The 77th renewal of the Del Mar Futurity anchors the closing-day card on the 2024 Del Mar summer season meet. The seven-furlong race for 2-year-olds has typically served as a West Coast coming-out occasion for budding star racehorses and has been gained lately by proficient runners that went on to glory in U.S. basic races comparable to 2010 Preakness winner Lookin At Fortunate, 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, and 2016 Kentucky Derby victor Nyquist.
Let’s take a more in-depth have a look at this 12 months’s solid of runners for this essential Grade 1 race Sunday on the seaside monitor. Bob Baffert has gained the race a file 17 occasions and has three of the seven 2-year-olds entered.
1. Getaway Automotive: The lone graded stakes winner within the subject, Getaway Automotive posted back-to-back dominant front-running victories and enters off a 5 ½-length romp within the Grade 3 Greatest Pal Stakes on this fundamental monitor Aug. 11. If not for the presence of a few proficient stablemates, Getaway Automotive would most likely be an awesome favourite.
JOCKEY: Juan Hernandez; TRAINER: Bob Baffert
2. Gaming: The second of three Bob Baffert-trained entrants. Was a runaway winner by 5 ½ lengths in his profession debut at 6 ½ furlongs Aug. 11 at Del Mar. Attention-grabbing that Hernandez caught with Getaway Automotive, however alternative Flavien Prat is driving exceptionally nicely. Harmful.
JOCKEY: Flavien Prat; TRAINER: Bob Baffert
3. R Heisman: Received the Commencement Stakes for California-breds by three-quarters of a size Aug. 9 at Del Mar and is considered one of solely two stakes winners within the subject. By no means worse than second in 4 begins, all underneath Juan Hernandez, who rides Getaway Automotive on this spot. Stalking model may very well be an asset if tempo is sizzling.
JOCKEY: Umberto Rispoli; TRAINER: Peter Miller
4. Brother Tony: Closed to complete a distant third behind Del Mar Futurity entrant Gaming after a sluggish begin in his Aug. 11 debut. A greater break from the beginning gate would assist, however he is perhaps outclassed on this spot.
JOCKEY: Reylu Gutierrez; TRAINER: Peter Miller
5. Rank: He rallied to complete second, crushed by 5 ½ lengths by Del Mar Futurity entrant Gaming, in his Aug. 11 debut. An additional sixteenth of a mile would possibly assist shut the hole however that’s appreciable floor to make up, and Rank has but to win in two begins.
JOCKEY: Antonio Fresu; TRAINER: Doug O’Neill
6. McKinzie Road: Enters off a decisive front-running debut win July 28 at Del Mar wherein he set a swift tempo and pulled away to win by 3 ½ lengths. Appears like the primary challenger to a tricky Bob Baffert-trained trio.
JOCKEY: Kazushi Kimura; TRAINER: Tim Yakteen
7. Citizen Bull: He was examined a bit in his Aug. 17 debut however after urgent pacesetter Smash It all through, he put that foe away late for a three-quarter-length victory on this monitor. That debut win ought to set Citizen Bull up properly if he’s quick sufficient to match strides together with his stablemates.
JOCKEY: Mike Smith; TRAINER: Bob Baffert
THE PICK: Getaway Automotive
LIVE LONGSHOT: Rank
SUPERFECTA: 1-2-6-7
