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Mohaymen’s Elm Drives Takes Sorrento

Elm Drive became the first black-type winner for her freshman sire Mohaymen with a gutsy score in the Sorrento Friday evening at Del Mar. Wiring the field by eight lengths in her debut at Los Alamitos June 26, she was the 2-1 co-second-choice along with Eda. Away alertly, Elm Drive was overtaken by 70-1 shot First Promise (First Samurai) and pressed from second through a first quarter in :22 flat. The bay took control on the backstretch run and was soon joined by an eager Eda, who made an eye-catching move approaching the turn. The two sailed clear in the lane, matching strides as they put daylight between them and the rest of the field. The gutsy duo fought it out all the way to the wire with Elm Drive securing a narrow victory.

Pedigree Notes:

Elm Drive is one of seven winners from the first-crop of MGSW Mohaymen and the only black-type winner thus far. Lets Dance Charlie is also the dam of a 2021 colt by Accelerate and was bred back to Volatile.

Friday, Del Mar
SORRENTO S.-GII, $201,500, Del Mar, 8-6, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:10.64, ft.
1–ELM DRIVE, 118, f, 2, by Mohaymen
                1st Dam: Lets Dance Charlie, by Indian Charlie
                2nd Dam: Dance Darling, by Devil's Bag
                3rd Dam: Danzig Darling, by Danzig
   1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($40,000 Ylg
'20 OBSOCT; $165,000 2yo '21 OBSMAR). O-Little Red Feather
Racing; B-Kenneth D'Oyen (KY); T-Philip D'Amato; J-Juan J.
Hernandez. $120,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $147,000.
*1/2 to Mother of Dragons (First Dude), MSW, $153,995. Werk
   Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Eda, 120, f, 2, Munnings–Show Me, by Lemon Drop Kid.
($240,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP; $550,000 2yo '21 OBSMAR).
O-Baoma Corporation; B-Nathan McCauley (KY); T-Bob Baffert.
$40,000.
3–Smash Ticket, 120, f, 2, Midnight Lute–Hennesey Smash, by
Roll Hennessy Roll. O-King, Brad, Kirby, Stan and Kirby,
Suzanne; B-Brad King (KY); T-Todd W. Fincher. $24,000.
Margins: HD, 13 1/4, 3 1/4. Odds: 2.30, 2.10, 1.30.
Also Ran: Sax, She's So Shiny, Roses for Suzzett, Loveherheart, First Promise. Scratched: At the Spa, It's Simple, Shesgotattitude. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

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Del Mar: Juveniles Clash In Best Pal; Quality Runs Deep In Yellow Ribbon Field

A stakes doubleheader – featuring the Grade 2, $200,000 Best Pal Stakes and the Grade 2, $200,000 Yellow Ribbon Handicap – will provide some extra spice to an enticing Saturday racing card at Del Mar that kicks off at 2 p.m. in Del Mar, Calif.

Seven juveniles will lock horns in this 51st edition of the Best Pal over six furlong that goes as the ninth race on an 11-race program. Then 10 older fillies and mares will go 1 1/16 miles on the lawn in the 69th running of the Yellow Ribbon, which goes as race 10.

The likely favorite in the juvenile race is the eastern shipper Pappacap, a Gun Runner colt owned by Rustlewood Farm and trained by newly minted Hall of Famer Mark Casse. The bay homebred was a smart winner of his lone start on May 14 at Gulfstream Park in Florida and has been in steady training since then. Newcomer Joe Bravo gets the call.

Another promising runner in the lineup is Gary Barber's Bet On Mookie, a son of the Lion Heart stallion Uncaptured who has been to the post twice and shows a win and a second for his efforts. His tally came at Santa Anita on June 11 when he simply outran his field in a straight maiden affair to score by five and a quarter lengths. Trainer Peter Miller has given the assignment of Bet On Mookie to Abel Cedillo.

In the Yellow Ribbon the competition runs deep. Among the distaffers who rate more than a casual look in the turfer are Slam Dunk Racing Stable and Currency's Maxim Rate, LNJ Foxwoods' Dogtag, Agave Racing Stable and Medallion Racing's Charmaine's Mia. Also in the mix is last year's Yellow Ribbon winner – Calvin Nguyen's Bodhicitta.

In fact, all 10 runners in the lineup are stakes winners.

Here are the fields for the two stakes from the rail out with riders and morning line odds:

Best Pal — Bet On Mookie (5/2); Chapman or Tsumimoto's Our Empire (Tyler Baze, 20-1); Pappacap (8/5); Lovingier, Fasihuddin or Navarro's Finneus (Umberto Rispoli, 3-1); Lovingier, Beckerle or Carrillo's Thirsty Always (apprentice Cesar Ortega, 7/2); Peter Redekop's Aquitania Arrival (Juan Hernandez, 4-1), and Opas or Sinatra's Olympic Legend (Jose Valdivia, Jr., 10-1).

Yellow Ribbon – Bodhicitta (Trevor McCarthy, 6-1); Little Red Feather Racing or Sterling's Raymundos Secret (Tiago Pereira, 6-1); Charmaine's Mia (Joe Bravo, 4-1); Dogtag (Rispoli, 4-1); El Tata Stables' Brooke (Kyle Frey, 12-1); Tommy Town Thoroughbreds' Keeper Ofthe Stars (Cedillo, 12-1); George and Martha Schwary Racing's Ippodamia's Girl (Geovanni Franco, 12-1); Susan and John Moore's Princess Grace (Kent Desormeaux, 8-1); Maxim Rate (Hernandez, 7/2), and Gary Barber's Laura's Light (Valdivia, Jr., 15-1).

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Pappacap Ships West for Best Pal

Pappacap (Gun Runner), who broke his maiden in Florida, made the trip to the left coast to try to become his freshman sire's first black-type winner in Saturday's GII Best Pal S. at Del Mar. The Rustelwood Farm homebred wired the field in his five-panel debut at Gulfstream May 14 and displays a pair of speedy works at this oval in the interim.

Fellow Florida-bred Bet on Mookie (Uncaptured) is a California resident in the Peter Miller barn. Second on debut on the Santa Anita main track May 23, the bay romped by 5 1/4 lengths on the Arcadia lawn June 11. His new stablemate Aquitania Arrival (Carpe Diem) makes his first start for the Miller barn here The dark bay was a first-out winner for trainer William Morey last out at Churchill May 28.

Thirsty Always (Stay Thirsty) already boasts a black-type score, following his victorious unveiling against Cal-breds May 16 with a decisive win in the Everett Nevin S. July 10 at Pleasanton.

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Aug. 7 Insights

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EXPENSIVE & WELL-BRED JUVENILES DEBUT ON WHITNEY UNDERCARD

5th-SAR, $100K, Msw, 2yo, 7f, 2:52p.m.

An intriguing group of juvenile colts seek their diplomas Saturday on the GI Whitney S. undercard. The most expensive of the group is OXO Equine's IMMOKALEE (Curlin). The $750,000 KEENOV acquisition is out of MGSP Banree (Macho Uno), a half-sister to MSW & MGSP Superstition (Ghostzapper) and GSW Gloryzapper (Ghostzapper). Chad Brown unveils a colt from the first crop of the late Arrogate in $590,000 KEESEP buy Big Skipper. The bay is a half to MSP Summer Reading (Hard Spun) and GSP Heart of Paradise (More Than Ready). Their dam is a half to GSW Megascape (Cape Canaveral) and SW Richest Half (Rizzi). Steve Asmussen saddles a pair of first timers in Vodka Mardini (Bernardini) and Stellar Tap (Tapit). Vodka Mardini is the first foal out of GSW & GISP Hot City Girl (City Zip), a half-sister to the late champion sprinter La Verdad (Yes It's True). A $250,000 KEESEP purchase, Stellar Tap is out of a half-sister to GISW Nereid (Rock Hard Ten) and SW & GSP Sea Queen (Lemon Drop Kid). Phipps homebred Imminent Storm (Flatter) debuts for Shug McGaughey here. The gray's second dam is champion Storm Flag Flying (Storm Cat), who of course is a daughter of MGISW My Flag (Easy Goer). Tony Dutrow saddles Predicted (Tapit) in his career bow. His full-sister Sweet Loretta won the GI Spinaway S. at this oval, as well as the GIII Schuylerville S. This is also the family of Canadian champion Spring in the Air (Spring At Last). Todd Pletcher sends out a second timer worth a look in Keepcalmcarryon (Union Rags). He was second on debut behind an impressive performance from stablemate and 'TDN Rising Star' Wit (Practical Joke), who went on to take the GIII Sanford S. in his next start. The bay is out of SW Lavender Chrissie (Scat Daddy), a half to GSW Baby J (J Be K) and SW & GISP Laureate Conductor (Bernstein). TJCIS PPs

BAFFERT UNVEILS PRICEY PAIR

4th-DMR, $70K, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 6:34p.m.

Bob Baffert saddles a pair of expensive first time starters in FLYING DRUMMER (Gun Runner) and Montebello (Curlin). Donato Lanni signed the $850,000 ticket on Flying Drummer at OBS April on behalf of Michael Lund Petersen after the colt breezed in :10 flat. The gray is out of SW & GSP Salamera (Successful Appeal), who is a half-sister to the SP dam of MSW & GISP Piedi Bianchi (Overanalyze) and MSW & GISP Outadore (Outwork). The group known as the Avengers went to $400,000 at KEESEP to acquire Montebello. The bay is out of MSW & GISP Beautiful But Blue (El Corredor), who is a daughter of MSW NY-bred Beautiful America (Dixie Brass). Richard Mandella unveils Forbidden Kingdom (American Pharoah) for MyRacehorse and Spendthrift Farm. The $300,000 FTKSEL buy is out of GSW Just Louise (Five Star Dady), a daughter of MGSW Sara Louise (Malibu Moon). TJCIS PPs

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