Three Sons of Bolt d’Oro to Meet in Best Pal

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Arman draws off in the stretch of his winning debut June 23 at Churchill Downs

A pair of Bolt d'Oro   colts will try to follow in his footsteps when they attempt to secure a graded stakes win in their second start. 

While Bolt d'Oro jumped right up to win at the grade 1 level in 2017 when he followed his maiden debut score in August with a victory in the Del Mar Futurity (G1) in September, his sons Arman  and Agency  have been entered in the $200,000 Best Pal Stakes (G3) Aug. 14 at Del Mar. The six-furlong Best Pal is a prep race for the seven-furlong Runhappy Del Mar Futurity, this year scheduled for Sept. 11.

Kaleem Shah's Arman and Muir Hut Stables' Agency both enter Sunday's juvenile test off clear maiden victories at five furlongs. Trained by Simon Callaghan, Arman rallied from fourth early and drew off to a 2 1/2-length score June 23 at Churchill Downs. Agency also rallied to win his maiden debut as the Mark Glatt trainee scored by a length June 12 at Santa Anita Park after racing in fifth early.

A third son of Bolt d'Oro among the 11 juveniles entered is Arizona-bred Pop d'Oro , who debuted with a front-end score in an April maiden race at Turf Paradise and enters off a fourth-place finish in the Fasig-Tipton Futurity in June at Santa Anita.


Entries: Best Pal S. (G3)

Del Mar, Sunday, August 14, 2022, Race 9

  • Grade III
  • 6f
  • Dirt
  • $200,000
  • 2 yo
  • 6:10 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1King Adrock (FL) Edwin A. Maldonado 118 Luis Mendez 6/1
2 2Arman (FL) Martin Garcia 120 Simon Callaghan 5/2
3 3Fleet Feet (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Umberto Rispoli 118 George Papaprodromou 15/1
4 4Jin Tong (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Armando Ayuso 120 Doug F. O'Neill 20/1
5 5Agency (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Tyler Baze 120 Mark Glatt 8/1
6 6Pop d'Oro (AZ) Victor Espinoza 118 Hector O. Palma 20/1
7 7Man Child (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Ramon A. Vazquez 120 Ryan Hanson 10/1
8 8Quagmire Magic (KY) Florent Geroux 118 George Papaprodromou 12/1
9 9Mardukas (KY) Joe Bravo 123 Jeff Engler 20/1
10 10Havnameltdown (FL) Juan J. Hernandez 120 Bob Baffert 9/5
11 11Kangaroo Court (CA) Abel Cedillo 118 Tim Yakteen 6/1

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