2011 Cougar II Handicap (G3)

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Date/Track:
7/29/2011, Del Mar
Post Time:
7:03 PM PT
Distance:
1 1/2m (Synthetic)
Age/Sex:
3+ M
Time:
2:29.39

What the Nation is saying about the 2011 Cougar II Handicap (G3)...

The top three finishers in Friday’s Cougar II Handicap came out of the race in good shape and with possible Del Mar races still to come, their trainers’ reported this morning. The specific races are still to be determined. “It seems that he came out of the race in good order,” trainer Neil Drysdale ...Read More
Veteran stakes campaigner Bourbon Bay convincingly dispelled the notion that he is strictly a grass performer  Friday with a decisive victory in the featured $125,000 Cougar II Handicap under jockey Joe Talamo. Competing over a synthetic surface for only the second time in a career of 20 starts...Read More
Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella doesn’t flinch when the term “hard luck horse” is used to describe Setsuko, the 4-year-old colt he’ll saddle Friday afternoon in the $125,000 Grade II Cougar Handicap. “Definitely a hard luck horse all his life,” Mandella said Wednesday morning while overseeing ...Read More
On Monday, Craig Family Trust racing manager Ted Aroney hosted a gathering on the beach that was mostly tribute and partly roast for trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, who will be inducted into racing’s Hall of Fame on August 12 at Saratoga, N.Y. Trainer John Sadler was one of the speakers. “It’s a black e...Read More
Friday’s Pick 6 from Del Mar features the Grade 3 Cougar II Handicap for 3-year-olds and up traveling twelve furlongs on Polytrack. Morning line favorite Setsuko is only 1-for-14 lifetime but has been facing better and seems to have plenty of stamina. Second choice Bourbon Bay is a multiple graded t...Read More