Muth had to move a little earlier because my other horse (Imagination) was breathing down his neck. It’s good see him back off that long layoff. Now we can point for the California Crown.

Formidable Man came running hard in the lane and got the job done by half a length in the 78th edition of the Grade II Caesars Sportsbook Del Mar Derby Sunday at the shore track.

Muth wins Shared Belief Stakes.

“He gave us a few hints of being a special horse but today he really validated the horse he is,” O’Neill said Saturday. “When you look at his PP’s, he’s run in a lot of different places and he’s always been surrounding them and today it just unfolded perfectly and Kyle Frey just rode a perfect race.”

Nisan Gabbay rallied late with a $4,900 win bet on last race winner Conclude to blast into the lead finishing with a final bankroll of $29,890.

Conclude and jockey Hector I. Berrios combined to win the $300,000 Grade II Del Mar Mile Saturday in a mild $12.20 upset on the day of the FanDuel Racing Pacific Classic.

Motorious (GB) © Benoit Photo Anthony Fanticola’s English-bred Motorious, the 2-1 betting choice with Antonio Fresu in the saddle, rallied from out of the clouds in the stretch to win the $150,000 Green Flash Handicap...

Gold Phoenix rallied along the rail in the final sixteenth under jockey Kyle Frey to win the $300,000 Del Mar Handicap Presented by the Japan Racing Association for the third straight year.

Hope Road took command easily on the far turn and breezed to an impressive five length triumph in the $150,000 guaranteed Torrey Pines Stakes.

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