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Rosario, O’Neill, Reddam Take Del Mar Titles

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The 87th summer season at Del Mar came to a close Monday evening. While final numbers for the meet weren’t yet available, the final standings for jockeys, trainers, and owners were in, with Hall of Fame rider Joel Rosario, trainer Doug O’Neill, and owner Reddam Racing taking home the titles.

In his first jockey title at Del Mar since 2011, but his fourth overall, Rosario returned to California with 42 wins during the 32-day meet to secure the honor. Juan Hernandez, second with 37 victories, led all riders by stakes wins with 14. He won the final stakes race of the meet Monday, the GII John C. Mabee Stakes, on Medoro (Honor Code) and finished just one win away from the record for stakes wins by a jockey in a single season at Del Mar set by Flavien Prat in 2020.

O’Neill netted the training title with 27 winners, 10 ahead of second-placed Bob Baffert, who had 17 victories. Baffert won the most stakes events with six.

Reddam Racing took the owner title with nine wins and earnings of $810,040. Hronis Racing was the runner-up with six victories.

“It’s a premiere meet,” said racing secretary David Jerkens, “and I thought it flowed and went well. It provided a lot of exciting finishes. We saw a lot of good horses who raced here who should go on to the Breeders’ Cup. It was a good meet overall.”

He continued: “We stuck to a schedule that owners and trainers could count on. Eighty percent of the condition book races filled. We offered a lot of variety and balance in our program. Now that we’re a consolidated circuit we have to recognize that. There are some levels that we offer at Del Mar that weren’t on the menu a couple of years ago. Some of your Cal-bred categories have been expanded.”

‘TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard’ Knightsbridge (Nyquist) was named Del Mar Horse of the Meet, as well as top older horse, after a scintillating win in the GI Pacific Classic.

Gold Phoenix (Ire) (Belardo {Ire}) got the nod as top grass horse; Eunomia (Tiz the Law) secured top older filly or mare; Listenupshance (Shancelot) was named top sprinter; Proletariat (Raging Bull {Fr}) was recognized as top 3-year-old; and Tam Tam (Medaglia d’Oro) was named top 3-year-old filly. ‘TDN Rising Stars, presented by Hagyard’ Hughes (Into Mischief) and Miss Monica (Early Voting) were named top 2-year-old colt and filly, respectively.

Del Mar’s Bing Crosby season returns Nov. 6.

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Honor Code’s Medoro Bests Thought Process in John Mabee

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Just one race after Lane’s End stallion Honor A. P. got a ‘TDN Rising Star, presented by Haygard’ on closing day at Del Mar with 2-year-old colt Imperial Honor, Lee and Susan Searing’s C R K Stable, who raced Honor A. P. and campaigned him to a GI Santa Anita Derby victory, won the GII John C. Mabee Stakes with Medoro (m, 5, Honor Code-Achira, by English Channel), their mare by Honor A. P.’s expatriated sire. The final graded event at Del Mar this summer season, the John C. Mabee was worth the wait as Medoro–runner-up in the race last year–outfooted heavy favorite Thought Process (Collected) in a battle to the wire.

“Juan [Hernandez] had her in such a good spot,” said winning trainer Peter Eurton. “He said down the backside he thought he had to go get [Thought Process] early and what a kick she had today. Anytime she wins it’s nice, especially here back home in a Grade II. It feels good.”

Eager to leave the gate, Thought Process–winner of both her previous 2026 stakes, including when last seen in the May 25 GI Gamely with a 96 Beyer Speed Figure–gave a mighty toss of her head before the start but broke cleanly, as did Medoro. It was 19-1 Pura Vida Princesa (Complexity), making her stakes debut, who was quickest to the front, setting the :24.14 and :47.90 pace as Thought Process stalked and Medoro settled just behind her while wide early. The field strung out on the backstretch as Pura Via Princesa continued to show the way and Thought Process menaced to her outside. Bojaca Blessing (Cairo Prince), winner of her last two straight, including an optional allowance over this surface July 23, was in the mix on the rail as Medoro kept clear on the outside. Into the turn, as the tempo quickened, Thought Process collared Pura Vida Princesa just as Medoro rushed up to join her. Pura Vida Princesa couldn’t keep pace with the top two, who left the others in their wake as they fought down the lane. Thought Process, as game as ever, was loath to surrender but Medora proved too good on the day, pulling clear by a length on the line. Bojaca Blessing held for third over last-out Osunitas Stakes winner Baltic Fire (Flamaway) without threatening the top two.

Medoro has raced exclusively in stakes company since she broke her maiden on debut in 2023. Already a five-time black-type winner whose biggest previous win was marked by the GIII Providencia Stakes over the John C. Mabee distance at Santa Anita in 2024, Medoro is rarely off the board and has also placed in multiple Grade I events, including the Del Mar Oaks and the American Oaks. She spent the earlier part of her 2026 campaign in Kentucky and Louisiana, where won the Marie Krantz Memorial Stakes at Fair Grounds and placed in the GI Jenny Wiley Stakes at Keeneland. The flashy bay was last seen finishing third in the Aug. 2 Sunkissed Stakes at Ellis Park.

“I thought she would do better back East, but I think the soft going got her,” said Eurton. “That’s what I told Lee [Searing] and that’s why he let me bring her out here. The firm grass sure helped.”

Pedigree Notes:

Honor Code, one of the last sons of the legendary A.P. Indy to campaign at the top levels, raced for Dell Ridge Farm and Lane’s End Racing before originally standing at Lane’s End, who also stood his sire. The 2015 champion older male was sold to stand at Yushun Stallion Station in Japan in advance of the 2024 breeding season. His nine graded winners and 20 black-type winners to date include GI Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Max Player and GI Coaching Club American Oaks winner Maracuja, as well as the aforementioned Honor A. P.

Achira, twice second in the Osunitas Stakes and picked up for $140,000 by Port Royal Breeding at the 2019 Keeneland November sale, is out of a full-sister to 2005 GI Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo (Holy Bull) from a wonderful family developed by the late Jerry Moss. Achira’s family includes young WinStar stallion Nashville (Speightstown), MGISW Tiago (Pleasant Tap), and GSW & MGISP Stanwyck (Empire Maker). Medoro is Achira’s first foal; the mare has a yearling colt by Not This Time, as well as a 2026 colt by American Pharoah. She was covered by Into Mischief for 2027.

#7 MEDORO wins the final stakes race of the @Delmarracing summer meet when taking the $250,000 John C. Mabee Stakes (G2). The daughter of Honor Code was ridden by @JJHernandezS19 for trainer Peter Eurton and @StablesCrk. pic.twitter.com/owOhBjbrYr

— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) September 8, 2026

Monday, Del Mar
JOHN C. MABEE S.-GII, $252,500, Del Mar, 9-7, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8mT, 1:47.61, fm.
1–MEDORO, 120, m, 5, by Honor Code
              1st Dam: Achira (MSP, $151,852), by English
              Channel
              2nd Dam: Styler, by Holy Bull
              3rd Dam: Set Them Free, by Stop the Music
O-C R K Stable LLC; B-Parks Investment Group, LLC (KY);
T-Peter Eurton; J-Juan J. Hernandez. $150,000. Lifetime
Record: MGISP, 18-7-4-5, $828,278. Werk Nick Rating: A++.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or the free
Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Thought Process, 124, f, 4, Collected–Creative Thinking, by
Creative Cause. ($120,000 RNA Ylg ’23 KEESEP; $57,000 RNA
Ylg ’23 FTKOCT). O-Estate of Brereton C. Jones, Little Red
Feather Racing and Madaket Stables LLC; B-Brereton C.
Jones (KY); T-Philip D’Amato. $50,000.
3–Bojaca Blessing, 120, f, 4, Cairo Prince–Sweeping Cherry,
by Tonalist. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE.
($55,000 Ylg ’23 KEESEP). O-P and G Stables LLC; B-Lester
Salzman, Brereton C. Jones et al (KY); T-Jose Francisco
D’Angelo. $30,000.
Margins: 1, 1 3/4, NO. Odds: 3.30, 0.60, 24.00.
Also Ran: Baltic Fire, Whiskey Decision, Canto Della Terra (Ire), Fibonaccis Ride, Firenze Flavor, Vincey Girl, Pura Vida Princesa.
Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel Racing.

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Rosario, O’Neill, Reddam Take Del Mar Titles

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The 87th summer season at Del Mar came to a close Monday evening. While final numbers for the meet weren’t yet available, the final standings for jockeys, trainers, and owners were in, with Hall of Fame rider Joel Rosario, trainer Doug O’Neill, and owner Reddam Racing taking home the titles.

In his first jockey title at Del Mar since 2011, but his fourth overall, Rosario returned to California with 42 wins during the 32-day meet to secure the honor. Juan Hernandez, second with 37 victories, led all riders by stakes wins with 14. He won the final stakes race of the meet Monday, the GII John C. Mabee Stakes, on Medoro (Honor Code) and finished just one win away from the record for stakes wins by a jockey in a single season at Del Mar set by Flavien Prat in 2020.

O’Neill netted the training title with 27 winners, 10 ahead of second-placed Bob Baffert, who had 17 victories. Baffert won the most stakes events with six.

Reddam Racing took the owner title with nine wins and earnings of $810,040. Hronis Racing was the runner-up with six victories.

“It’s a premiere meet,” said racing secretary David Jerkens, “and I thought it flowed and went well. It provided a lot of exciting finishes. We saw a lot of good horses who raced here who should go on to the Breeders’ Cup. It was a good meet overall.”

He continued: “We stuck to a schedule that owners and trainers could count on. Eighty percent of the condition book races filled. We offered a lot of variety and balance in our program. Now that we’re a consolidated circuit we have to recognize that. There are some levels that we offer at Del Mar that weren’t on the menu a couple of years ago. Some of your Cal-bred categories have been expanded.”

‘TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard’ Knightsbridge (Nyquist) was named Del Mar Horse of the Meet, as well as top older horse, after a scintillating win in the GI Pacific Classic.

Gold Phoenix (Ire) (Belardo {Ire}) got the nod as top grass horse; Eunomia (Tiz the Law) secured top older filly or mare; Listenupshance (Shancelot) was named top sprinter; Proletariat (Raging Bull {Fr}) was recognized as top 3-year-old; and Tam Tam (Medaglia d’Oro) was named top 3-year-old filly. ‘TDN Rising Stars, presented by Hagyard’ Hughes (Into Mischief) and Miss Monica (Early Voting) were named top 2-year-old colt and filly, respectively.

Del Mar’s Bing Crosby season returns Nov. 6.

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Honor Code’s Medoro Bests Thought Process in John Mabee

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Just one race after Lane’s End stallion Honor A. P. got a ‘TDN Rising Star, presented by Haygard’ on closing day at Del Mar with 2-year-old colt Imperial Honor, Lee and Susan Searing’s C R K Stable, who raced Honor A. P. and campaigned him to a GI Santa Anita Derby victory, won the GII John C. Mabee Stakes with Medoro (m, 5, Honor Code-Achira, by English Channel), their mare by Honor A. P.’s expatriated sire. The final graded event at Del Mar this summer season, the John C. Mabee was worth the wait as Medoro–runner-up in the race last year–outfooted heavy favorite Thought Process (Collected) in a battle to the wire.

“Juan [Hernandez] had her in such a good spot,” said winning trainer Peter Eurton. “He said down the backside he thought he had to go get [Thought Process] early and what a kick she had today. Anytime she wins it’s nice, especially here back home in a Grade II. It feels good.”

Eager to leave the gate, Thought Process–winner of both her previous 2026 stakes, including when last seen in the May 25 GI Gamely with a 96 Beyer Speed Figure–gave a mighty toss of her head before the start but broke cleanly, as did Medoro. It was 19-1 Pura Vida Princesa (Complexity), making her stakes debut, who was quickest to the front, setting the :24.14 and :47.90 pace as Thought Process stalked and Medoro settled just behind her while wide early. The field strung out on the backstretch as Pura Via Princesa continued to show the way and Thought Process menaced to her outside. Bojaca Blessing (Cairo Prince), winner of her last two straight, including an optional allowance over this surface July 23, was in the mix on the rail as Medoro kept clear on the outside. Into the turn, as the tempo quickened, Thought Process collared Pura Vida Princesa just as Medoro rushed up to join her. Pura Vida Princesa couldn’t keep pace with the top two, who left the others in their wake as they fought down the lane. Thought Process, as game as ever, was loath to surrender but Medora proved too good on the day, pulling clear by a length on the line. Bojaca Blessing held for third over last-out Osunitas Stakes winner Baltic Fire (Flamaway) without threatening the top two.

Medoro has raced exclusively in stakes company since she broke her maiden on debut in 2023. Already a five-time black-type winner whose biggest previous win was marked by the GIII Providencia Stakes over the John C. Mabee distance at Santa Anita in 2024, Medoro is rarely off the board and has also placed in multiple Grade I events, including the Del Mar Oaks and the American Oaks. She spent the earlier part of her 2026 campaign in Kentucky and Louisiana, where won the Marie Krantz Memorial Stakes at Fair Grounds and placed in the GI Jenny Wiley Stakes at Keeneland. The flashy bay was last seen finishing third in the Aug. 2 Sunkissed Stakes at Ellis Park.

“I thought she would do better back East, but I think the soft going got her,” said Eurton. “That’s what I told Lee [Searing] and that’s why he let me bring her out here. The firm grass sure helped.”

Pedigree Notes:

Honor Code, one of the last sons of the legendary A.P. Indy to campaign at the top levels, raced for Dell Ridge Farm and Lane’s End Racing before originally standing at Lane’s End, who also stood his sire. The 2015 champion older male was sold to stand at Yushun Stallion Station in Japan in advance of the 2024 breeding season. His nine graded winners and 20 black-type winners to date include GI Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Max Player and GI Coaching Club American Oaks winner Maracuja, as well as the aforementioned Honor A. P.

Achira, twice second in the Osunitas Stakes and picked up for $140,000 by Port Royal Breeding at the 2019 Keeneland November sale, is out of a full-sister to 2005 GI Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo (Holy Bull) from a wonderful family developed by the late Jerry Moss. Achira’s family includes young WinStar stallion Nashville (Speightstown), MGISW Tiago (Pleasant Tap), and GSW & MGISP Stanwyck (Empire Maker). Medoro is Achira’s first foal; the mare has a yearling colt by Not This Time, as well as a 2026 colt by American Pharoah. She was covered by Into Mischief for 2027.

#7 MEDORO wins the final stakes race of the @Delmarracing summer meet when taking the $250,000 John C. Mabee Stakes (G2). The daughter of Honor Code was ridden by @JJHernandezS19 for trainer Peter Eurton and @StablesCrk. pic.twitter.com/owOhBjbrYr

— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) September 8, 2026

Monday, Del Mar
JOHN C. MABEE S.-GII, $252,500, Del Mar, 9-7, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8mT, 1:47.61, fm.
1–MEDORO, 120, m, 5, by Honor Code
              1st Dam: Achira (MSP, $151,852), by English
              Channel
              2nd Dam: Styler, by Holy Bull
              3rd Dam: Set Them Free, by Stop the Music
O-C R K Stable LLC; B-Parks Investment Group, LLC (KY);
T-Peter Eurton; J-Juan J. Hernandez. $150,000. Lifetime
Record: MGISP, 18-7-4-5, $828,278. Werk Nick Rating: A++.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or the free
Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Thought Process, 124, f, 4, Collected–Creative Thinking, by
Creative Cause. ($120,000 RNA Ylg ’23 KEESEP; $57,000 RNA
Ylg ’23 FTKOCT). O-Estate of Brereton C. Jones, Little Red
Feather Racing and Madaket Stables LLC; B-Brereton C.
Jones (KY); T-Philip D’Amato. $50,000.
3–Bojaca Blessing, 120, f, 4, Cairo Prince–Sweeping Cherry,
by Tonalist. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE.
($55,000 Ylg ’23 KEESEP). O-P and G Stables LLC; B-Lester
Salzman, Brereton C. Jones et al (KY); T-Jose Francisco
D’Angelo. $30,000.
Margins: 1, 1 3/4, NO. Odds: 3.30, 0.60, 24.00.
Also Ran: Baltic Fire, Whiskey Decision, Canto Della Terra (Ire), Fibonaccis Ride, Firenze Flavor, Vincey Girl, Pura Vida Princesa.
Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel Racing.

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