OUT OF THE GATE
DEL MAR LEADERS
Through Thursday
Jockeys / Wins
Trainers / Wins
Philip D'Amato / 8
Doug O'Neill / 7
Bob Baffert / 6
Peter Miller / 5
George Papaprodromou / 4
WEEKEND STAKES DEL MAR Today
Saturday
• $400,000Grade I Clement L. Hirsch Stakes, fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up, 11/16 miles
• $150,000California Dreamin Stakes, 3-year-olds and up bred in California, 11/16 miles (turf) Sunday
• $150,000Grade III La Jolla Handicap, 3-year-olds, 1 1/16 miles (turf)
• $125,000CTBA Stakes, 2-year-old fillies bred in California, 51/2 furlongs
DOWN THE STRETCH
• Flightline has been installed as the 3-1favorite for the first of two Breeders' Cup Classic Future Wager pools. Betting begins today at 9a.m. and concludes Sunday at 3:30 p.m. The pools will consist of 23 individual wagering interests and one “All Others” wager. Minimum bet is $2and it is a win wager only. The second Future Wager will be offered over Labor Day weekend. Life Is Good is the 7-2second choice in the first pool, followed by Olympiad (9-2). Hot Rod Charlie is 20-1.
• Santa Anita announced the stakes schedule for its 2022-23winter-spring meet this week, which includes three Grade I stakes on opening day Dec. 26
— the Malibu, La Brea and American Oaks. There are a total of 93stakes races, 10 of which are Grade Is. The $500,000Grade I Santa Anita Handicap will be run March 4. The $750,000 Grade I Santa Anita Derby, which has produced 19 Kentucky Derby winners and was won last spring by Taiba, is scheduled for April 8. Closing day is June 18.
• Shedaresthedevil was shipped Wednesday from Kentucky to Del Mar by trainer Brad Cox to run in Saturday's $400,000Grade I Clement L. Hirsch Stakes. The 5-year-old daughter of Daredevil, who's won 10of 20starts, won last year's running by 31/4 lengths and will be challenged this year by the Bob Baffert-trained Private Mission, who goes into the race off a victory in the Grade II Santa Maria Stakes at Santa Anita on June 18. Florent Geroux, Shedaresthedevil's regular rider, will be aboard again. Juan Hernandez will ride Private Mission.
Juan Hernandez / 15 Umberto Rispoli / 10 Joe Bravo / 9 Ramon Vazquez / 7 Edwin Maldonado / 5
• $175,000Real Good Deal Stakes, 3-year-olds bred in CA, 7 furlongs