Fierceness won the $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar, finishing about three lengths ahead of Preakness winner Journalism. Fierceness paid $5.20, broke slowly from the one post, found a seam on the far turn, and was ridden to the lead by John Velazquez for trainer Todd Pletcher. Journalism ran second after breaking well but lagging early and making up ground too late. Nysos scratched with a bruise to his right outside quarter hoof and may be aimed to the Goodwood Stakes at Santa Anita. Ultimate Gamble finished third at 71-1. Journalism previously won the Haskell and earned a Breeders' Cup Classic entry.
Fierceness finishes ahead of Preakness Stakes winner Journalism to win the $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club on Saturday. Journalism, running for the first time against older horses, ran to a valiant second place in the $1-million Pacific Classic at Del Mar on Saturday. The winner was Fierceness, a multiple stakes winner who was the post-time favorite in last year's Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic.
The race lost a lot of luster when Nysos, the 8-5 morning-line favorite, scratched from the race with a bruise to his right outside quarter hoof. It's not a serious issue and Nysos may be pointed to the Goodwood Stakes on Sept. 27 at Santa Anita, trainer Bob Baffert told Horse Racing Nation.
Fierceness, who paid $5.20 to win, broke slowly from the one post and angled toward a temporary rail before getting into rhythm in the 1¼-mile race. Jockey John Velazquez got him midpack but saw a seam between horses on the far turn and rode to the lead to win by about three lengths. Todd Pletcher was the winning trainer. Ultimate Gamble, at 71-1, finished third.
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