Hunt, Sharp Samurai Head Del Mar Mile Field

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Sharp Samurai

Irish-bred Hunt and Kentucky-bred Sharp Samurai head a field of 13 scheduled to compete in the $200,000 Del Mar Mile (G2T) Aug. 19.

Hunt won the 2017 Eddie Read Stakes (G2T) and Del Mar Handicap Presented by The Japan Racing Association (G2T) last summer at the seaside racetrack. The son of Dark Angel will have Flavien Prat in the saddle as he attempts to rebound from a disappointing performance in this year's Eddie Read, in which he finished 10th and last.

Sharp Samurai, a top 3-year-old at Del Mar a year ago, after he swept the La Jolla Handicap (G3T) and Del Mar Derby (G2T), comes into the Del Mar Mile in fine form, beaten just a neck by longshot Catapult in the Eddie Read. Regular rider Gary Stevens has the call again.

The Del Mar Mile also attracted Catapult, who scored in the Eddie Read at 21-1; Fly to Mars, who set a Del Mar course record of 1:39.50 for 1 1/16 miles on turf in the California Dreamin' Stakes; Bowies Hero, winner of the Frank E. Kilroe Mile (G1T) in March; and two invaders, Argentine-bred Le Ken, fifth in the 2017 Del Mar Mile, and Cannaught Cup (G2T) winner Caribou Club.


Entries: Del Mar Mile H. (G2T)

Del Mar, Sunday, August 19, 2018, Race 8

  • Grade IIT
  • 1m
  • Turf
  • $200,000
  • 3 yo's & up
  • 5:33 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Catapult (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Drayden Van Dyke 121 John W. Sadler 9/2
2 2What a View (CA) Kent J. Desormeaux 119 Kenneth D. Black 20/1
3 3True Valour (IRE) Brice Blanc 117 Simon Callaghan 20/1
4 4Sharp Samurai (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Gary L. Stevens 122 Mark Glatt 7/2
5 5Le Ken (ARG) Tyler Baze 117 Ignacio Correas, IV 30/1
6 6Bowies Hero (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Joel Rosario 123 Philip D'Amato 8/1
7 7Caribou Club (FL) Mike E. Smith 119 Thomas F. Proctor 6/1
8 8B Squared (CA) Mario Gutierrez 118 Doug F. O'Neill 20/1
9 9Fly to Mars (CA) Tyler Gaffalione 118 Peter Miller 6/1
10 10Om (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Joseph Talamo 120 Dan L. Hendricks 12/1
11 11Big Score (KY) Rafael Bejarano 119 Tim Yakteen 10/1
12 12Next Shares (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Stewart Elliott 118 Richard Baltas 20/1
13 13Hunt (IRE) Flavien Prat 123 Philip D'Amato 6/1