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Del Mar Stewards: Baffert Fined $2,500, Brinkerhoff Handed 45-Day Suspension

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has been fined $2,500 by the Del Mar stewards, reports the Daily Racing Form, over Merneith's positive for Dextromethorphan in her second-place finish in the fourth race on July 25.

“A number of my staff were sick with COVID this summer, including Merneith's groom,” Baffert told the Paulick Report after the positive result was made public. “I learned he had been taking over-the-counter cough syrups that contained Dextrorphan. This has been an issue in other states where contamination has lead to positive tests. That's what happened here. This is clearly another case of contamination. Ultimately, this is my responsibility. It's really embarrassing for the barn, but that's what happened. #2020 sucks.”

Del Mar stewards also took action against veteran trainer Val Brinkerhoff, suspending him for 45 days and issuing a $3,000 fine over Girl Can Partie returning a positive for Metaproterenol after winning the seventh race on Aug. 1, 2019. Sunday's ruling stated that the penalty was inclusive of a syringe found in Brinkerhoff's truck, which the trainer told DRF was a precaution for colic while shipping a horse to Emerald Downs, also in August of 2019.

Del Mar’s Bing Crosby Season Ends With Safe Racing, Bigger Fields, Increased Wagering

The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club continued its industry-leading safety record and its increased wagering trends as its Bing Crosby Season concluded on Sunday, November 29. The five-week fall meet provided total handle of $195.9 million, an increase of 33% over last season

“A terrific meet on all levels,” said Del Mar's CEO, Joe Harper. “First and foremost, the horses and people who care for them were safe. Wagering, which fuels the industry's economic engine, exceeded expectations and the racing product was once again topnotch.”

Average field size was 8.1 runners per race, a healthy increase of 9.5% from 2019's number of 7.4. A total of 131 races were run, compared to 114 last year. Grass racing, including the seven graded stakes that make up the “fall turf festival,” once again highlighted the Bing Crosby Season. In total, races on the grass produced an impressive average filed size of 8.7.

“Outstanding support from our horsemen and horsewomen,” said executive vice president of racing, Tom Robbins. “The racing was extremely competitive and, judging by our handle numbers, horseplayers responded. We raised purse levels prior to the meet and it's gratifying to see that pay dividends.”

Racing during the seventh Bing Crosby Season was first-rate and no more so than the track's “turf festival” emphasis on its closing Thanksgiving weekend when seven graded stakes were run on the green and drew 20 runners from the east to participate. Champion trainer Chad Brown was especially successful with his horses, winning four of the stakes including the track's two Grade I races – the Hollywood Derby with Domestic Spending and the Matriarch Stakes with Viadera.

The meet's riding and training champions looked familiar: they were the same pair that led the session last year. Jockey Abel Cedillo easily outdistanced his rivals with 19 wins during the 15-day meet. Conditioner Richard Baltas sent out 11 winners after having won last year's crown with the same 11 firsts.

Juddmonte Farms was the leading owner for money won at the session with $256,000, while owners Perry and Ramona Bass won the most races – five all told.

“To follow up our highly successful summer meet with these excellent fall season results, on both the safety and business side, is a credit to the Del Mar team and the partnership we have with industry stakeholders,” said DMTC president and COO, Josh Rubinstein. “It has obviously been a very unusual year and we have dearly missed our fans. But we have hopes that 2021 will bring us all back toward normal and let racing shine again in its usual fashion at Del Mar.”

Del Mar now will look forward to hosting the Breeders' Cup on November 5 and 6, 2021. It will be the 38th running of the championship celebration that features 14 races worth $31 million. The seaside track previously hosted a record-breaking edition of the event in 2017.

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Beer Can Man Ready For His Close-Up After Cecil B. DeMille Victory

The 2-year-old colt Beer Can Man made his West Coast debut a winning one when he tracked the leaders early, then fired late to capture the seventh edition of the $103,000 Cecil B. DeMille Stakes Sunday at Del Mar.

The bay son of Can the Man scored by half a length under rider Juan Hernandez in the mile on turf run in 1:34.75. He had been competing at Indiana Downs in the Midwest where he'd won two of four starts, but was purchased privately and shipped to the barn of local trainer Mark Glatt.

Beer Can Man is now owned by the racing group called Little Red Feather Racing with their partner Sterling Stables. He picked up $60,000 as his share of the winning purse in the Grade 3 feature and now has a bankroll that reads $100,580.

Finishing second in the juvenile grass test was Sarah Kelly's Caisson and running third was Nguyen or Tran's Commander Khai.

“One jump out of there he came (back) to me,” said Hernandez. “He settled real well. I just found me spot tracking the leaders and I was happy. At the quarter pole I asked him to go and he did. He really fired. He didn't want to let horses go past him, either. He's a nice horse.”

The winner, an outsider in the 11-horse lineup, returned $41.20, $14.80 and $10.60 across the board. Caisson paid $6.20 and $7.20 and Commandeer Khai returned $10.40 to show.

“We've had him about six weeks,” said Glatt. “We entered him the first weekend of the meeting, thinking we could run then and then come back in this race. But that race didn't go. So (the owners) told me to get him ready to go a mile. I was a little skeptical to be honest, but the horse relaxed great, Juan (Hernandez) put a nice ride on him and he got the money.”

The stakes win was the third of the meet for rider Hernandez, but his first in the Cecil B. DeMille. He now has seven stakes wins at Del Mar.

The stakes win was the first of the meet for trainer Glatt and his first in the Cecil B. DeMille. He now has 11 stakes wins at Del Mar.

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Can the Man Colt Upsets DeMille

Beer Can Man, making his first start for Little Red Feather Racing and Kevin Bogart’s Sterling Stables and trainer Mark Glatt, reeled in pacesetting Commander Khai in the final strides to win the GIII Cecil B. DeMille S. at Del Mar Sunday. Sent off at 19-1 in his first try at a mile and away from Indiana Grand, Beer Can Man settled in third along the rail as Commander Khai took the field through fractions of :22.53 and :46.84. Commander Khai attempted to shake loose in upper stretch, but Beer Can Man was tipped out and bound past that foe while before holding off Caisson to the wire.

“One jump out of there he came [back] to me,” said winning rider Juan Hernandez. “He settled real well. I just found my spot tracking the leaders and I was happy. At the quarter pole, I asked him to go and he did. He really fired. He didn’t want to let horses go past him, either. He’s a nice horse.”

Racing for breeder Ron Patterson and trainer Thomas Short, Beer Can Man graduated going five furlongs over the Indiana Grand turf Aug. 31 and he was purchased privately following an allowance win over the same Sept. 30.

“We’ve had him about six weeks,” Glatt said. “We entered him the first weekend of the meeting, thinking we could run then and then come back in this race. But that race didn’t go. So [the owners] told me to get him ready to go a mile. I was a little skeptical to be honest, but the horse relaxed great, Juan put a nice ride on him and he got the money.”

Pedigree Notes:

Ron Patterson purchased Beer Can Man’s dam, Cheesecake, as a 3-year-old for $30,000 at the 2015 Fasig-Tipton July Horses of Racing Age Sale. The winner’s third dam, Classic Value, produced multiple graded winner Class Kris (Kris S.), dam of Grade I winner Student Council, as well as the dams of graded winners Gulch Approval and Don’t Get Mad.

Beer Can Man is the first graded winner for his sire Can the Man, winner of the 2014 GIII Affirmed S. The stallion’s three stakes winners include Spectacular Gem, a two-time stakes winner on the turf last year and winner of this year’s Kentucky Downs Preview Tourist Mile S. He has also been represented by Truck Salesman, second in this year’s G3 Al Shindagha Sprint at Meydan.

Sunday, Del Mar
CECIL B. DEMILLE S.-GIII, $103,000, Del Mar, 11-29, 2yo, 1mT, 1:34.75, fm.
1–BEER CAN MAN, 120, c, 2, by Can the Man
1st Dam: Cheesecake, by Dynaformer
2nd Dam: Lemon Meringue, by Lemon Drop Kid
3rd Dam: Classic Value, by Copelan
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($9,500 RNA
Wlg ’18 KEENOV). O-Little Red Feather Racing & Sterling
Stables, LLC; B-Ron Patterson (KY); T-Mark Glatt; J-Juan J.
Hernandez. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-0, $100,580.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick
Rating: A.
2–Caisson, 120, c, 2, War Front–Curvy (GB), by Galileo (Ire).
($340,000 Ylg ’19 KEESEP). O-Sarah Kelly; B-Rhinestone
Bloodstock (KY); T-Richard E. Mandella. $20,000.
3–Commander Khai, 120, c, 2, Twirling Candy–Walloon, by
Alphabet Soup. ($80,000 Ylg ’19 KEESEP). O-CalvinNguyen &
Joey Tran; B-Stonehaven Steadings (KY); T-Richard Baltas.
$12,000.
Margins: HF, 1, HD. Odds: 19.60, 6.10, 16.00.
Also Ran: Ebeko (Ire), Big Fish, Party Game (Ire), Royal Prince, Cotopaxi (Ire), Harlan Estate, Coastal Kid, Wootton Asset (Fr).
Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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