21DLM002_SummerProgramCover_ Trim_4.125x8.625__Bleed_4.375x8.875 HOME OF THE 2021 BREEDERS’ CUP JULY 16 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2021 DelMarRacing.com 21DLM002_Summer Program Cover.indd 1 6/10/21 2:00 PM DEL MAR THOROUGHBRED CLUB Racing 31 Days • July 16 - September 6, 2021 Day 15 • Thursday August 12, 2021 First Post 2:00 p.m. These are the moments that make history. Where the Turf Meets the Surf Keeneland sales graduates have won Del Mar racetrack opened its doors (and its betting six editions of the Pacific Classic over windows) on July 3, 1937. Since then it’s become West the last decade. Coast racing’s summer destination where avid fans and newcomers to the sport enjoy the beauty and excitement of Thoroughbred racing in a gorgeous seaside setting. CHANGES AND RESULTS Courtesy of Equibase Del Mar Changes, live odds, results and race replays at your ngertips. Dmtc.com/app for iPhone or Android or visit dmtc.com NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS Federal law requires that customers for certain transactions be identi ed by name, address, government-issued identi cation and other relevant information. Therefore, customers may be asked to provide information and identi cation to comply with the law. www.msb.gov PROGRAM ERRORS Every effort is made to avoid mistakes in the of cial program, but Del Mar Thoroughbred Club assumes no liability to anyone for Beholder errors that may occur. 2016 Pacific CHECK YOUR TICKET AND MONIES BEFORE Classic S. (G1) CONFIRMING WAGER. MANAGEMENT ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBLITY FOR TRANSACTIONS NOT COMPLETED WHEN WAGERING CLOSES. POST TIMES Post times for today’s on-track and imported races appear on the following page. SEPTEMBER RESPONSIBLE GAMBLING YEARLING SALE IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW HAS A GAMBLING PROBLEM PLEASE CALL 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) SALE BEGINS SUNDAY, SEPT. 13 SÍ USTED CONOCE ALGUN QUI TIENE UN PROBLEMA DE Learn More at TheWorldsYearlingSale.com APOSTAR POR FAVOR LLAME 1-800-426-2537. 3 August 12, 2021 TODAY’S RACING MENU How to Place a Bet US Races Race Time US Races Race Time International Races Race Time Saratoga 1 10:05 Indiana Downs 1 12:25 Woodbine 1 10:10 Delaware Park 1 10:15 Arlington Park 1 12:35 Pimlico / Hipo Chile 5 10:11 Placing a bet at a teller window is easy, have your Belterra Park 3 10:35 Indiana Downs 2 1:01 Pimlico / Hipo Chile 6 10:36 cash (or voucher!) ready and follow these steps: Saratoga 2 10:41 Arlington Park 2 1:08 Woodbine 2 10:38 Delaware Park 2 10:45 Indiana Downs 3 1:35 Pimlico / Hipo Chile 7 11:02 RACETRACK NAME AND RACE NUMBER Belterra Park 4 11:05 Arlington Park 3 1:41 Woodbine 3 11:07 Delaware Park 3 11:15 Indiana Downs 4 2:11 Pimlico / Hipo Chile 8 11:28 DOLLAR AMOUNT AND TYPE OF WAGER Saratoga 3 11:15 Arlington Park 4 2:17 Woodbine 4 11:36 PROGRAM NUMBER OF THE HORSE(S) YOU PICK Belterra Park 5 11:35 Indiana Downs 5 2:44 Pimlico / Hipo Chile 9 11:53 Delaware Park 4 11:45 Arlington Park 5 2:52 Woodbine 5 12:10 For example that pretty gray lly you had your Saratoga 4 11:49 Indiana Downs 6 3:17 Pimlico / Hipo Chile 10 12:19 eyes on: Del Mar, Race 4, $2 to win on #5. The teller Belterra Park 6 12:05 Arlington Park 6 3:25 Woodbine 6 12:42 will hand you your ticket (don’t lose it). Delaware Park 5 12:15 Indiana Downs 7 3:45 Pimlico / Hipo Chile 11 12:47 Saratoga 5 12:21 Evangeline Downs 1 3:50 Pimlico / Hipo Chile 12 1:13 Be sure to double check your bet, then it’s time to Belterra Park 7 12:35 Arlington Park 7 3:54 Woodbine 7 1:14 watch the race! Delaware Park 6 12:45 Indiana Downs 8 4:13 Pimlico / Hipo Chile 13 1:39 Saratoga 6 12:55 Evangeline Downs 2 4:17 Woodbine 8 1:46 Belterra Park 8 1:05 Indiana Downs 9 4:41 Pimlico / Hipo Chile 14 2:05 Delaware Park 7 1:15 Evangeline Downs 3 4:44 Pimlico / Hipo Chile 15 2:34 RACING TERMS Saratoga 7 1:29 Pimlico / Hipo Chile 16 3:02 Delaware Park 8 1:45 Pimlico / Hipo Chile 17 3:29 Blinkers Headgear worn by a horse to focus its vision and Presque Isle Downs 1 1:45 Pimlico / Hipo Chile 18 4:02 prevent distractions Del Mar 1 2:00 Pimlico / Hipo Chile 19 4:31 Furlong A furlong equals 220 yards or 1/8 mile Saratoga 8 2:05 Inquiry Investigation by the stewards of a foul or violation that Presque Isle Downs 2 2:10 may have occurred during the running of a race Del Mar 2 2:30 Morning Line The track handicapper’s estimate of the probable odds Presque Isle Downs 3 2:35 for each horse at post time Saratoga 9 2:39 Paddock The area where horses are brought to be saddled and Presque Isle Downs 4 3:00 mounted by their jockeys prior to a race Del Mar 3 3:00 Scratch A horse that has been withdrawn from a race Saratoga 10 3:13 Del Mar 4 3:30 Presque Isle Downs 5 3:55 WIN ODDS PAYOFF Del Mar 5 4:00 1/1 $4.00 3/2 $5.00 Presque Isle Downs 6 4:20 $5.20 $5.60 Del Mar 6 4:30 8/5 9/5 Presque Isle Downs 7 4:45 2/1 $6.00 5/2 $7.00 Del Mar 7 5:00 $8.00 $9.00 Del Mar 8 5:30 3/1 7/2 4/1 $10.00 9/2 $11.00 Races appear in the program in the following order: 5/1 $12.00 6/1 $14.00 Del Mar races – Northern California races – Out-of-State races, – International races. 8/1 $18.00 10/1 $22.00 4 5 Thursday, August 12 Del Mar Bottom Line By Brad Free 12:30 PM GATES OPEN Brad Free has been handicapper, reporter and columnist for FIRST POST 2 PM 8 Daily Racing Form since 1992. A native of Southern California, RACES Free previously covered horse racing for the Pasadena Star- News, The National and The Racing Times. Free wrote the PICK-6 JACKPOT popular DRF text “Handicapping 101,” worked as broadcaster $1,127,460.60 for TVG and Santa Anita, and has served as track linemaker. SUPER HIGH-5 CARRYOVER $36,434.67 THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2021 BEST BET: RACE 2, GRIT AND CURIOSITY ONLINE HANDICAPPING CONTEST RACE ONE 2021 SUMMER • DMTC.COM/CONTEST Unraced since January, DIRECT LINE gets the call in this wide-open SHARPEN YOUR SKILLS WITH A FREE TO PLAY maiden-40 route. He ran fairly well his only previous comeback, ONLINE CONTEST HANDICAPPING A FEATURE missing by less than five lengths in a maiden special-weight on turf, RACE EVERY DAY OF THE DEL MAR SUMMER followed by a runner-up finish in a MSW dirt route that might be SEASON TO EARN TICKETS TO #BC21. good enough. He figures for a forwardly placed trip. ALLABOUT- THEMONEY employs an opposite running style; he will rally from behind while dropping to the lowest level of his career. The last 11 runners trained by Vladimir Cerin produced 3 wins and 3 seconds. VISIT DMTC.COM/EVENTS FOR MORE INFO RAISEBEFORETHEFLOP figures to vie for favoritism while stretching to a route for the first time, dropping in class, and adding Lasix. Today’s Groups MONGOLIAN FORD is fast enough if he reproduces his April highly rated runner-up finish. STRETCH RUN GRILL CELEBRITY SUITES ARGONAUT 36TH STREET CAPITAL DAYPORT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION SPECTRUM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SAN DIEGO COASTAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RACE TWO PHG MC COLLECTION DAY AT THE RACES CLUBHOUSE GOOD TIMES TRAVEL SYCUAN RESORT & CASINO GRIT AND CURIOSITY drops in for a tag, first start since March. He runs well fresh, he has run well against tougher than these $32k IL PALIO CLUBHOUSE TERRACE EXCHANGE CLUB OF SAN CLEMENTE claiming sprinters, he has tactical speed and his trainer-jockey 2H U.S. WIZ KICKOFF INSIGHT / COHESITY BEAR CREEK TRAVEL CLUB combo is among the most productive in SoCal. Peter Miller and KONA KAI DECKERT PACIFIC COAST COMMERCIAL Flavien Prat have won at a 27 percent clip the past five years (122 GET STORMY! RACE FANS CHARLES SCHWAB ADVISOR SERVICES for 449). BARRISTAN THE BOLD also drops in class for his first start OCEAN HILLS COUNTRY CLUB PCI-SAN DIEGO MARINE since March. Back-to-back fourths his first two U.S. starts in late LUXURY SUITES SDSU RETIREMENT ASSOC. AVIDEX 2019/early 2020 are fast enough. However, he is a deep closer who E-Z-GO faces a challenging course profile. Most turf sprints this season SKYROOMS SD SPORTS PROPERTIES were won from a forward position (17 turf sprints: 9 wire-to-wire, TURF CLUB PULTE HOMES UBS SAN DIEGO 6 winners positioned 2-3-4). IAN GLASS is a six-time winner who PARTNERS CAPITAL GROUP SOLUGENIX & SERVICE NOW won three of his last four including a pair of claiming turf sprints vs. CAI - SAN DIEGO similar at Santa Anita. This is his first start in two and a half months. PSYCHO DAR, runner-up to IAN GLASS two back, has run races that put him in the picture. RESERVE TODAY DMTC.COM/GROUPSALES OR CALL 858-792-4234 6 7 Del Mar Bottom Line DMTC EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK RACE THREE The experienced runners in this maiden-claiming sprint for 2yo fillies are modest.