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Gold Phoenix and jockey Hector Berrios successful the Eddie Learn at Del Mar
Coach Phil D’Amato is at all times good on the subject of a stakes race on the grass, particularly at Del Mar. However the five-time shore coaching champ outdid himself Sunday at turf and surf central when he saddled the primary 4 finishers within the $252,000 Eddie Learn Stakes, a Grade 2 turfer at 1 1/8 miles.
Main the D’Amato parade was a chestnut gelding named Gold Phoenix, who’s owned by the partnership of Little Crimson Feather Racing, Sterling Stables and Marsha Naify. Scorching-riding Hector Berrios was aboard the Irish-bred son of Belardo as he cruised to a three-quarter size triumph in 1:48.62. The winner paid $11 and picked up a first-place purse of $150,000 to push his profession earnings to $837,757.
Subsequent in line got here Little Crimson Feather, Madaket Stables and Previous Bones Racing Secure’s Balnikhov, who had a half size on Rockingham Ranch’s Masteroffoxhounds. The fourth D’Amato runner was the race favourite, Agave Racing Secure and Sam-Son Farm’s veteran Depend Once more, who went off at 9-5 and completed two and 1 / 4 lengths behind the winner.
Del Mar veteran observers couldn’t recall one other prevalence on the observe the place one coach saddled the primary 4 finishers in a significant stakes race.
This was D’Amato’s fourth victory within the Eddie Learn. It was the primary for Berrios.
D’Amato took over the lead within the trainers’ race with three wins on the day to complete 9 firsts by means of the primary seven days of racing. Berrios additionally received three races on the afternoon and moved right into a tie with Juan Hernandez with 11 victories apiece. Hernandez additionally tripled on Sunday.
Within the observe’s well-liked Choose Six, which was run beneath “necessary payout” circumstances, bettors poured in $3,057,176 into the pool that pushed the full prize to $3,441,665.
When the eleventh and remaining race on the day was run, the numbers stated there have been 171 winners who picked all six and every of them picked up a payout of $15,915.
Racing will resume at Del Mar on Thursday with a primary submit of two p.m.
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