Angiolleta (outside) and Tianma (inside) work in company Sep. 3 at Del Mar (Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire)
The Grass Is Greener in Juvenile Fillies Turf at Del Mar
Del Mar Stable Notes by Jim Charvat
DEL MAR, Calif.—The stakes tripleheader at Del Mar on Saturday kicks off with the Juvenile Fillies Turf, a one-mile race that fills the bill for many 2-year-old grass runners.
A common theme among trainers this time of year is they have nowhere to run their young grass horses once they’ve broken their maiden. Enter the $100,000 Juvenile Fillies Turf which attracted 10 runners, three of which just broke their maiden, two at the one-mile distance. The others are still maidens hoping to get a little bonus for their first win.
Angiolleta (IRE) and Flattery both broke their maidens last out at Del Mar. Angiolleta ran the one mile on the turf in 1:37.59, Flattery in 1:37.95. For Angiolleta it was also her U.S debut after running the first two races of her career in France. Trainer Doug O’Neill sends out the Irish-bred who came to the states in June.
“She came over from Europe and she’s settled in,” O’Neill says. “It seems like with each day she’s getting a little more adjusted to the American style of racing and the tighter turns. She put in probably her best work to date this last work, so we’re excited. I think she has a real good chance.”
That last work was four furlongs in :48.40, (26/92) last Sunday.
Flattery is a daughter of Flatter, who came from the back of the pack with a strong closing kick to win.
“I don’t think you’ll find her quite as far back,” trainer Peter Eurton says. “Just the fact that second-time starters seem to always be a little more precocious and her works are showing that, too. He’ll (jockey Juan Hernandez) just do what he’s going to do and put her where he feels comfortable and hopefully, she’s got that big run again.”
The other Eurton horse is Tambo, who broke her maiden in an $80,000 maiden claimer at Del Mar in July. That race was 5 ½ furlongs on the dirt, her second career start.
The other eight are still maidens. Loterie, an Irish-bred from the Phil D’Amato barn, was runner-up to Angiolleta last time out, coming from the back of the pack to miss by just a length. It was her first race stateside and second overall.
“She had a little traffic trouble around the quarter pole,” D’Amato says. “But she still came with a nice run. I think she’s improved since that race and merits a shot in the stake. “
Cailin Dana was second at first asking in a 5-furlong maiden special weight at Del Mar last month. Sean McCarthy trains the daughter of Oscar Performance.
The $100,000 Juvenile Fillies Turf is the fifth race on the 11-race Saturday card. Approximate post time is 3:30 p.m.
Here’s the field from the rail with the jockeys and the morning odds:
1. Flattery (Juan Hernandez, 4-1)
2. Arctic Breeze (Scratched)
3. Poppy’s Joy (Ricky Gonzalez, 15-1)
4. Double Bay (Geovanni Franco, 8-1)
5. Tambo (Tiago Pereira, 6-1)
6. Angiolleta (Hector Berrios, 5/2)
7. Bossy Bruin Gal (Edwin Maldonado, 20-1)
8. Auratium (Joe Bravo, 15-1)
9. Loterie (Umberto Rispoli, 7/2)
10. Into Yellowstone (Diego Herrera, 30-1)
11. Cailin Dana (Ramon Vasquez, 6-1)
COOLING OUT
Two veteran trainers notched their first victories of the Del Mar summer meet on Monday. Robertino Diodoro’s City Legend won the third race on the holiday card and paid $24.20 to win. Four races later, Patrick Biancone broke the ice with Ipanema Princess who paid $32 on a $2 win ticket…
Micro Share came out of her win in the Tranquility Lake Monday in good shape. Trainer Richard Mandella says they will look at the G2 Zenyatta at Santa Anita on October 1 for her next race…
Crazy Hot also came out of her Monday stakes win in the Generous Portion in good order…
Jockey Tyler Baze is named to ride Stan From Malibu in the eighth race Saturday. It would be his first mount of the summer meet…
Notable works from this week, all on the dirt:
TUESDAY
Practical Move (5f, :59.60)
Arabian Lion (6f, 1:12.4)
THURSDAY
Eddies New Dream (3f, 38.80)
FRIDAY
Hit the Road (5f, 1:01.6)
Dua (6f, 1:11.8)
Work of the Day at Del Mar: Beholder’s daughter Tamara worked 3 Furlongs on September 4th, 2023.
Find other Works of the Day at XBTV/YouTube.
