Record Breakers Headed for Del Mar Debutante
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A pair of 2-year-old fillies who eclipsed the Del Mar Polytrack mark for five furlongs in separate racing debuts July 20, appear headed for a showdown in the $300,000 Del Mar Debutante (gr. I) for their powerhouse barns Aug. 30.
In Sunday's fourth race, Tara's Tango covered five furlongs on the Polytrack in :57.40 , bettering the :57.83 mark of Bares Tripper on July 25, 2012. Four races later, Luminance was clocked in :57.39 for the same distance .
"Oh yeah, definitely the Debutante," trainer Bob Baffert said when asked about Luminance's immediate target.
A daughter of Tale of the Cat owned by Kaleem Shah, Luminance was a $320,000 purchase at the Keeneland September sale. She is out of the Unbridled's Song mare Siren Serenade and a granddaughter of Versailles Treaty, a four-time grade I winner who was twice second in the Breeders' Cup Distaff (gr. I).
Tara's Tango, a daughter of Unbridled's Song bred and owned by Stonestreet Stables, is trained by Jerry Hollendorfer.
"She looked very good. The Debutante's next," Hollendorfer assistant Dan Ward said.