Acclamation takes Eddie Read Stakes at Del Mar
July 23, 2011DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) - Acclamation, a 5-year-old from the barn of Donald Warren, won the $300,000 Eddie Read Stakes, a Grade 1 on the turf at Del Mar.
Ridden by Joel Rosario, Acclamation and Jeranimo ran 1-2 for the entire 1 1-8 miles, with Acclamation pulling away in the stretch to win by 3 1/4 lengths in 1:46.99.
``He looked awfully good out there and we are very pleased,'' Warren said. ``I like to see him cruising on an easy lead and I always like to see a horse slip away on the last turn like he did. Just done to perfection.''
The favorite, Caracortado, rallied from fourth but ended up third by a nose.
``There was no pace,'' Caracortado's rider Garrett Gomez said. ``That's what it was all about.''
Acclamation paid $8.40, $4 and $3. Jeranimo paid $5 and $3.40. Caracortado paid $2.40 to show.