Best Pal victor points to Futurity; 'Ribbon' winner going home.

Graham Motion shipped in to Del Mar and won another stakes race when his 4-year-old filly Warming got the job done in the Yellow Ribbon Stakes.

Grade I Pacific Classic is running a week earlier, and for good reason.

Net Par found an extra gear inside the sixteenth pole, then hung tough late to capture Friday’s 75th running of the Graduation Stakes for California-bred 2-year-olds by the slimmest of margins.

Led by a local ace and a serious shipper, the 58th edition of the Sorrento Stakes Sunday at Del Mar has proven a lure for six 2-year-old fillies with stars in their eyes and fast feet beneath them.

Possibles for Pacific Classic grow after Nysos defection.

Subsanador, an Argentinian horse being pointed for a run in the August 22 Pacific Classic, drilled a mile between races Thursday at Del Mar in 1:37.25.

Trainer Bob Baffert and jockey Juan Hernandez teamed up Thursday at Del Mar to get first-time starter Himari – a 3-year-old filly by Nyquist who fetched $350,000 at sale for the Bayoma Corp – home by two lengths in good fashion to take down a straight maiden affair for fillies and mares.

The horse to beat in the Yellow Ribbon could well be Whiskey Decision, a 5-year-old mare by the kingpin stallion Into Mischief, who’ll be making a shift to the west after winning five races and more than a half-million dollars at eastern tracks.

Subsanador to work between races at Del Mar today.