Pacific Classic Preview

California's biggest Summer race is finally comes on Sunday. It's a WAYI for the Classic, here is this year's field for the Pacific Classic.

10th Race - Del Mar - Sunday, August 24th, 2014

STAKES. 1 1/4 Mile Synthetic. Purse $1,000,000. TVG Pacific Classic S. (Grade 1). FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARD. (05:30 PM) (11)

PP	Horse	A/S	M/E	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer
1	Frac Daddy	4 C	L	124	Garcia Alan	McPeek Kenneth G.
2	Irish Surf	4 C	L	124	Trujillo Elvis	Hendricks Dan L.
3	Imperative	4 G	L	124	Desormeaux Kent J.	Papaprodromou George
4	Ice Cream Truck	4 G	L	124	Pereira Tiago Josue	Avila A. C.
5	Game On Dude	7 G	L	124	Garcia Martin	Baffert Bob
6	You Know I Know	5 G	L	124	Maldonado Edwin A.	Sadler John W.
7	Majestic Harbor	6 H	L	124	Baze Tyler	McCarthy Sean
8	Toast Of New York	3 C	L	118	Espinoza Victor	Osborne Jamie
9	Clubhouse Ride	6 H	L	124	Talamo Joseph	Lewis Craig Anthony
10	Mystery Train (ARG)	4 R		124	Perez Fernando Hernandez	Vienna Darrell
11	Shared Belief	3 G	L	118	Smith Mike E.	Hollendorfer Jerry

Frac Daddy (Scat Daddy): 4^th in the San Diego, 2^nd in the Dominion Day and won the Eclipse. Pure synthetic specialist. (Found out on Twitter that he has been scratched)

Irish Surf (Giant's Causeway): Won the Cougar II, 4^th in the Wittingham and Allowance/Optional Claimer. Grandson to a BC race winner and son of a Classic runner up.

Imperative (Bernardini): 8^th in the San Diego, 3^rd in the Gold Cup at Santa Anita and won the Charles Town Classic. 2^nd and 8^th in two other starts at Del Mar.

Ice Cream Truck (Pleasantly Perfect): 3^rd in his last two including the Cougar II. Best finish at Del Mar is a second last year (Cross entered into the Del Mar Handicap).

Game On Dude (Awesome Again): Defending champion, but looks like best days are behind him. 4^th in the Gold Cup, 2^nd in the CT Classic, won the SA Handicap in his last three starts.

You Know I Know (Simon Pure): 3^rd in the San Diego, 4^th in Allowance/Optional Claimer and 6^th in the All American. 3^rd in last year's Pacific Classic and Fayette.

Majestic Harbor (Rockport Harbor): Winner of the Gold Cup, 3^rd in the Californian and won the Tokyo City. 3^rd in his lone Del Mar start, but that was on turf.

Toast of New York (Thewayyouare): 6^th in the Belmont Derby, won the UAE Derby and a small stakes at Wolverhampton. Is 3 for 4 on synthetic.

Clubhouse Ride (Candy Ride (ARG)): 2^nd in the Gold Cup, won the Californian and 4^th in the CT Classic. Synthetic form can be hit or miss, but did win the Californian last year on a synth.

Mystery Train (Not For Sale (ARG)): Has won his last three starts, two of them being Group 1's. This will be his US debut.

Shared Belief (Candy Ride (ARG)): Won the Los Alamitos Derby, allowance and Cash Call Futurity. 2Yo Champion Male and is undefeated in his career.

Pick

Win: Majestic Harbor

Place: Clubhouse Ride

Show: Irish Surf (was originally Frac Daddy)

Dark Horse: Toast of New York

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