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Del Mar HandicapDEL MAR, CALIFORNIA SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 2009 DEL MAR HANDICAP
$250,000, Grade II, 3-y-o & up, 11 f ALEX SOLIS (Spring House) – “The old boy’s still got it. I wanted to keep him clear; keep him out of trouble. I knew he was going to make his run and I wanted to be able to let him do it. It was close and I knew it. I thought I might have won, though. Right at the end his head was down and I thought that made him a winner.” JOEL ROSARIO (Sir Dave) – “I knew it was close and I thought I might have won. Tough one. But it was a good race and a good effort for my horse. He ran really well.” MICHAEL BAZE (Temple City) – “He wanted to go early. There was a hole between those two frontrunners and he wanted to go. But I got him to wait and went around and got a good jump. This was his first time going this far. They just came and got him late.” GARRETT GOMEZ (Artiste Royal) – “I just ran out of ground. I had a good trip and was laying where I wanted to be and when the winner moved so did I. I just couldn’t accelerate with him fast enough. Not today.” JULIO CANANI (Spring House) -- “This horse just loves Del Mar. He wins here. I don’t know why he can’t win at Hollywood Park but he doesn’t. I lost them in the fog [on the far turn], and when I heard Trevor [Denman] say Spring House was coming, I was thinking he had to hurry because the wire was coming up. The early pace surprised me. It was like they were trying to escape from Alcatraz.” FRACTIONS: :22.69 :45.46 1:10.10 1:35.68 2:00.41 2:12.61 The stakes win was the fourth of the meet for Alex Solis and his sixth in the Del Mar Handicap. He now has 95 stakes wins at Del Mar, tying him for third on the track’s all-time list for riders with Laffit Pincay, Jr. The stakes win was the first of the meet for Julio Canani and his second in the Del Mar Handicap (he won it last year with the same horse). It was his 39th stakes victory at Del Mar, seventh best among conditioners. |
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