2021 Eddie Read Stakes Odds and Predictions

This is the time of the year where horse racing on the East Coast at Saratoga and on the West Coast at Del Mar takes center stage. While Saratoga offers a great card of racing this Saturday, Del Mar remains in the spotlight with a pair of high-profile graded horse races on turf.

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The San Clemente Stakes is a key event for three-year old fillies. Thoroughbreds three and older will battle it out in the Eddie Read Stakes. The top contenders in each of these two major graded stakes events are looking for a strong performance this Saturday that could lead to a spot in the field for a related 2021 Breeders’ Cup race.

This year’s Breeders’ Cup will be held at Del Mar on Friday, Nov. 5 and Saturday, Nov. 6.

2021 San Clemente Stakes Picks

When: Saturday, July 24th

Where: Del Mar Racetrack

The San Clemente is a Grade 2 stakes race open to three-year old fillies. This year’s race offers a total prize purse of $200,000. It will be contested on the turf track at Del Mar covering a total distance of one mile.

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Top Contender

The projected field for this year’s San Clemente Stakes at Horse Racing Nation has identified five contenders. The filly at the top of the list with a HRN rating of 5.26 is Pizzazz.

Trained by Richard Mandella, she was not at her best the last time out with a fade to fifth in the Grade 3 Honeymoon Stakes at Santa Anita on May 22. Prior to that race, the Kentucky-bred three-year old won the ungraded California Oaks at Golden Gate. She covered the 1 1/16 miles on the track’s synthetic surface in 1:46.37.

Sired by War Front, this filly has placed in the money in two of three prior races at Del Mar.

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The three-year old filly topping this list is trainer Philip D’Amato’s Going Global after winning this year’s Honeymoon Stakes. She carries a 4.45 HRN rating into this graded event.

Bred in Ireland and sired by Mehmas, she is undefeated in four previous races at Santa Anita. This includes three major graded events going back to her juvenile campaign.

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2021 Eddie Read Stakes Picks

When: Saturday, July 24th

Where: Del Mar Racetrack

This Grade 2 stakes race has a total prize purse of $250,000 up for grabs. Open to Thoroughbreds three and older, this event will be contested on the turf over a distance of 1 1/8 miles.

Top Contender

The featured race of the day has six contenders listed as probable as the field continues to come together. Mandella also trains the colt with the highest HRN rating in this projected field.

United slipped out of the money to fourth in the Grade 2 Charles Whittingham Stakes at Santa Anita on May 29. His current HRN rating stands at 7.02.

The veteran six-year old gelding won the Grade 3 San Luis Rey Stakes on March 20 at that same track. He covered the extended 1 ½ mile distance on turf in 1:59.27. He also won last year’s Eddie Read Stakes over Sharp Samurai and Neptune’s Storm with a winning time of 1:46.71.

The son of Giant’s Causeway has placed in the money in 12 of 15 races over the course of his racing career.

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One to Watch

My second choice for this race would be Independence Hall if trainer Michael McCarthy gives him the green light to run. This four-year old Kentucky-bred colt took the show position in this year’s Grade 2 Californian Stakes on April 17 at Santa Anita.

His strongest performance this year was a third-place finish in the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup in late-January on the dirt track at Gulfstream Park.

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