Adare Manor Out of Pacific Classic

Trainer Bob Baffert confirmed the morning of Aug. 30 that Adare Manor will not run in the Aug. 31 Pacific Classic Stakes (G1) at Del Mar. "She tied up a little after her gallop yesterday and was still a little tight this morning," Baffert texted. "I don't feel she's 100%. She can't be off her game even a little bit tomorrow, so we're going to sit this one out." Baffert had entered Adare Manor to run against males for the first time. It would also have been the 5-year-old mare's first effort at the Pacific Classic distance of 1 1/4 miles. In against eight male rivals, Adare Manor was listed as the 9-5 morning-line favorite. She could have become only the second female to win the Pacific Classic, following champion Beholder in 2015. After finishing second by three-quarters of a length to Sweet Azteca in the March 9 Beholder Mile Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park, Adare Manor has been brilliant. Shipped to Oaklawn Park, she romped in the April 13 Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) by 5 1/2 lengths. Back home at Santa Anita, she crushed foes in the May 26 Santa Margarita Stakes (G2) by 4 1/4 lengths and then at Del Mar won the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1) by 2 3/4 lengths Aug. 3. Michael Lund Petersen owns Adare Manor, a daughter of Uncle Mo—Brooklynsway, by Giant Gizmo. Town & Country Horse Farms and Gary Broad bred her in Kentucky. Adare Manor has won 10 of 18 lifetime starts and has earnings of $2,096,600.