A dozen 2-year-old fillies will take to the turf at Del Mar Dec. 3 in the one-mile $100,000 Jimmy Durante Stakes (G3T) with Harris Farms' homebred Quickly Park It looking to extend her winning streak to three.
The Prospect Park daughter broke her maiden on second asking at Del Mar Aug. 28. She followed that by taking the Pike Place Dancer Stakes at Golden Gate Fields Oct. 29. Trained by Sean McCarthy, Quickly Park It is out of the Lucky J. H. mare Quick Luck. Quickly Park It is 2-0-0 in three starts.
In the Pike Place Dancer, Quickly Park It bided her time, rating toward the back of the pack before making her move just past the three-quarter pole in the one-mile race. In the process, she caught Ami Please near the eighth pole and had more than enough to fend off any challengers, winning by a comfortable six lengths.
Ami Please will be looking for a measure of revenge as she is in the field for the Jimmy Durante. Co-owned and bred by Glenn Sorgenstein, Ami Please is 1-1-0 in three starts. She is also co-owned by Wonderland Racing Stables.
Another to watch is the Brian Koriner-trained Sell the Dream. Out of Enayat Alsalam, by Run Away and Hide, Sell the Dream is 1-2-1 in five career starts. After breaking her maiden on first asking, she ran third in the California Thoroughbred Breeders' Association Stakes, second in the Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf Stakes, and fell short by half a length in the Surfer Girl Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita Park. Last time out, she finished fourth in the Golden State Juvenile Fillies Stakes.
The Munnings filly is owned by Edward Brown, Alan Klein, and Philip Lebherz.
Making her United States racing debut is Decorated My Life. Simon Callaghan's trainee is 1-0-0 in four starts. She is by Mehmas and is owned by CYBT and Michael Nentwig.
Completing the field are Bizzy Gal, Jordan, Liguria, Lollipop Gumdrop, Pallotta Sisters, Ragtime Rose, Showgirl Lynne B, and Thebestisyettobe.
Earlier in the card, trainer Phil D'Amato will like his chances when he sends out three challengers in the 10-horse field for the $100,000 Stormy Liberal Stakes.
His charges in the five-furlong contest on turf for horses 3-years-old and up include a pair of imports from Ireland. Turn On The Jets seems to have taken a liking to the turf in the United States, going 1-1-1 in three starts. For his career, the Mehmas gelding is 2-1-1 in seven starts.
Owned by the Benowitz Family Trust, CYBT, Nentwig, and Ray Pagano, Turn On The Jets won his U.S. debut by a neck in an Aug. 18 allowance optional claiming race going the same distance he will trek Saturday at Del Mar.
He is joined by Coulthard. Owned by Jay and Julie Manoogian, Coulthard's last two times out were in graded stakes. He finished third in the Sept. 4 Green Flash Handicap (G3T) at Del Mar and then fourth in the Oct. 1 Eddie D Stakes (G2T) at Santa Anita.
The son of Coulsty is 1-0-2 this year over six starts and 3-2-5 in 15 lifetime starts.
D'Amato's third contender is Rebel Posse, owned by CJ Thoroughbreds, Francis Hartman, and Mike Renfro.
The Caleb's Posse colt finished sixth last time out in the Grand Prairie Turf Sprint Stakes July 16 at Lone Star Park. It was a spirited effort, falling just two lengths off the lead. Out of the War Chant mare War Kill, Rebel Posse is 1-0-1 in three starts this year and 3-1-1 in nine career starts.
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Richard Mandella brings a pair of trainees to the party with Lane Way and Sumter.
Lane Way, by Into Mischief , won an allowance optional claimer last time out Nov. 6 at Santa Anita. Before that, he posted back-to-back second-place finishes in the Green Flash and Eddie D.
Owned by MyRacehorse, Lane Way is 1-3-0 in four 2022 starts and 3-5-5 over 15 lifetime starts.
A Bass Stables homebred, Sumter comes in with a 10th-place showing in the Sept. 10 Franklin-Simpson Stakes (G2T) at Kentucky Downs. Before that, the War Front colt was third in the La Jolla Handicap (G3T).
Rounding out the field are Get Back Goldie, Hot Box, Respect the Code, Sigiloso, and Whatmakessammyrun.
Del Mar, Saturday, December 3, 2022, Race 7Entries: Jimmy Durante S. (G3T)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Pallotta Sisters (KY) Juan J. Hernandez 120 H. Graham Motion 6/1 2 2Quickly Park It (CA) Ramon A. Vazquez 120 Sean McCarthy 8/1 3 3Decorated My Life (IRE) Joe Bravo 120 Simon Callaghan 8/1 4 4Ami Please (KY) Edwin A. Maldonado 120 Leandro Mora 12/1 5 5Bizzy Gal (KY) Florent Geroux 120 Peter Miller 15/1 6 6Jordan (KY) Ricardo Gonzalez 120 Peter Miller 20/1 7 7Showgirl Lynne B (KY) David Charles Lopez 120 Robert B. Hess, Jr. 12/1 8 8Lollipop Gumdrop (KY) Drayden Van Dyke 120 Michael W. McCarthy 20/1 9 9Thebestisyettobe (IRE) Umberto Rispoli 120 Philip D'Amato 5/1 10 10Sell the Dream (CA) Abel Cedillo 120 Brian J. Koriner 5/1 11 11Liguria (KY) Flavien Prat 120 Chad C. Brown 3/1 12 12Ragtime Rose (KY) Kyle Frey 120 Jeff Mullins 12/1
Del Mar, Saturday, December 3, 2022, Race 5Entries: Stormy Liberal S.
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Get Back Goldie (KY) Edwin A. Maldonado 118 Leandro Mora 15/1 2 2Lane Way (KY) Mike E. Smith 122 Richard E. Mandella 5/2 3 3Rebel Posse (KY) Umberto Rispoli 120 Philip D'Amato 12/1 98 4Sigiloso (FL) SCRATCHED 0 UNKNOWN - 4 5Respect the Code (KY) Kyle Frey 120 George Papaprodromou 20/1 5 6Whatmakessammyrun (KY) Joe Bravo 124 Mark Glatt 4/1 6 7Turn On The Jets (IRE) Juan J. Hernandez 120 Philip D'Amato 5/1 7 8Hot Box (CA) Ricardo Gonzalez 122 Brian J. Koriner 8/1 8 9Coulthard (IRE) Ramon A. Vazquez 122 Philip D'Amato 5/1 9 10Sumter (KY) Flavien Prat 120 Richard E. Mandella 4/1
