Accelerate Wins San Diego Handicap at Del Mar
The $300,000 G2 San Diego Handicap was run Saturday, July 22 at Del Mar racetrack in Del Mar, California - a 1 1/16-mile dirt test for horses three years old and upward. In a stunning upset Hronis Racing's Accelerate shocked the racing world and beat the best horse on the planet - and it wasn't even close. Accelerate blew away the field by 8 1/2 lengths at 8-1 odds. Donworth finished second at 10-1 odds with another 10-1 shot Cat Burglar, Accelerate's stablemate ran third. 1-5 favorite Arrogate stunningly finished fourth in the five-horse field with El Huerfano in last. Dalmore scratched.
2017 San Diego Handicap Race Results & Payoffs
Post | Horse | Jockey | WIN | PLACE | SHOW |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Accelerate | Victor Espinoza | 17.60 | 32.60 | 22.00 |
4 | Donworth | Mario Gutierrez | 119.80 | 67.40 | |
5 | Cat Burglar | Rafael Bejarano | 38.20 |
Payoffs:
- $2 Exacta (1-4) Paid: $196.00
- $2 Quinella (1-4) Paid: $75.40
- $1 Trifecta (1-4-5) Paid: $217.30
- $2 Daily Double (10/1) Paid: $75.00
- $2 Pick 3 (9/10/1) Paid: $218.00