Om to Stretch Back Out in Seabiscuit Handicap

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Photo: Mike Baker
Om (No. 11) chases home Belvoir Bay in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint at Santa Anita Park

One start after defeating every rival except stablemate Belvoir Bay in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T), Sareen Family Trust's Om  will stretch out to two turns for the $200,000 Seabiscuit Handicap (G2T) Nov. 30 on the Del Mar turf.

Trained by Peter Miller, the 7-year-old son of Munnings  also finished second in the Jaipur Invitational Stakes (G1T) in June at Belmont Park. 

Om's four graded stakes wins have come in two-turn turf races, including last season's Thunder Road Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita Park.

Paco Lopez will have the mount.

Shipping west for the 1 1/16-mile test for 3-year-olds and older is Sacred Life, a group 3 winner in France who will try for his first United States stakes victory. Trained by Chad Brown, Sacred Life finished second in the Lure Stakes Aug. 3 and the Bernard Baruch Handicap (G2T) Sept. 2, both at Saratoga Race Course. 

Javier Castellano, who guided Sacred Life to a clear victory in an Oct. 10 allowance on the Keeneland turf, will ride.

Cleopatra's Strike, a 6-year-old son of Smart Strike who has finished first or second in his past four starts, was scratched.

Alms Leads Jimmy Durante

The planned seven graded stakes on turf for Del Mar's weekend cards begins with the $100,000 Jimmy Durante Stakes (G3T), where Alms will look for a second consecutive graded stakes score.

Trainer Michael Stidham, who earned the 2,000th win of his career Wednesday, ships the Godolphin homebred west for the Jimmy Durante, a 1-mile turf race for 2-year-old fillies, after the daughter of City Zip won the Matron Stakes (G3T) Oct. 6 on the inner turf at Belmont.

Saturday's test will be the first try at two turns for Alms, who in September won her maiden debut going six furlongs on the Belmont turf. Out of group 3-winning Charity Belle, a daughter of Empire Maker , Alms is a half sister to stakes winner Hallie Belle (Medaglia d'Oro ).

Awaiting Alms is Croughavouke, who will be making her first start since finishing sixth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T). Before that, the Irish-bred daughter of Dandy Man finished second in turf stakes at Del Mar and Santa Anita.

Alms isn't the only runner coming off a win on the Belmont inner turf. Brown has entered Princesa Caroline, a daughter of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah  who won her maiden debut by 3 1/2 lengths. She is a half sister to Lady Eli, the champion older female turf horse of 2017.

Castellano, aboard for the maiden win, will ride.


Entries: Seabiscuit H. (G2T)

Del Mar, Saturday, November 30, 2019, Race 6

  • Grade IIT
  • 1 1/16m
  • Turf
  • $200,000
  • 3 yo's & up
  • 2:33 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1River Boyne (IRE) Flavien Prat 120 Jeff Mullins 4/1
2 2Ritzy A. P. (KY) John R. Velazquez 118 Dan Blacker 6/1
3 3Next Shares (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Jose Valdivia, Jr. 120 Richard Baltas 10/1
4 4Om (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Paco Lopez 120 Peter Miller 6/1
5 5Sacred Life (FR) Javier Castellano 119 Chad C. Brown 5/2
6 6Majestic Eagle (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Rafael Bejarano 119 Neil D. Drysdale 20/1
7 7Prince Earl (CA) Geovanni Franco 120 Philip D'Amato 9/2
8 8Ronald R (IRE) Drayden Van Dyke 119 Ronald W. Ellis 5/1
98 9Cleopatra's Strike (ON) SCRATCHED 0 UNKNOWN -
9 10Andesh (IRE) Joseph Talamo 116 Philip D'Amato 20/1




Entries: Jimmy Durante S. (G3T)

Del Mar, Saturday, November 30, 2019, Race 2

  • Grade IIIT
  • 1m
  • Turf
  • $100,000
  • 2 yo Fillies
  • 12:33 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Lookintogeteven (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Victor Espinoza 118 James M. Cassidy 20/1
2 2Alms (KY) Paco Lopez 122 Michael Stidham 9/2
98 3Awesome Ella (FL)Keeneland Sales Graduate SCRATCHED 0 UNKNOWN -
3 4Laura's Light (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Abel Cedillo 120 Peter Miller 15/1
4 5Croughavouke (IRE) Flavien Prat 120 Jeff Mullins 6/1
5 6Overjoyed (KY) Mike E. Smith 120 Neil D. Drysdale 6/1
6 7Homehome (CA) Mario Gutierrez 120 Doug F. O'Neill 30/1
7 8Wise Rachel (CA) Joseph Talamo 120 Quinn Howey 15/1
8 9Seahawk Lisa (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Jorge I. Velez 120 Jerry Hollendorfer 20/1
9 10A G Indy (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Rafael Bejarano 120 Richard Baltas 20/1
10 11Almost a Factor (CA) Geovanni Franco 120 Carla Gaines 30/1
11 12Princesa Caroline (KY) Javier Castellano 120 Chad C. Brown 7/2
12 13Applecross (IRE) John R. Velazquez 120 Richard Baltas 8/1
13 14Guitty (FR) Drayden Van Dyke 120 Leonard Powell 6/1