Brickyard Ride) is going to go and if you can get off the rail and get outside him, do it. He did all that and (Ginobili) won easy enough I think."
Right: Ginobili in the paddock. Winning jockey Drayden Van Dyke said, "It went right to plan. We said we wanted to break good and get a spot behind (speed horse) Brickyard Ride. It worked perfectly. When I worked him the other morning at San Luis Rey (Downs) (a bullet :46.40) and he went out in 1:11 and change and I couldn't pull him up, I said 'Oh, boy.' I knew what I was sitting on today and it was just a matter of letting him do it. It worked exactly the way it was supposed to."
Left: Second place finisher C Z Rocket in the paddock before the race. The Peter Miller trainee improved his record to 11 wins, 4 seconds, and 3 thirds in 28 starts, earning $1,467,641 for owners Altamira Racing Stable, Madaket Stables, Gary Barber, and Tom Kagele.
Right: Third place finisher Flagstaff in the paddock before the race. The John Sadler trainee improved his record to 7 wins, 6 seconds, and 4 thirds in 21 starts, earning $1,035,585 for owners Lane's End Racing and Hronis Racing.
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