News and notes ahead of the Breeders’ Cup, which begins Friday at Del Mar
DEL MAR – Philip Bauer got on a plane the other day and flew to San Diego, just as thousands of other people will do this week in advance of the Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar.
The group had been there “on a great vacation,” scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef, Bauer said Tuesday outside Barn DD at Del Mar, where his 2-year-old colt Jonathan’s Way was cooling down after his morning exercise in preparation for Friday’s $2 million Juvenile. “I think the people are very lucky to be alive,” the Royal Flying Doctor Service’s Stephanie Beatty told reporters at the time.
They’re all expected at Del Mar by Friday to watch Jonathan’s Way. The son of Vekoma, a $290,000 weanling purchase, has won his first two starts without really being tested, a maiden race at Saratoga and the Grade III Iroquois last month at Churchill Downs. He earned a 90 Beyer Speed Figure in that race, third-best in the field for a race of at least a mile, behind East Avenue and Chancer McPatrick .
He said he’s learned lessons about how to “savor these moments” not just from the plane crash but from those previous races.
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