With two wins yesterday, Flavien Prat increased his lead from four to six victories over Abel Cedillo and five to seven over Juan Hernandez atop the jockey standings entering the final 11 days of the 31-day meeting. Prat is looking to make it three straight riding titles at the summer meeting and five of the last six either taken outright or shared.
Prat has recorded six stakes victories, working toward the record 14 stakes in a season he established last year.
And, in terms of quantity and quality, the 29-year-old native of France appears positioned to advance toward both those goals with his mounts on the TVG Pacific Class Day program that is the annual highlight of the season.
Prat has mounts scheduled in all 11 races, five of which are stakes. In the six non-stakes events he is booked on two morning-line favorites – Barbwire (5th, 3-1) and Dream Shake (8th, 7-2) — and has no mounts higher than 4-1 in the early odds. During the run of five stakes in six races, here are Prat's runners on oddsmaker Jon White's morning line:
Race 6, Torrey Pines – Private Mission for trainer Bob Baffert, 9-5 favorite.
Race 7, Del Mar Mile – Mo Forza for trainer Peter Miller, 8-5 favorite.
Race 9, Del Mar Oaks – Going Global for trainer Phil D'Amato, 9-5 favorite.
Race 10, Pacific Classic – Tizamagician for trainer Richard Mandella, 4-1, co-fourth choice.
Race 11, Del Mar Handicap – United for Mandella, 2-1 favorite.
Of course, all that stands in the way of Prat's success today is 83 other horses and 22 other riders intent on success of their own.
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