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 Heredia and jockey Juan Hernandez after winning the 2025 Yellow Ribbon Handicap |
The feature race on Saturday at Del Mar's summer meeting was the $200,000 Yellow Ribbon Handicap (G2) for older fillies and mares going 1 1/16 miles over the Jimmy Durante turf course. Conditions were excellent for early August at the seaside oval with cloudy skies and temperatures in the low 70's for the 13,805 fans in attendance. Heredia was sent off as the 8-5 favorite in the field of 8 off third place finishes in the Beaugay (G3) at Aqueduct and the De La Rose Stakes at Saratoga. In to challenge her included 2-1 second choice Liguria, third in the Gamely (G1) after winning the Buena Vista (G2) at Santa Anita, and 11-2 third choice Hang the Moon, 6th in the Robert J. Frankel (G3) after finishing last of 12 in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1).
 Down the stretch in the Yellow Ribbon |
Pgm Horse Jockey Win Place Show 2 Heredia Hernandez 5.40 3.20 2.40 4 Public Assembly Fresu 6.20 4.60 5 Watchtower Demuro 6.00 Winning Time: 1:42.92 $1 Exacta 2-4 15.60 $2 Quinella 2-4 16.20 $0.50 Trifecta 2-4-5 55.15 $1 Superfecta 2-4-5-1 364.90Results Chart |
Left: Heredia in the winner's circle. Alice Clapham, assistant to winning trainer Graham Motion said, "I was a little surprised (Hernandez) ended up on the front. But he got her to settle and she was going so easy. Then I saw the :49. We thought maybe one of Phil D'Amato's would go and we'd kind of slip in behind that. But when you've got one of the leading jockeys on her and they're riding like he is right now you just leave it up to him."
Right: Heredia in the paddock before the race. Winning jockey Juan Hernandez, who won 6 races on the card, said, "She took me to the front. My filly was really fresh at the post parade. And I was like 'She's gonna break sharp' and she did. You know, I was just galloping with her. It was her first time being on the lead, but she loved it. She was strong. I just feel she was really happy and I just let her be. I was waiting for the quarter pole. She took off again around the quarter pole. And you know, that was it. She was fire to the wire".
Left: Second place finisher Public Assembly in the paddock before the race. The Phil D'Amato trainee improved her record to 3 wins, 2 seconds, and 0 thirds in 8 starts, earning $270,666 for owners Abbondanza Racing, Medallion Racing, and Lissa Ann McNulty.
Right: Third place finisher Watchtower in the paddock. The Richard Baltas trainee improved her record to 3 wins, 2 seconds, and 2 thirds in 10 starts, earning $169,660 for owners Abbondanza Racing, Omar Aldabbagh, and Michael Iavarone.
 Desert Gate wins the Best Pal Stakes |
Jockey Antonio Fresu sent Punto Forty to the lead exiting the chute through an opening quarter in 22.26 while pressed by Desert Gate and stalked by 11-1 St Petersburg. On the far turn Desert Gate took over the lead through a half in 45.31. Into the stretch, Desert Gate left the field behind, opening up a 5 1/2 length lead through 5f in 57.78. Kept to task by Juan Hernandez, Desert Gate continued to draw off to win by 8 3/4 lengths over late-running 12-1 longest shot Pavlovian in 1:10.37. It was another length back to Brigante third.
Left: Desert Gate in the winner's circle. Winning trainer Bob Baffert said, "It's nice to see these horses develop like this. He's been kind of quiet down here but he broke well and that's the most important part of these 2-year-old races is that they come out clean. This horse is very professional since day one. It's nice to have these horses. That's what we're in the business for. We just got to keep him healthy and sound."
Right: Desert Gate returns after the race. Winning jockey Juan Hernandez said, "This horse is usually pretty quiet. But today he was on it. He was feeling good in the paddock. He came away from there good and he was running comfortably all the way. At the 3/8 he wanted to go, but I got him to wait. Then we took off in the stretch and he was the best."
Left: Second place finisher Pavlovian in the post parade. The Doug O'Neill trainee improved his record to 1 win and 2 seconds in 3 starts, earning $78,000 for owner-breeder Reddam Racing.
Right: Third place finisher Brigante in the paddock before the race. The Doug O'Neill trainee improved his record to 1 second and 1 third in 2 starts, earning $30,000 for owner-breeder Calumet Farm.
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