Turf specialist Umberto Rispoli rallied Closing Remarks between horses in the stretch to win the $250,000, Grade II Yellow Ribbon Handicap for trainer Carla Gaines and owner John Harris — giving Del Mar two feel-good stories on Saturday.
Earlier, trainer O.J. Jauregui scored his first Del Mar stakes victory with Dreamfyre under a wire-to-wire ride by Hector Berrios in the Grade III Sorrento Stakes — a six-furlong dash for 2-year-old fillies.
“Umberto is the best,” said Gaines. “If there’s any space, he is going to get through and that’s what he did today. I just left it up to him.” Ganadora, with Juan Hernandez up, broke first and led into the stretch until she was passed by both Closing Remarks and runnerup Spirit and Glory . “She’s fast, I knew it,” Jauregui said after Berrios brought Dreamfyre home 3 ½ lengths ahead of Benedetta with Dua another 7 ¼ lengths back in third. “That’s why I brought her here for this meeting. She’s been doing everything right and I expected her to run a very honest race.”
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