Del Mar Race 8

Allowance Optional Claiming

Stake: $136,883

SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN (1) led all the way to score on debut over 1308m at Santa Anita (Dirt) 12 weeks ago and has not raced since. Promising type who can measure up again. AWESOME RHYTHM (5) finished sixth when resuming two runs back then progressed nicely last time out after being in contention on the corner to score by 1.75 lengths over 1207m at Los Alamitos (Dirt). Stepping up a level this time but on his best form he is one of the key runners. GRUBAUER (2) resumes from a spell of ten weeks. Has filled a minor placing at each of his three first-up runs. Opened last prep with a second over 1308m at Santa Anita. Will be thereabouts. WAYNE THE BRAIN (6) has not raced since he finished fifth over 1308m at this track on September 7. This sets up nicely.

Distance: 1207m
Track: Good
Weather: cloudy
Surface: Dirt
Class: ALLOW OCLM

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Southern Gentleman (1) 1x
Trainer: Bob Baffert (@California Usa)
Jockey: Drayden Van Dyke
Weight: 53.5kg
Prize Money: $61,313
Win / Place: 100% / 100%

3 yo Dark Bay/Brown

Sire: MITOLE (USA)

Dam: MIDNIGHT MAGIC (USA)

Dam's Sire: Midnight Lute

Rating

Stats

Career

1: 1-0-0

Season

1: 1-0-0

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

Dirt

1: 1-0-0

Firm

1: 1-0-0

Anti-Clockwise

1: 1-0-0

Jockey Stats

Horse

1: 1-0-0

Last 50

0: 0-0-0

Trainer

W 0% P 0%

Distance

W 0% P 0%

Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Distance

W 0% P 0%

Distance Range Last 6 months

1308m

Comments

Resumes from a spell after only one run when won by 1.3 len at Santa Anita May 10 over 1308m defeating Sierra Silver with 53.5kg at $4.70.

Expected Settling Position: Leader

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Class	Barrier	Jockey	Weight	Cond.	Race Time	Avg. Speed	Margin	800/400	SP	Days	Prize	Prize Won	Result
1st of 7	10/5/25	Santa Anita Park	1308m	MDN 35	6	Drayden Van Dyke	53.5kg	Fast	1:14.98	62.8 km/h	1.3L	1-1	$4.70	-	$102,188	$61,313	1. Southern Gentleman 2. Sierra Silver 3. Cheever

Place

Date

Track

Distance

Class

Barrier

Jockey

Weight

Cond.

Race Time

Avg. Speed

Margin

800/400

Days

Prize

Prize Won

Result

1st of 7

10/5/25

Santa Anita Park

1308m

MDN 35

Drayden Van Dyke

53.5kg

Fast

1:14.98

62.8 km/h

1.3L

1-1

$4.70

$102,188

$61,313

1. Southern Gentleman

2. Sierra Silver

3. Cheever

Grubauer (2) x231111x2x
Trainer: Tim McCanna ()
Jockey: Assael Espinoza
Weight: 56kg
Prize Money: $190,179
Win / Place: 55% / 100%

Jockey / Horse Combo

Distance Specialist

4 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: FROSTED (USA)

Dam: CONQUEST SWEETRIDE (USA)

Dam's Sire: Candy Ride

Rating

Stats

Career

9: 5-2-2

Distance

6: 5-0-1

Season

3: 2-1-0

1st Up

3: 0-2-1

2nd Up

2: 1-0-1

3rd Up

1: 1-0-0

4th Up

1: 1-0-0

Synthetic

2: 1-0-1

Dirt

7: 4-2-1

Firm

1: 0-1-0

Anti-Clockwise

9: 5-2-2

Jockey Stats

Horse

8: 4-2-2

Last 50

0: 0-0-0

Trainer

W 0% P 0%

Distance

W 0% P 0%

Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Distance

W 0% P 0%

Distance Range Last 6 months

1308m

Comments

Resuming. Only had one start last preparation made some head-way from midfield; 2nd of 7 at Santa Anita on May 26 over 1308m, 0.3 len behind Wound Up carrying 57kg at $8.40. When resuming last campaign 2nd in a small field at Fresno on September 13 over 1106m, 0.3 len behind Clever Clover carrying 55.5kg at $3.60. This is an ideal race to kick off.

Expected Settling Position: Pace

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Class	Barrier	Jockey	Weight	Cond.	Race Time	Avg. Speed	Margin	800/400	SP	Days	Prize	Prize Won	Result
2nd of 7	26/5/25	Santa Anita Park	1308m	ALLOW OCLM 3	3	Asa Espinoza	57kg	Fast	1:15.97	62.0 km/h	0.3L	4-2	$8.40	115	$103,890	$20,778	1. Wound Up 2. Grubauer 3. Positivity
115 Day Spell
1st of 6	31/1/25	Santa Anita Park	1207m	ALLOW 4U	2	Asa Espinoza	56kg	Fast	1:09.99	62.1 km/h	5.5L	1-1	$1.20f	26	$54,500	$32,700	1. Grubauer 2. Harcyn 3. Runkerry
1st of 7	5/1/25	Santa Anita Park	1207m	ALLOW OCLM 4	6	Asa Espinoza	56kg	Fast	1:11.54	60.7 km/h	3.3L	3-1	$1.40f	28	$54,500	$32,700	1. Grubauer 2. Established 3. Clever Clover
1st of 5	8/12/24	Pleasanton	1207m	ALLOW OCLM 3	4	Manuel Americano	52.5kg	Fast	1:10.29	61.8 km/h	1.3L	4-1	$3.30	28	$45,346	$35,371	1. Grubauer 2. Bob's Blue Moon 3. Regal Patriot
1st of 9	10/11/24	Pleasanton	1207m	ALLOW 3U	3	Asa Espinoza	56kg	Fast	1:10.37	61.7 km/h	3.0L	2-1	$2.90	22	$46,454	$27,872	1. Grubauer 2. Mio Bambino 3. Clever Clover
3rd of 7	19/10/24	Pleasanton	1207m	ALLOW 3U	5	Asa Espinoza	56kg	Fast	1:09.39	62.6 km/h	5.5L	2-2	$4.30	36	$44,104	$5,292	1. Regal Patriot 2. Mio Bambino 3. Grubauer
36 Day Freshen-Up

Tapatio Leo (3) x1173x8663
Trainer: Craig Dollase ()
Jockey: Adrian Escobedo
Weight: 56kg
Prize Money: $450,524
Win / Place: 38% / 53%

5 yo Dark Bay/Brown Gelding

Sire: STAY THIRSTY (USA)

Dam: SWEET LIPS POOH (USA)

Dam's Sire: Rio Verde

Rating

Stats

Career

13: 5-0-2

Distance

8: 3-0-1

Track

2: 1-0-0

Season

4: 0-0-1

1st Up

5: 3-0-0

2nd Up

4: 2-0-0

3rd Up

2: 0-0-0

4th Up

2: 0-0-2

Dirt

13: 5-0-2

Firm

2: 0-0-0

Anti-Clockwise

13: 5-0-2

Jockey Stats

Horse

1: 0-0-1

Last 50

0: 0-0-0

Trainer

W 0% P 0%

Distance

W 0% P 0%

Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Distance

W 0% P 0%

Distance Range Last 6 months

914m - 1207m

Gear Changes

blinker on.

Comments

Most recently 3rd in a small field at Los Alamitos Qh on July 13 over 914m, 1.5 len behind Took Charge carrying 57kg at $1.60. The run before that ran last in a small field at Santa Anita in LR on May 24 over 1207m, 19 len behind Private Gem with 56kg at $10.40.

Expected Settling Position: Off Pace

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Class	Barrier	Jockey	Weight	Cond.	Race Time	Avg. Speed	Margin	800/400	SP	Days	Prize	Prize Won	Result
3rd of 6	13/7/25	Los Alamitos Qh	914m	ALLOW 3U	6	Adrian Escobedo	57kg	Fast	0:53.14	61.9 km/h	1.5L	4-3	$1.60f	50	$24,166	$2,958	1. Took Charge 2. Daniel's Magic 3. Tapatio Leo
50 Day Freshen-Up
6th of 6	24/5/25	Santa Anita Park	1207m	LR OPEN 3U	4	Armando Aguilar	56kg	Fast	1:09.71	62.3 km/h	19.8L	2-5	$10	48	$170,313	$851	1. Private Gem 2. Final Storm 3. Book Smart
48 Day Freshen-Up
6th of 7	6/4/25	Los Alamitos Qh	914m	ALLOW 3U	5	Armando Aguilar	57kg	Fast	0:52.87	62.2 km/h	5.8L	4-3	$2.70f	15	$28,730	$522	1. Des Doigts 2. Hot Box 3. Golden River
8th of 8	22/3/25	Turf Paradise	1207m	LR OPEN 3U	5	Harry Hernandez	55.5kg	Fast	1:07.36	64.5 km/h	28.8L	4-8	$5.40	349	$86,371	$863	1. Redline 2. Ruggs 3. Prayer Of Jabez
349 Day Spell
3rd of 10	7/4/24	Oaklawn Park	1207m	LR OPEN 4U	6	Ricardo Santana Jr	56kg	Fast	1:09.54	62.5 km/h	5.8L	1-2	$5.00	44	$293,011	$25,639	1. Edge To Edge 2. Gun Pilot 3. Tapatio Leo
44 Day Freshen-Up
7th of 7	23/2/24	Oaklawn Park	1207m	ALLOW 4U	2	Ramon A Vazquez	56kg	Fast	1:09.92	62.1 km/h	22.1L	7-7	$3.30f	13	$234,871	$3,913	1. Ryvit 2. Excess Magic 3. Chasing Time

Firmus (4) 1085x
Trainer: Bob Baffert (@California Usa)
Jockey: Juan Hernandez
Weight: 53.5kg
Prize Money: $82,356
Win / Place: 25% / 25%

3 yo Chestnut Colt

Sire: CURLIN (USA)

Dam: FARRELL (USA)

Dam's Sire: Malibu Moon

Rating

Stats

Career

4: 1-0-0

Distance

1: 1-0-0

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

3rd Up

1: 0-0-0

4th Up

1: 0-0-0

Dirt

4: 1-0-0

Anti-Clockwise

4: 1-0-0

Jockey Stats

Horse

0: 0-0-0

Last 50

0: 0-0-0

Trainer

W 0% P 0%

Distance

W 0% P 0%

Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Distance

W 0% P 0%

Gear Changes

steel shoes first time, surgical shoes.

Comments

Resuming after a nine months break. Not seen since he finished last in a small field at Churchill Downs November 17 over 1710m, 23 len behind Magnitude with 54.5kg at $7.29. At his first start won by 1.3 len Ellis Park August 24 over 1207m defeating Cocktailsnkringle with 54kg at $4.10.

Expected Settling Position: Leader

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Class	Barrier	Jockey	Weight	Cond.	Race Time	Avg. Speed	Margin	800/400	SP	Days	Prize	Prize Won	Result
5th of 5	17/11/24	Churchill Downs	1710m	ALLOW OCLM 2	2	C Lanerie	54.5kg	Fast	1:44.24	59.1 km/h	23.5L	4-5	$7.29	15	$210,700	$6,321	1. Magnitude 2. California Burrito 3. Iron Sharpens Iron
8th of 9	2/11/24	Churchill Downs	1408m	ALLOW OCLM 2	2	Edgar Morales	55.5kg	Fast	1:22.22	61.6 km/h	21.3L	6-8	$12	49	$210,700	$2,397	1. Smoken Wicked 2. Heavenville 3. Big Boat
49 Day Freshen-Up
10th of 11	14/9/24	Churchill Downs	1609m	G3 OPEN 2	8	Ricardo Santana Jr	55.5kg	Fast	1:36.08	60.3 km/h	16.1L	9-11	$58	21	$480,882	$4,002	1. Jonathan's Way 2. Owen Almighty 3. Giocoso
1st of 11	24/8/24	Ellis Park	1207m	MDN 2	8	C Lanerie	54kg	Fast	1:11.80	60.5 km/h	1.3L	1-1	$4.10	-	$118,879	$69,636	1. Firmus 2. Cocktailsnkringle 3. Desert Aire

Awesome Rhythm (5) 1800x21x61
Trainer: V L Garcia (USA)
Jockey: Armando Ayuso
Weight: 55.5kg
Prize Money: $161,457
Win / Place: 23% / 47%

Jockey / Horse Combo

6 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: FIRST SAMURAI (USA)

Dam: HEAVENLY CANDY (USA)

Dam's Sire: Candy Ride

100

Rating

Stats

Career

17: 4-3-1

Distance

2: 1-0-1

Season

4: 2-1-0

1st Up

8: 1-2-1

2nd Up

5: 2-1-0

3rd Up

2: 0-0-0

4th Up

2: 1-0-0

Turf

13: 2-2-0

Dirt

4: 2-1-1

Fast

13: 2-2-0

Firm

1: 0-0-0

Anti-Clockwise

17: 4-3-1

Jockey Stats

Horse

4: 2-1-0

Last 50

0: 0-0-0

Trainer

W 0% P 0%

Distance

W 0% P 0%

Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Distance

W 0% P 0%

Distance Range Last 6 months

1207m - 1609m

Comments

Third-up today. First-up ran last in a small field at Santa Anita on May 23 over 1609m, 5.5 len behind Beef Winslow carrying 55.5kg at $22. Second-up won by 1.75 len at Los Alamitos June 28 over 1207m defeating Rexford with 57kg at $4. Impressed last start.

Expected Settling Position: Midfield

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Class	Barrier	Jockey	Weight	Cond.	Race Time	Avg. Speed	Margin	800/400	SP	Days	Prize	Prize Won	Result
1st of 7	28/6/25	Los Alamitos	1207m	CLM 3U	7	Armando Ayuso	57kg	Fast	1:09.15	62.8 km/h	1.8L	5-1	$4.00	36	$59,331	$35,598	1. Awesome Rhythm 2. Rexford 3. Manitowish
36 Day Freshen-Up
6th of 6	23/5/25	Santa Anita Park	1609m	CLM 3U	6	Armando Ayuso	55.5kg	FM	1:35.60	60.6 km/h	5.6L	2-3	$22	70	$73,235	$851	1. Beef Winslow 2. Vantastic 3. Uncle Happy
70 Day Spell
1st of 6	14/3/25	Santa Anita Park	1308m	CLM 4U	3	Armando Ayuso	56kg	Fast	1:14.82	62.9 km/h	1.0L	3-2	$3.40	47	$62,986	$37,791	1. Awesome Rhythm 2. Invincible 3. Tizz A Good Thing
47 Day Freshen-Up
2nd of 6	26/1/25	Santa Anita Park	1308m	HCP 4U	6	Armando Ayuso	55.5kg	Heavy	1:17.23	61.0 km/h	2.8L	6-2	$23	170	$65,048	$13,009	1. Devil Be Me 2. Awesome Rhythm 3. Commander
170 Day Spell
10th of 11	9/8/24	Del Mar	1609m	CLM 3U	7	Joseph Talamo	56.5kg	FM	1:35.88	60.4 km/h	9.7L	4-7	$22	12	$50,230	$837	1. Explain This Audit 2. John Dunbar 3. Incredible Shot
10th of 10	28/7/24	Del Mar	1006m	CLM 3U	7	Joseph Talamo	55.5kg	FM	0:56.81	63.7 km/h	8.9L	6-10	$39	44	$77,038	$820	1. Code Duello 2. Hot Box 3. Give Me The Lute
44 Day Freshen-Up

Wayne The Brain (6) 515x
Trainer: Mark Glatt ()
Jockey: Kazushi Kimura
Weight: 55.5kg
Prize Money: $80,240
Win / Place: 33% / 33%

4 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: MITOLE (USA)

Dam: NAMASTE'S WISH (USA)

Dam's Sire: Pulpit

Rating

Stats

Career

3: 1-0-0

Distance

1: 0-0-0

Trk/Dst

1: 0-0-0

Track

3: 1-0-0

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 1-0-0

3rd Up

1: 0-0-0

Dirt

3: 1-0-0

Anti-Clockwise

3: 1-0-0

Jockey Stats

Horse

1: 0-0-0

Last 50

0: 0-0-0

Trainer

W 0% P 0%

Distance

W 0% P 0%

Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Distance

W 0% P 0%

Comments

Resuming. Finished off last preparation fifth of 12 at this track September 7 over 1308m, 5.5 len behind Red Flag carrying 54kg at $11.50. On debut fifth of 9 at this track July 20 2024 over 1207m, 15 len behind Schwarzmeier carrying 54.5kg at $7.30.

Expected Settling Position: Midfield

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Class	Barrier	Jockey	Weight	Cond.	Race Time	Avg. Speed	Margin	800/400	SP	Days	Prize	Prize Won	Result
5th of 12	7/9/24	Del Mar	1308m	ALLOW OCLM 3	12	Kazushi Kimura	54kg	Fast	1:15.63	62.3 km/h	5.5L	2-6	$12	20	$121,824	$2,436	1. Red Flag 2. Pilot Commander 3. All That Glory
1st of 7	18/8/24	Del Mar	1308m	MDN 3U	3	Kyle Frey	54.5kg	Fast	1:17.07	61.1 km/h	3.5L	2-1	$8.30	29	$125,576	$75,345	1. Wayne The Brain 2. Mirahmadi 3. Arabian Flirt, Shofner
5th of 9	20/7/24	Del Mar	1207m	MDN 3U	5	Kyle Frey	54.5kg	Fast	1:09.50	62.5 km/h	15.5L	9-7	$7.30	-	$122,932	$2,459	1. Schwarzmeier 2. Mirahmadi 3. Santarena

Good With People (7) 41282x4x3x
Trainer: Mark Glatt ()
Jockey: Antonio Fresu
Weight: 56kg
Prize Money: $656,224
Win / Place: 25% / 60%

7 yo Dark Bay/Brown Gelding

Sire: CURLIN TO MISCHIEF (USA)

Dam: GATOR PROWL (USA)

Dam's Sire: Roar Of The Tiger

Rating

Stats

Career

20: 5-5-2

Distance

8: 2-2-1

Trk/Dst

4: 1-1-1

Track

7: 3-2-1

1st Up

7: 1-0-1

2nd Up

2: 1-1-0

3rd Up

2: 1-1-0

4th Up

2: 0-0-0

Turf

4: 0-1-0

Good

1: 0-1-0

Dirt

16: 5-4-2

Fast

3: 0-0-0

Firm

1: 0-0-0

Anti-Clockwise

20: 5-5-2

Jockey Stats

Horse

0: 0-0-0

Last 50

0: 0-0-0

Trainer

W 0% P 0%

Distance

W 0% P 0%

Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Track

W 0% P 0%

Trainer/Distance

W 0% P 0%

Comments

Back from a long spell. Finished off last preparation raced on speed throughout when 3rd of 7 at this track on August 3 over 1207m, 4 len behind Red Flag carrying 54.5kg at $2. When resuming last campaign second last in a small field at Santa Anita on May 12 2024 over 1207m, 3.5 len behind Man O Rose with 56kg at $6.

Expected Settling Position: Leader

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Class	Barrier	Jockey	Weight	Cond.	Race Time	Avg. Speed	Margin	800/400	SP	Days	Prize	Prize Won	Result
3rd of 7	3/8/24	Del Mar	1207m	CLM 3U	7	Armando Aguilar	54.5kg	Fast	1:09.54	62.5 km/h	4.0L	4-2	$2.00f	83	$82,043	$9,845	1. Red Flag 2. Chasin Munny 3. Good With People
83 Day Spell
4th of 5	12/5/24	Santa Anita Park	1207m	ALLOW OCLM 4	4	J J Hernandez	56kg	Fast	1:09.50	62.5 km/h	3.5L	2-3	$6.00	114	$95,000	$7,410	1. Man O Rose 2. Lovesick Blues 3. Principe Carlo
114 Day Spell
2nd of 7	19/1/24	Sunland	1207m	LR OPEN 4U	4	Karlo Lopez	53.5kg	Fast	1:09.40	62.6 km/h	1.0L	2-1	$4.60	14	$119,868	$23,973	1. Espionage 2. Good With People 3. Go West
8th of 10	5/1/24	Sunland	1006m	LR OPEN 4U	3	Karlo Lopez	55.5kg	Fast	0:58.40	62.0 km/h	9.0L	2-4	$4.00f	41	$103,886	-	1. Competitive Idea 2. Good Bye Charlie 3. Minister Of Soul
41 Day Freshen-Up
2nd of 5	25/11/23	Del Mar	1207m	ALLOW OCLM 3	3	Armando Aguilar	53kg	Fast	1:09.29	62.7 km/h	1.8L	1-1	$7.90	47	$119,969	$31,191	1. C Z Rocket 2. Good With People 3. Peaceful Waters
47 Day Freshen-Up
1st of 7	9/10/23	Santa Anita Park	1308m	ALLOW OCLM 3	1	Armando Aguilar	54kg	Fast	1:15.97	62.0 km/h	0.8L	1-1	$10	44	$109,845	$85,679	1. Good With People 2. Escape Route 3. Lovesick Blues
44 Day Freshen-Up

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