The 53rd edition of the Grade II San Clemente Stakes has drawn a competitive field of 11 3-year-old fillies for the one-mile test on the lawn - a key stepping stone to the Grade I Del Mar Oaks on August 22 - and runs Saturday, July 25 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club.
Race 9 at Del Mar on Saturday, July 25 - Post 9:00 PM
| Entry | Horse | ML Odds | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She's So Special | 5-1 | Flavien Prat 120 Lbs |
Peter Miller |
| 2 | Lazy Daisy | 20-1 | Geovanni Franco 118 Lbs |
Doug O'Neill |
| 3 | Laura's Light | 3-1 | Abel Cedillo 123 Lbs |
Peter Miller |
| 4 | Over Attracted | 15-1 | Mike Smith 118 Lbs |
Carla Gaines |
| 5 | Croughavouke (IRE) | 6-1 | Umberto Rispoli 118 Lbs |
Jeff Mullins |
| 6 | Cheermeister | 6-1 | Victor Espinoza 123 Lbs |
Armando De La Cerda |
| 7 | Little Bird (IRE) | 15-1 | Ruben Fuentes 120 Lbs |
Richard Baltas |
| 8 | Mind Out | 15-1 | Brice Blanc 118 Lbs |
Simon Callaghan |
| 9 | Warren's Showtime | 7-2 | Jorge Velez 123 Lbs |
Craig Lewis |
| 10 | Guitty (FR) | 20-1 | Juan Hernandez 118 Lbs |
Leonard Powell |
| 11 | Applecross (IRE) | 12-1 | Drayden Van Dyke 118 Lbs |
Richard Baltas |
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The likely favorite in the $150,000 San Clemente is Gary Barber's Laura's Light, a bay daughter of the hot young sire Constitution who has won four of her six lifetime starts and comes into the turfer off a tally in the Grade III Honeymoon Stakes at Santa Anita on May 30.
That race was at nine furlongs on the grass and she held on to win by a neck under rider Abel Cedillo, who rides back Saturday for trainer Peter Miller.
Laura's Light's chief rivals appear to be a pair of stakes winners in Benjamin and Sally Warren's Warren's Showtime, who'll be handled by regular rider Jorge Velez, and the Florida shipper Cheermeister, who is owned by Teresa and David Palmer and gets the saddle services of Victor Espinoza.
Warren's Showtime, the lone California-bred in the field, is a daughter of Clubhouse Ride and runs out of the barn of conditioner Craig Lewis. She took the state-bred Melair Stakes at Santa Anita on the main track on June 21 in her most recent appearance. She's won five of her 10 outings.
Cheermeister, who is by Bodemeister, won a pair of graded turf stakes at Gulfstream Park earlier this year and will be making her first start since May 15. Trainer Armando De La Cerda has guided the quick lassie to four victories in seven starts, all but one of them on the lawn. She has been training steadily in Florida since her last out.
The San Clemente is one of three stakes on the Saturday card at Del Mar, the others being the $150,000, Grade II San Diego Handicap and the $65,000 Smiling Tiger Stakes.
Here's the complete field for the San Clemente in post position order with riders and morning line odds:
Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners' She's So Special (Flavien Prat, 5-1); DRJ Racing and Great Friends Stable's Lazy Daisy (Giovanni Franco, 20-1); Laura's Light (3-1); Batchelor Family Trust's Over Attracted (Mike Smith, 15-1); Red Barons Barn or Rancho Temesca's Croughavouke (Umberto Rispoli, 6-1); Cheermeister (6-1); Next Wave Racing, Baltas or Robershaw's Little Bird (Ruben Fuentes, 15-1); Gainesway Stable, LNJ Foxwoods or Rose's Mind Out (Brice Blanc, 15-1); Warren's Showtime (7/2); Benowitz Family Trust and Madaket Stable's Guitty (Juan Hernandez, 20-1), and Medallion Racing, Next Wave Racing, et al's Applecross (Drayden Van Dyke, 12-1).
The San Clemente will be the 9th of 11 races on the Saturday program.
First post all afternoons at Del Mar is 2 p.m.
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