Four graduates of Hollywood Park's 1 1/2-mile Sunset Handicap are set to
tackle the 71st running of the Del Mar Handicap at 1 3/8 miles on the Jimmy
Durante Turf Course Sunday.
Riding in from the Sunset will be runner-up Champ Pegasus; third-place
finisher Unusual Suspect; Dynamic Range, fourth, and Buenos Dias, fifth. Unusual
Suspect, who finished second in Del Mar's Cougar II Handicap in his last start,
is entered in Saturday's Pacific Classic -- Presented by TVG and trainer Barry
Abrams will make a decision in the next day or so.
Here's the lineup from the rail, with weights and riders: Falcon Rock,
114, Alonso Quinonez; Sporting Art, 115, Mike Smith; Megastar, 115, Victor
Espinoza; Soul Candy, 114, Corey Nakatani; Buenos Dias, 116, Brice Blanc;
Dynamic Range, 114, Martin Garcia; Champ Pegasus, 114, Joel Rosario; Worth Repeating,
114, Rafael Bejarano; Red Eye Express, 115, Patrick Valenzuela, and Unusual
Suspect, 118, Martin Pedroza.