After tying up after her routine gallop on Thursday, early Pacific Classic (G1) favorite Adare Manor will will be withdrawn from the 1 1/4-mile race. The 5-year-old mare is expected to be fine, but likely won’t be seen again before the end of the Del Mar season next week.
“Adare Manor will scratch from Pacific Classic after tying up”@DRFAndersen has the news. https://t.co/YM18LWITvi
— Daily Racing Form (@DailyRacingForm) August 30, 2024
Dr. Venkman. Benoit Photo.
Adare Manor will be scratched from Saturday’s Pacific Classic
The 5-year-old mare originally was the 9-5 morning-line favorite in a field of nine, which includes 5-2 second choice Dr. Venkman, 5-1 Full Serrano, and 20-1 Reincarnate, a second Baffert entry.
The morning line is expected to be updated to reflect the scratch of the favored mare.
Last Saturday (Aug. 24), top 3-year-old filly Thorpedo Anna ran against the boys in the Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga and finished a fast-closing second by a nose to Fierceness. The day before (Aug. 23), the filly Kaitlinhergrtness upset the boys in the $1 million King’s Plate at Woodbine.
This year after Adare Manor’s scratch no female will become the first to win Del Mar’s most prestigious race since Beholder in 2015.
The 1 ¼-mile Pacific Classic is a Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In’’ race to the $7 million BC Classic (G1) at Del Mar on Nov. 2.
After Scratch Baffert Limited to One Starter
Baffert, seeking a record-extending eighth win in this race, also entered Reincarnate, who is 0-for-6 and last won more than a year ago, taking the 2023 Los Alamitos Stakes on July 8. He ran second in the Cougar II Stakes (G3) at Del Mar on July 25.
Dr. Venkman, a lightly raced 4-year-old gelding trained by Mark Glatt, was a front-running winner of the 1 1/16-mile San Diego Handicap (G2) on July 27 in his fifth career start – he’s 5-3-2-0 with earnings of $358,500.
Six-year-old There Goes Harvard (20-1) was supplemented to the 34th edition of the Pacific Classic for $15,000 by new owners Aron Wellman of Eclipse Thoroughbred and Gary Barber. The chestnut has run only four times in the past two years (with no top 3 finishes) but owns a win in the 2022 Hollywood Gold Cup (G1).
All eight runners carry 124.
Post time for the Pacific Classic is 9:05 p.m. ET.
Two other BC “Win and You’re In’’ races are on the card: the Grade 2 Del Mar Handicap (BC Turf) and the Grade 3 Green Flash Handicap (BC Turf Sprint).
The picks: 1 Katonah 2 Dr. Venkman 3 Full Serrano
The field for the $1 million Pacific Classic (G1), from the rail out, with jockey, trainer, odds:
1 Il Miracolo (Mike Smith, Antonio Sano), 8-1
2 There Goes Harvard (Hector Berrios, Michael McCarthy), 20-1
3 Dr. Venkman (Antonio Fresu, Mark Glatt), 5-2
4 Reincarnate (Kazushi Kimura, Bob Baffert), 20-1
5 Katonah (Tiago Pereira, Doug O’Neill), 8-1
6 Full Serrano (Reylu Gutierrez, John Sadler), 5-1
7 Adare Manor (Juan Hernandez, Bob Baffert), 9-5 SCRATCHED
8 None Above The Law (Jeremy Laprida, Jorge Periban), 15-1
9 Misto (Kyle Frey, Doug O’Neill), 12-1
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