Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas believes there’s nothing between himself and his two-time world champion team mate Lewis Hamilton.

Bottas collected his first career win this season when he triumphed in Russia, but has raked in three wins so far this season.

But the Finn believes that over a single lap, he is just as fast as his distinguished team mate.

“I think we are very close, I don’t see a difference,” he said.

“I believe in myself. He has more experience. He has been with the team for a much longer time, and I see no reason why I could not match him always. I think it is possible.

“I know I can win races, I have proved it, and I can be on pole position, so it is possible always.

“But he is not an always easy team-mate to battle with.

“It is a great motivator for me to be with Lewis though. He is a great reference.”

• Wolff: Rosberg was ‘vicious’ in his battle with Hamilton

Bottas was offered a one-year contract with the Silver Arrows team after leaving Williams in the wake of Nico Rosberg’s surprise retirement.

While he has performed in line with the German outfit’s expectations so far, Bottas also knows that he will need to sustain a consistent performance level to renew his lease with mercedes for 2018.

“It’s about delivering on the level where the car is, and helping with the development,” he said.

“It’s about working as a team, and winning races, which normally is what a team requires.

“It [Mercedes] is a winning team, at a high level, so they expect a lot from the driver. Almost every driver would like to drive for Mercedes, so for sure I need to perform to stay.

“My ambition is to have a long-term relationship with the team and I hope it is possible.”

The 27-year-old admitted that the fact that he had won early on in the season was somewhat of a relief.

I was hoping for Melbourne – that was my goal! But I think it was nice it was the fourth race.

“It was nice it was in the beginning part of the year too, to get it done. I don’t need to think about it anymore.

“I know I can do it, and the team knows I can do it.”

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Reports that Carlos Sainz will move from Toro Rosso to Renault as early as the Malaysian Grand Prix have been circulating for the last week.

It’s now been confirmed that Sainz will be on loan to Renault in 2018. However, the short-term situation still remains the centre of speculation.

Paddock gossip in Singapore suggested that Jolyon Palmer has been offered a large sum to walk away from his existing contract after this weekend. That would clear the way for Sainz to take over. His current seat at Toro Rosso would most likely be taken up in turn by Pierre Gasly.

The latest figure to stoke the rumours of an early switch for Sainz is none other that Red Bull motorsports advisor Dr Helmut Marko.

“Everything is possible,” Marko told Germany broadcaster Sky when asked about whether a Sainz transfer could happen this month.

However, Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost insisted on Friday that he wasn’t expecting his driver line-up to change this year.

“I assume Daniil Kvyat and Carlos Sainz will finish the season with us,” he told journalists.

• Renault confirms Sainz on loan from Red Bull for 2018

Sainz himself played down any speculation about an imminent move. “For the moment, I will be sitting in a Toro Rosso in Malaysia,” he said. “Everything else is speculation.

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The decisions are made by Red Bull, Renault and others, not by me. I am ready for everything, but my thoughts are about Singapore at the moment.

“I will not close any possibility,” he added. “All of these agreements we see this weekend did not involve me, so I think I would not be the one who knows first.

“It it happens I am ready even though it would not be an easy change and it would take time to adapt.”

Sainz added that Red Bull’s decision to ‘loan’ him to Renault for a single season was “”a sign that my bosses appreciate me”.

There have been rumours that Renault initially wanted to secure the services of Daniel Ricciardo from the senior Red Bull team, but had to settle for Sainz instead.

“I’m not surprised,” said Ricciardo yesterday when asked about the rumours. “I’m good looking and fast.”

But Dr Marko said that the idea was a non-starter. “I think Renault was a little optimistic about the future,” he said. “When we are on average two seconds faster, why would he change?”

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Toro Rosso’s Carlos Sainz is a man in high demand, held in high esteem by almost every F1 team and short-listed by a few.

Sainz was approached by Renault last season but to no avail unfortunately as Red Bull refused to release the 22-year-old driver.

But now, reports from Italy are suggesting that McLaren could be taking a keen interest in Carlos Sainz who would be the team’s first choice should Fernando Alonso decide to call it a day at the end of the summer when the two-time world champion will reveal his plans for 2018.

Obviously, Sainz remains under contract with Red Bull, and on a short and tight leash as the energy drink company’s motor sport boss Helmut Marko recent confirmed.

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But without an opportunity to step up to Red Bull Racing, given the team’s commitment to Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen, Sainz could be forced to linger another year at Toro Rosso, a state of affairs which would not do justice to his talent.

Red Bull would likely require that McLaren make it worth its while to release Sainz, but the prospect doesn’t sound too unreasonable.

Obviously, a move to McLaren would also include an element of risk or uncertainty as the Woking-based outfit has yet to decide if it remains committed to Honda – currently an unlikely prospect – or not.

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WASHINGTON — 

Twelve witnesses, dozens of hours of testimony and thousands of pages of documents — all spread over five long days of historic impeachment hearings.

The House is weighing whether to bring articles of impeachment against President Trump for pushing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to open investigations into Trump’s political enemies, including an energy company that once employed the son of former Vice President Joe Biden and a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 U.S. election.

Without a public announcement that Ukraine would open the investigations, Trump refused to agree to a White House meeting with Zelensky. Trump also blocked the release of nearly $400 million in congressionally approved aid to help Ukraine fight its war over Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Trump’s request for the investigations — which he called a “favor” — came during a July 25 phone call between the leaders, which prompted a whistleblower’s complaint and launched the impeachment inquiry.

Though many of the basics of the investigation were known before public hearings started Nov. 13, several new things came to light. Here are seven of the most important things we learned.

The July 26 call

Much has been made of the July 25 call between Trump and Zelensky. But the public hearings revealed for the first time that there was also a significant call the day after.

Senior U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William B. Taylor Jr. supplied the first bombshell of the hearings. He testified that after his deposition a staff member informed him about a July 26 cellphone call that the staffer overheard between Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, who was eating with the staffer at an outdoor restaurant in Kyiv, and President Trump.

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The staffer at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, David Holmes, was deposed and called to testify publicly, where he described hearing Trump’s voice booming from the phone loud enough so he could hear both sides of the conversation. He said he heard Trump ask Sondland whether Zelensky had agreed to do the investigations.

“[Sondland] said, ‘Oh yeah, he’s going to do it. He’ll do anything you ask,’” Holmes said, adding that Sondland then said Zelensky “loves your ass.”

Trump has said he doesn’t remember the call with Sondland. The call not only drew attention because of the content, but because Sondland spoke with the president via an unsecured line in a public space in a country at war with an adversary.

Sondland testified that the White House confirmed to him that the call took place and the call didn’t stand out to him personally, but he doesn’t dispute Holmes’ description of the call.

But he and Holmes disagree on what occurred after the call. Holmes said that after the call was over, he asked Sondland what Trump thought about Ukraine. He said Sondland replied that Trump only cared about the “big stuff.” Asked what that was, Sondland said Trump cared more about the investigations into the Bidens than about U.S. policy toward Ukraine, according to Holmes. Sondland said he doesn’t remember talking with Holmes about the Bidens or Burisma, the energy company that employeed Hunter Biden.

The July 25 emails

So, we knew about the July 25 call. But not about the July 25 emails.

Ukraine may have known that the Trump administration was withholding aid the same day of the July 25 phone call between the world leaders, Laura Cooper, a Pentagon official specializing in Ukraine, told lawmakers. She disclosed for the first time the existence of two emails received by her staff, and a call they received from the Ukrainian Embassy. Each described Ukrainian officials inquiring about the U.S. aid.

When Ukrainians learned about the delay is crucial because Republicans argue that there could be no quid pro quo if Ukrainians were not aware that the aid was being withheld. They say Zelensky did not know the aid was delayed during the July 25 call. And the topic did not come up during the call, according to a White House account and witness testimony.

Some witnesses had testified that the Ukrainian government learned the aid was being withheld in August. But Cooper was the first witness to present evidence they may have known during the call, or hours later, when the emails were sent.

The emails and phone call don’t definitively show what Ukraine was aware of a delay. But Cooper said it would have been unusual for the embassy to suddenly start asking about the status of the aid unless they had a specific concern.

The aid was released Sept. 11, after Congress began looking into the situation and the whistleblower filed a complaint about it.

Sondland’s surprise reversal

Gordon Sondland was a witness specifically requested by Republicans, but he didn’t help their case much.

Sondland, who donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration, had come across in his deposition as defending the president and disputing the idea that there was an improper quid pro quo.

But with multiple other witnesses contradicting his testimony, Sondland — who had already been forced once to revise his deposition amid discrepancies with others — changed his tune even more during his public appearance.

“Was there a quid pro quo?” he asked. “The answer is yes.” He confirmed that a White House meeting with Trump was contingent upon Ukraine announcing the investigations he wanted.

Sondland went on to agree with Democrats that it was wrong for the president to ask a foreign government to investigate a political rival. Then he implicated a list of other senior administration officials who he says were aware of the campaign, including Vice President Mike Pence, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and others.

“Everyone was in the loop,” he said. “It was no secret.” He said Trump directed him and others to work with his personal attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, who led the effort to push Ukraine to investigate Trump’s political foes. “We followed the president’s orders.”

During Thursday’s House impeachment inquiry hearing, Gordon Sondland said he ‘worked with Mr. Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine matters at the express direction of the president of the United States.’

Sondland also blew a big hole in one of the key GOP defenses of Trump: That he withheld the aid because he was concerned about Ukraine taking steps to root out its corruption.

Sondland said Zelensky “had to announce the investigations. He didn’t actually have to do them, as I understood it.” That left the impression, from the witness closest to Trump, that the president really only cared about the PR value of the investigations into his rivals, not whether they were actually carried out.

No answers about why the aid was withheld

The hold on nearly $400 million in Ukraine aid was announced by an Office of Management and Budget staff member who said it was being done at the direction of the president. But nearly every witness testified that — despite persistent efforts — they never got a full explanation of why the aid to Ukraine was withheld or why it was eventually restored.

Most, including Sondland, said they presumed it was related to the push for investigations. But Sondland testified that Trump never directly connected the two things.

It remains a hole in Democrats’ case. House investigators note that they tried to interview the high-ranking officials who might be able to connect the dots, like Mulvaney. But the White House has ordered them not to comply with subpoenas or requests for testimony.

The victim

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch gave Democrats the sympathetic face they needed as she described her confusion and despair at being recalled in May amid a flurry of unfounded rumors that she was anti-Trump and corrupt. The allegations, which originated with a former Ukrainian official who has since renounced them, were amplified by Giuliani, the president’s family and conservative pundits.

She said she understood the president’s right to replace an ambassador at any time, but in one of the hearings’ most emotional moments, she added, “I do wonder why it’s necessary to smear my reputation falsely.”

Then, as Yovanovitch testified about being smeared, Trump took to Twitter to criticize her, claiming without evidence “that everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad,” disparaging her previous service in Somalia as well as her work in Ukraine.

The tweet drew a rebuke from committee Chairman Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank), who read it aloud and said, “We saw today witness intimidation in real time.” He warned that intimidation could be its own article of impeachment. Even many Republicans distanced themselves from the tweet.

The dual diplomacy channels

The fact that Ukraine policy had been hijacked by Trump loyalists was known previously, but the public hearings brought that into stark relief.

Witnesses provided plenty of evidence that Giuliani was directing the “three amigos” — Sondland, Perry and former special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker — to push Ukraine to commit to the investigations.

Fiona Hill, Trump’s former Russia expert at the National Security Council, testified about the two tracks: one involving national security and foreign policy, and the separate one set up by Trump to fulfill what she derided as a “domestic political errand.”

Sondland said that Trump instructed in May that Giuliani was their point person on Ukraine.

“When the president says, ‘Talk to my personal attorney,’ and then Mr. Giuliani makes certain requests or demands, we assume that’s coming from the president,” Sondland said.

It doesn’t look like many minds were changed in the House

While Democrats appear closer to impeaching Trump, the hearings did not reveal any cracks in Republican support.

GOP committee members derided much of the evidence witnesses presented as secondhand, and portrayed the entire proceedings as a partisan circus aimed at overturning the results of the 2016 election.

Even Rep. Will Hurd, a retiring Republican from Texas thought to be a potential swing vote, said Thursday he still isn’t on board.

At the end of the last hearing, Hurd criticized the Trump administration for “bungling” foreign policy, but indicated that he is not convinced that an impeachable offense occurred.

“An impeachable offense should be compelling, overwhelmingly clear and unambiguous. And it’s not something to be rushed or taken lightly,” Hurd said. “I have not heard evidence proving the president committed bribery or extortion.”

Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) says he’s not convinced that an impeachable offense occurred.

Michael R. Bloomberg has reserved a huge block of television advertising across the nation next week in another sign that the former New York mayor is on the verge of announcing a run for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The billionaire finance and media mogul is spending at least $31 million on a week of TV commercials starting Monday, according to Advertising Analytics, an ad tracking firm. It is the most money ever spent by any candidate for one week of advertising, breaking the $25-million record set by President Obama at the end of his 2012 reelection campaign, the firm said.

“Mike is prepared to spend what it takes to defeat Donald Trump,” Bloomberg spokesman Jason Schechter said.

The breadth of Bloomberg’s ad buy is unusual for a presidential primary. He reserved ad time in dozens of media markets, including some of the most expensive in the country: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Miami, Denver, Cleveland, Phoenix and Detroit.

The ad buy is the clearest sign yet that Bloomberg, whose fortune Forbes pegs at $54 billion, will far outspend more than a dozen rivals if he joins the race for his party’s nomination to challenge President Trump.

It’s also a signal that Bloomberg, 77, would be using his vast resources to run a national campaign on a scale far beyond what any other White House candidate can afford. At the end of September, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders was the only one with more than $31 million in the bank, according to the most recent finance reports.

For the most part, the Democratic contenders lack the means — at least for now — to advertise beyond the early-voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina.

One of the exceptions is the other billionaire in the race: former hedge-fund chief Tom Steyer of San Francisco, whose net worth Forbes estimates at $1.6 billion. Despite his heavy TV advertising across the country, Steyer is stuck near the bottom of the field in national polls of likely primary voters, hitting just 1%.

Indeed, Bloomberg’s lavish spending could backfire in a contest against candidates who bash billionaires while promoting plans to reduce wealth and income inequality.

“I’m disgusted by the idea that Michael Bloomberg or any billionaire thinks they can circumvent the political process and spend tens of millions of dollars to buy elections,” Sanders said Friday on Twitter. “If you can’t build grass-roots support for your candidacy, you have no business running for president.”

Bloomberg has filed papers to get on the Democratic primary ballots in Alabama, Arkansas, Michigan, Georgia and Texas. He filed a statement of candidacy on Thursday with the Federal Election Commission, but a spokesman said it was a procedural step that did not mean Bloomberg had made a final decision to run.

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WASHINGTON — 

FBI surveillance of a former campaign advisor to then-presidential candidate Donald Trump in 2016 was marred by bureaucratic mistakes but wasn’t illegal or driven by bias within the bureau’s leadership, according to people familiar with the findings of an internal investigation.

FBI officials made some sloppy but relatively minor errors when it came to seeking court approval for a surveillance warrant against former Trump advisor Carter Page. The issues cited included one lower-level lawyer who altered an email related to the warrant application, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the findings haven’t been made public.

Overall, though, the surveillance was legally sound and justified and wasn’t the product of political bias against Trump from FBI leaders such as then-Director James B. Comey and Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the people said.

The findings, made in a draft report from Inspector General Michael Horowitz, undercut a number of claims made by the president and top allies about alleged “spying” on his campaign and the origins of the investigation that eventually became part of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 campaign.

The findings were first reported Friday by the New York Times. Some of the report’s conclusions have been confirmed by Bloomberg, which hasn’t seen the draft.

Horowitz has told lawmakers he plans to release the report Dec. 9 and cautioned that some of the findings could change by then.

In addition to clarifying whether officials from the FBI or other agencies acted improperly — as Trump and his supporters have long contended — the report is expected to address whether any current or former officials should be criminally prosecuted for their actions.

Regardless of the report’s conclusion, it will arrive as the president and his political allies are engaged in a ferocious political battle against House Democrats over an impeachment inquiry in the House.

Both Republicans and Democrats are likely to seize on aspects of the report they think will bolster their cases.

Controversy over the origins of the Russia investigation is partly at the core of the impeachment proceedings. House Democrats began their inquiry following allegations that Trump tried to pressure the president of Ukraine to investigate an unsubstantiated theory that a previous government meddled in the 2016 U.S. election, as well as announce a probe into one of the president’s chief Democratic rivals, former Vice President Joe Biden.

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The FBI, the inspector general’s office and the Justice Department all declined to comment.

Horowitz’s report did find that a low-level lawyer, Kevin Clinesmith, altered an email that was used in a package of material to seek court approval to renew the wiretap against Page, according to the New York Times. Clinesmith’s lawyer declined to comment to the Times.

Page had previously been flagged by intelligence agencies as a target of Russian interest. The warrant was obtained in October 2016, after Page left the campaign. The surveillance continued into 2017, after Trump took office.

The New York Times also reported that the draft doesn’t corroborate conspiracy theories and insinuations offered by Trump and his allies about the early stages of the Russia investigation. For example, none of the evidence used to open the investigation came from the CIA or from a salacious but unverified dossier compiled by Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer, according to the Times.

Republicans have argued that the surveillance applications relied heavily on the so-called Steele dossier.

Separately, Atty. Gen. William Barr is conducting his own investigation into what he’s called “spying” on Trump’s campaign. That investigation, led by U.S. Atty. John Durham, isn’t expected to be completed soon.

Horowitz said in a June letter to congressional leaders that his office “received and reviewed over 1 million records” and has “conducted over 100 interviews, including current and former DOJ and FBI personnel.”

The Justice Department released a redacted version of the Page surveillance applications last year.

Referring to Trump as “Candidate #1,” the initial application said “the FBI believes that the Russian government’s efforts are being coordinated with Page and perhaps other individuals associated with Candidate #1’s campaign.”

WASHINGTON — 

Documents released late Friday show President Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, was in contact with Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo in the months before the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was abruptly recalled.

The State Department released the documents to the group American Oversight in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. They show that Pompeo talked with Giuliani on March 26 and March 29.

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Austin Evers, executive director of American Oversight, said the documents reveal “a clear paper trail from Rudy Giuliani to the Oval Office to Secretary Pompeo to facilitate Giuliani’s smear campaign against a U.S. ambassador.”

Last week, former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch told House impeachment investigators she felt “kneecapped” by a “smear campaign” Giuliani led against her. She was withdrawn from her post in Ukraine in May.

The documents released Friday also include a report, which appears with Trump hotel stationery, that appears to summarize a Jan. 23, 2019, interview with Ukraine’s former prosecutor general, Victor Shokin. The summary says Giuliani and two business associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, were present.

Parnas and Fruman were arrested last month on a four-count indictment that includes charges of conspiracy, making false statements to the Federal Election Commission and falsification of records. The men had key roles in Giuliani’s efforts to launch a Ukrainian corruption investigation against Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden and his son Hunter.

In the document, Shokin claims he was removed from his position under pressure from Biden.

A second memo appears to be a summary of an interview with Yuri Lutsenko, also a former prosecutor general of Ukraine, conducted in the presence of Giuliani, Parnas and Fruman. Lutsenko is quoted raising questions about compensation that Hunter Biden received from the Ukrainian oil company Burisma.

In the first half, Corona del Mar High quarterback Ethan Garbers used his feet to find the end zone.

In the second half, Garbers used his arm.

Either was effective for the Sea Kings, who also shut down a high-powered Alemany offense. There was a reason why Corona del Mar coach Dan O’ Shea called it one of the best wins in program history in his postgame speech to his team.

A complete effort propelled the top-seeded Sea Kings to their third CIF championship game in four years, after a 48-21 win over host No. 4 Mission Hills Bishop Alemany in a CIF Southern Section Division 3 semifinal game Friday night.

Corona del Mar will host No. 2 Simi Valley Grace Brethren, a 49-45 winner over No. 3 La Habra, at Newport Harbor High. It’s a rematch of last year’s Division 4 final, won by Grace Brethren.

Garbers, bound for Washington, had three rushing touchdowns in the first half and four passing touchdowns in the second half. He finished 22 of 32 passing for 357 yards, with the four touchdowns and no interceptions.

The offense keeps rolling for the Sea Kings (13-0), who have scored 42 or more points in all but one game this season.

Stanford-bound receiver John Humphreys had seven catches for 124 yards and a touchdown, while Washington-bound tight end Mark Redman had six catches for 48 yards and Bradley Schlom added two receiving touchdowns. Redman also contributed two sacks on defense.

“What can you say about our offense?” O’Shea said. “I mean, holy smokes, they were flawless. … Going on the road, late in the playoffs in foreign territory, and our kids responded so well. You hope to just play normal, and I think short of the first two drives on defense we played normal thereafter.”

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Cornerback Chandler Fincher had two interceptions for Corona del Mar, which limited Alemany (9-4) to one touchdown after the first quarter ended tied 14-14.

Alemany opened the scoring as quarterback Miller Moss found receiver DJ Justice on a six-yard touchdown pass.

Corona del Mar came right back, as Garbers found running room right for a seven-yard score.

Warriors junior Jaylin Smith got loose on a 43-yard touchdown run, before Garbers had another one-yard scamper for six.

The defenses tightened, until Corona del Mar put together a big touchdown drive that spanned nearly five minutes late in the half.

It wasn’t easy, as the Sea Kings converted two fourth downs, with Garbers completing a nine-yard pass to Redman on fourth and eight.

To put it bluntly, high school football in Southern California at the highest level has become a two-team affair, with Santa Ana Mater Dei and Bellflower St. John Bosco leaving everyone else far behind. If you’re one of their fans, you love it. If not, there’s really no alternative. It’s getting to be like Northern California, where Concord De La Salle has won 27 consecutive North Coast Section titles.

For the fourth consecutive season, the Monarchs (12-0) and the Braves (11-1) will square off next Saturday at Cerritos College for the Southern Section Division 1 championship after blowing out their semifinal opponents. There’s no real competition for the two programs right now.

On Friday night at Corona Centennial, the Huskies were supposed to offer St. John Bosco a strong battle. It didn’t happen. The Braves cruised to a 52-14 victory that included a running clock in the fourth quarter.

At Mission Viejo, Mater Dei rolled to a 49-24 victory over the Diablos.

St. John Bosco’s offensive line provided enough protection for quarterback DJ Uiagalelei to throw three touchdown passes in the first half as the Braves opened a 31-14 lead at the break. Jode McDuffie caught a 42-yard touchdown pass, and Beaux Collins had scoring receptions of 11 and 41 yards.

The Braves’ receiving group is as good as they come, and Centennial couldn’t prevent the big play despite having junior defensive end standout Korey Foreman doing his best to apply pressure to Uiagalelei.

Uiagalelei completed 11 of 19 passes for 192 yards and four touchdowns.

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Under coach Jason Negro, St. John Bosco has become the standard for excellence. St. John Bosco has practiced during Thanksgiving for every season since 2010. That usually means it has reached the semifinals or final. This will be the seventh consecutive final for the Braves. But they still must figure out how to beat the Monarchs, who handed them their only defeat, 38-24 on Oct. 25, and have beaten them in the final in 2017 and 2018.

St. John Bosco’s defense was effective in denying the big play. Defensive backs Josh Alford and JonJon Vaughns each had interceptions. Lineman Kobe Pepe was a disrupter in the middle, making sure running back Nicholas Floyd had to work for every yard.

For Centennial, Foreman kept asserting himself. He sacked Uiagalelei twice and had another tackle for a loss. But St. John Bosco was able to get its running game in high gear.

Nathaniel Jones rushed for 90 yards, including a 32-yard touchdown. Sophomore Rayshon Luke added 92 yards, including a 55-yard score. Sophomore Jabari Bates had a 51-yard touchdown run and finished with 95 yards on the ground.

“Our defense has stopped the run all season and they’re the only team to do that,” Foreman said.

The Braves’ ability to have balance on offense will be key next week in their rematch against Mater Dei.

“I feel good about it,” Jones said.

Hello, my name is John Cherwa and welcome back to our horse racing newsletter as Roadster returns to race today at Del Mar. And, we have another handicapping lesson from Rob Henie.

So, I go to one of my doctors (having more than one doc is code for being old) on Friday and she says, “Man, you look tired.” I say, “Well I stayed from the very beginning of the meeting to the end of the public comment period at Thursday’s CHRB meeting.” She referred me to a mental-health specialist. (The only true part of that is I went to the doctor.)

Near the end of the 248-minute meeting (not including lunch), Aidan Butler, acting executive director of California racing for the Stronach Group, who was also still there, texts me. “You’re a trouper,” he says. (That is true.)

After the meeting, I see Fred Maas, a soon to be ex-board member at his last meeting, with a big smile, clicking his heels as he walked out of the room knowing he doesn’t have to go to another meeting this long. (OK, made up that, too.)

Here’s the deal. Love them or hate them, the members of the board are essentially volunteers, earning a whopping $100 a month, or about a penny an hour. They make good decisions, they make bad decisions.

It got me thinking as I made my long drive back to the Los Angeles area about one of their decisions—the one to delay the vote on a new whip rule. There were people who came a long way to speak on that issue, including Terry Meyocks, who lives in Lexington, Ky., and is chief executive of the Jockey’s Guild.

Oscar Gonzales, the new vice-chair, made a motion to postpone the decision so it could possibly align with the new Thoroughbred Safety Coalition. Maas, the only board member to vote against Gonzales for vice chair, said it was good idea. Wendy Mitchell, one of Gonzales’ closest allies, voted no.

Now, here’s why Gonzales’ motion was really smart.

First of all, the two proposals, especially the second one, were badly written. If you bought into the second one, which allows use of the riding crop in a very limited fashion from the reins or neck, it did not take into account the safety aspects of the first proposal, which has been amended to include horse disqualification. I purposely have not taken a stand on the whip rule but I know I would hate to be the owner of a disqualified horse because the jockey went to the whip, intentionally or by instinct.

But here’s the brilliance of Gonzales putting a hold on things. California has been losing horses, trainers, owners and jockeys for a variety of reasons. You know the reasons, or to borrow a much-used phrase from the Stronach Group, multi-factorial.

In the past few weeks, Southern California has or is losing Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux, veteran Martin Garcia and now popular mainstay Joe Talamo.

Their reasons seem to be valid. A horse population shortage, a non-equivalent purse structure and fear of the future seem to be enough. But, if you add in jockeys not being able to use every riding tool they believe should be available to them, it could be another reason to leave.

So, how do you combat that? How about if every other jurisdiction has the exact same rules as California. Hmmm. That would take at least one reason off the table. Maybe that was Gonzales’ end game, to stop the bleeding or at least take an excuse for leaving off the table.

And, from what we hear, the TSC is eager to get moving on what to do about this issue.

We’ll see how it all turns out.

Weekly handicapping lesson

Here’s our weekly contribution from Rob Henie of the WCHR (West Coast Handicapping Report) and the ECHR (East Coast Handicapping Report). Today’s analysis comes from the fifth race at Del Mar and incorporates some handicapping angles into the mix. Rob, take it away.

“This is a $40,000 claimer at a mile on the turf. We’ve addressed the significance of field size previously, but you can never emphasize a worthy point too much. We’ve got a large field of 10, which may seem like a side note, but in reality, field size, especially on the turf, is so important. In a small field, runners accustomed to the front end, hold an advantage, doing what they do best, leading others, often at a leisurely pace, forcing the hand of the other riders to stay close up, not wanting the front runner to get away. In a large field, there’s more often than not, multiple runners at all points, on the front end, just off the lead, mid-pack, as well as deeper closers. With this in mind, we’ll assume a fair look for all, and top selection is POSH HOLLY (#10). She’s faced some decent types this year, but is still not overworked, making only her fifth start since June, which is actually encouraging considering her past inability in stringing more than a couple races together. Last time out, her running line looks mediocre, but the reality is, it was a good try, even coming home in 23.1 seconds. Notice the effort prior to her last? She raced close up, despite the slower splits, meaning, she showed an upfront tendency when things were quick up front, and tried to close from off the pace when things were slower, both mentalities/strategies were a bit backwards. Saturday, she’s likely gonna get a fair pace up front, with a jockey in Giovanni Franco, who’s simply stronger running on late compared to Tyler Baze and Aaron Gryder. She fits well class-wise here, and a good effort seems well within reason, if not, we’ll look to beat next time out. SWING THOUGHTS (#1) won here on Aug. 10th at 7-2, and again on Aug. 29th at 9-2, both times as our top pick and Saturday she enters this offering in good order. Bob Hess claimed her and, rather than rest her while waiting for Santa Anita, he wanted to get another race into her down here, moving back out in distance, adding the turf, along with Drayden Van Dyke to the equation. He could easily have waited seven or eight weeks before returning considering she’s run 12 times this year, but instead, he shows up here with the mentioned changes in place.

“Hot / Cold Race Trends: none

“Win Contenders (order of preference): 10-1-4-5

“X Out Runners (eliminating on the win end): 3

“Positive Notes:

“4 Seaside Dancer – Back on the west coast where she had nice success up at Santa Anita last Spring, she’s been freshened and pointed to this effort, with Abel Cedillo riding live horses for so many barns right now.

“5 Querelle – Good level, and whenever Victor Espinoza rides for Jim Cassidy, it’s a good thing.

“7 Clockstrikestwelve – Freshened, west coast debut, Mike Smith riding for Paddy Gallagher, interesting.

“Negative Notes:

“3 Italia – Gryder on the turf going long does nothing for us, and really, never has.

“TOP PICK: POSH HOLLY (#10 5-1 Franco)

“SECOND CHOICE: SWING THOUGHTS (#1 4-1 Van Dyke)”

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Del Mar review

Friday’s feature was an allowance/optional claimer for fillies and mares going a mile and it was a runaway for Carressa, who took the lead at the start of the backstretch and won by 8 ¼ lengths. Jockey Victor Espinoza hand-rode the horse in the stretch and could have won by whatever distance wanted.

It was he second win in five starts for the John Shirreffs trained filly. She paid $6.40, $2.80 and $2.40. Persepolis was second and Meso finished third.

Del Mar preview

Racing returns to the turf at Del Mar on Saturday with four of the nine races on the grass. First post is 12:30 p.m. The feature is pretty good in that we get to see Roadster run in the Grade 3 Native Diver for horses going 1 1/8 miles.

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Now earlier this year, or even late last year, if you had told trainer Bob Baffert that Roadster would be running in the Native Diver, I’m guessing he would be disappointed. Roadster was the “A” horse as a 2-year-old in Baffert’s barn. But then, in last year’s Del Mar Debutante, Roadster finished a disappointing third to Baffert’s Game Winner, who became the new “A” horse. A throat issue was discovered and Baffert sent him away to get better. He came back strong, real strong, even winning the Santa Anita Derby.

Game Winner was still the choice for the Kentucky Derby but Roadster was lurking nearby in pre-race discussion. Roadster finished 16^th. Since then he’s finished second in the Damascus and Affirmed Stakes. So, here the $525,000 purchase is the 5-2 favorite in this, shall we say nice but not prestigious race. Drayden Van Dyke is the jockey.

The second favorite, at 3-1, is Two Thirty Five for Richard Baltas and Abel Cedillo. This 5-year-old gelding has won five-of-19 lifetime races. His last race was a second in the Comma to the Top at Santa Anita and he won the Harry F. Brubaker at Del Mar. Both are ungraded stakes. In 2018, he finished seventh in the Pacific Classic and then ran fifth at Fresno. So, what do make of these two horses? It’s up to you. It’s a five-horse race that goes off about 4:05 p.m.

Here are the field sizes, in order: 6, 5, 10, 6, 10, 9, 9, 5, 10.

Bob Ike’s Dmr pick of the day

FIFTH RACE: No. 4 Seaside Dancer (7-2)

Very competitive $40,000 claiming race for 3-year-old fillies going one mile on turf and I like the chances of this Doug O’Neill trainee who returns to SoCal after a three-race Eastern swing. She’s a five-time winner (four for six on turf and three for three at this distance) with good tactical speed and a fine rider in Abel Cedillo. Don’t see any knocks on this one.

Friday’s result: Catoca raced mid-pack early, angled wide into stretch, closed well but couldn’t get to the winner while settling for second as the favorite.

Bob Ike is a Partner/VP of Horsebills.com (here’s a video) and the proprietor of BobIkePicks.com (full-card picks, 3 Best Plays and betting strategy).

Big races preview

A look at graded stakes or races worth $100,000 or more on Saturday. All times PST.

12:47 Aqueduct (9): Grade 3 $200,000 Red Smith Stakes, 3 and up, 1 3/8 miles on turf. Favorite: Sadler’s Joy (8-5)

1:41 Woodbine (8): Grade 2 $175,000 Kennedy Road Stakes, 3 and up, 6 furlongs. Favorite: Pink Lloyd (1-1)

2:13 Woodbine (9): $225,000 Coronation Futurity, Ont-bred 2-year-olds, 1 1/8 miles. Favorite: Muskoka Gold (7-5)

4:05 Del Mar (8): Grade 3 $100,000 Native Diver Stakes, 3 and up, 1 1/8 miles. Favorite: Roadster (5-2)

6:11 Delta Downs (8): $100,000 Jean Lafitte Stakes, 2-year-olds, 1 mile. Favorite: Sir Winsalot (5-2)

Ed Burgart’s LA pick of the day

EIGHTH RACE: No. 3 Fenian Faith (6-1)

This mare exits a powerful Grade I race vs. males in her last seventh-place outing when showing energy crossing the wire. The sixth-place finisher, Hotstepper and the eighth-place finisher, Jesstacartel, both won Z Wayne Griffin Directors trials last weekend. She was bumped back sharply at the start of prior ninth-place Mildred Vessels outing vs. top mares and is upset contender with clean break. I suggest keying Fenian Faith in exotics with #1 Conquering Marie, #8 Thermonuclear Energy and #9 Matilda Czech.

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And now the stars of the show, Friday’s results and Saturday’s entries.

Del Mar Charts Results for Friday, November 22.

Copyright 2019 by Equibase Company. Reproduction prohibited. Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar, California. All finishes confirmed by Plusmic USA. Official program numbers may not correspond with post position. 8th day of a 15-day meet. Clear & Fast

FIRST RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $17,000. Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Prices $8,000-$7,000. Time 23.37 47.78 1:12.08 1:24.53 1:37.05

Winner–Miracle March B.g.5 by Unusual Heat out of Logical Single, by Singletary. Bred by Harris Farms (CA). Trainer: John W. Sadler. Owner: Hronis Racing LLC. Mutuel Pool $97,305 Exacta Pool $52,957 Quinella Pool $1,886 Superfecta Pool $17,233 Trifecta Pool $31,122. Scratched–none.

MIRACLE MARCH bobbled slightly at the start, saved ground stalking the pace, came out leaving the second turn, bid three deep into the stretch, took the lead under a left handed crack of the whip nearing midstretch and pulled clear while drifting in some under steady handling and a long hold late. AUTUMN DAY sped between horses to the early lead, set the pace inside, fought back into and on the second turn and into the stretch, could not match the winner in the final furlong but was clearly second best. RMANIE’S GREY SUIT stalked between horses then a bit off the rail on the second turn, angled to the inside in the stretch and edged rivals for the show. SHORT OF EZ stalked three deep, bid outside the runner-up leaving the backstretch and on the second turn and between foes into the stretch and weakened but was edged for third late between foes. FOR HIM pulled his way along and was in a bit tight leaving the first turn, stalked just off the rail, came out on the second turn and four wide into the stretch and was edged for a minor award three deep on the line. PURIANO four wide into the first turn, stalked outside then three deep on the second turn and into the stretch and had little left for the drive.

SECOND RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $33,000. Maiden Claiming. 2 year olds. Claiming Prices $80,000-$70,000. Time 22.62 46.69 1:12.00 1:25.16 1:38.06

Winner–The Stiff Ch.c.2 by Danza out of Betterlethergo, by Hold Me Back. Bred by Daniell, McCarthy & McNamara (KY). Trainer: Michael W. McCarthy. Owner: Michael McCarthy Racing Stable, Inc., Daniell, Donna, Daniell, Jim and McCarthy, Terrence. Mutuel Pool $98,483 Daily Double Pool $27,012 Exacta Pool $49,400 Quinella Pool $1,951 Superfecta Pool $18,717 Trifecta Pool $38,497. Scratched–Blues Rapper, Jamason, Mulholland Highway (IRE).

THE STIFF saved ground stalking the pace, bid inside under urging past the eighth pole to gain the lead and won clear. BIG HOOF DYNAMITE five wide into the first turn, angled in outside a rival then chased a bit off the rail, came out leaving the second turn and three wide into the stretch, bid outside foes past midstretch and bested the others. BEST CHANCE prompted the pace between horses then outside a rival into the second turn, stalked on that turn and into the stretch, was between foes again in midstretch and held third. HANDSOME MICHAEL sped to the early lead, set a pressured pace inside, inched away a bit off the rail leaving the second turn, was between foes past the eighth pole, drifted in late and weakened. KADESH four wide into the first turn, stalked outside then bid four wide a half mile out, stalked again on the second turn, came three deep into the stretch and weakened. BAMBOOZLER pressed the pace three deep then dueled three wide between horses a half mile out, dropped back between foes on the second turn and gave way in the drive.

THIRD RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $52,000. Maiden Special Weight. Fillies. 2 year olds. Time 23.90 48.98 1:14.20 1:26.26 1:38.87

Winner–Rare Find B.f.2 by Bernardini out of Tracings, by Indian Charlie. Bred by Godolphin (KY). Trainer: Richard E. Mandella. Owner: Godolphin, LLC. Mutuel Pool $116,764 Daily Double Pool $11,515 Exacta Pool $42,239 Quinella Pool $3,674 Superfecta Pool $8,309 Trifecta Pool $21,132. Scratched–Go Big Blue Nation, Saralin.

50-Cent Pick Three (1-3-1) paid $26.00. Pick Three Pool $40,447.

RARE FIND had good early speed and set a pressured pace inside, inched away on the second turn, kicked clear in the stretch and held under a late crack of the whip and steady handling. STORIE BLUE four wide early, stalked outside a rival, came three wide into the stretch and gained the place. COSMIC COWGIRL had speed three deep then pressed the pace outside the winner, was between horses leaving the second turn and in midstretch and just held third. LAST FIRST KISS also flashed early speed between horses then angled in and stalked inside, continued along the rail on the second turn and in the stretch and was edged for the show.

FOURTH RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $30,000. Starter Optional Claiming. 2 year olds. Claiming Price $50,000. Time 23.05 47.55 1:12.57 1:25.21 1:38.32

Winner–Govenor Cinch Dbb.c.2 by Govenor Charlie out of Ghostly, by Ghostzapper. Bred by Mike Pegram, Karl Watson & Paul Weitman (CA). Trainer: Tim Yakteen. Owner: Watson, Karl, Pegram, Michael E. and Weitman, Paul. Mutuel Pool $116,322 Daily Double Pool $16,531 Exacta Pool $41,339 Quinella Pool $1,760 Superfecta Pool $7,950 Trifecta Pool $17,459. Scratched–Commander (FR), Go Time, Gorky Park.

50-Cent Pick Three (3-1-7) paid $12.45. Pick Three Pool $13,292.

GOVENOR CINCH stalked outside a rival then bid outside the pacesetter to press the pace, took a short lead leaving the second turn, inched away under left handed urging past midstretch and held. FLY THE SKY chased off the rail then outside a rival on the backstretch and second turn, came out a bit into the stretch and gained the place. DELP had speed inside then saved ground stalking the pace, angled out some in midstretch and went outside the pacesetter late for the show. MAINFRAME JUDY sped to the early lead outside a rival, inched away and angled in on the first turn, set a pressured pace inside, jumped a shadow approaching the half mile pole, fought back leaving the second turn and to midstretch and weakened some but lost third late.

FIFTH RACE.

6 Furlongs. Purse: $29,000. Maiden Claiming. 2 year olds. Claiming Price $50,000. Time 22.53 46.46 59.04 1:11.68

Winner–Carnelian Hero B.g.2 by Old Topper out of Cherokee Kiss, by Cherokee Run. Bred by Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC (CA). Trainer: Jeff Bonde. Owner: Del Secco DCS Racing. Mutuel Pool $206,549 Daily Double Pool $20,026 Exacta Pool $120,212 Quinella Pool $3,908 Superfecta Pool $74,322 Trifecta Pool $93,315. Scratched–none.

50-Cent Pick Three (1-7-3) paid $5.85. Pick Three Pool $49,771. 50-Cent Pick Four (3/4-1-3/5/6/7-3) 4 correct paid $27.10. Pick Four Pool $93,021. 50-Cent Pick Five (1-3/4-1-3/5/6/7-3) 5 correct paid $111.30. Pick Five Pool $322,291.

CARNELIAN HERO broke a bit slowly, was sent between horses then dueled inside rivals but a bit off the rail, was between horses into the stretch, fought back outside the runner-up under urging in the final furlong and gamely prevailed. BALTIMORE BEECHO had speed inside then saved ground stalking the pace, bid along the rail into the stretch, battled inside the winner in the final furlong and was outgamed. PAPA TONY dueled between horses then outside the winner, was three deep into the stretch and weakened but held third. BEYOND PRECHER had speed between rivals then steadied in tight five eighths out, chased off the rail or outside a rival, came out in upper stretch and lacked a rally. EXTRACTOR dueled between foes then stalked off the rail on the turn, angled in some nearing the stretch and weakened. SLEWBURY PARK had speed six wide then dueled four wide, stalked outside on the turn, came three wide into the stretch and also weakened. ISLA’S TOY chased a bit off the rail then inside on the turn and into the stretch and lacked a further response. RADIO TIM had speed five wide between horses then stalked outside a rival, dropped back on the turn, came three wide into the stretch and gave way.

SIXTH RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $53,000. Allowance Optional Claiming. Fillies and Mares. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $40,000. Time 23.08 47.29 1:12.11 1:24.70 1:36.90

Winner–Carressa B.f.3 by Uncle Mo out of Iplaytricks, by Desert God. Bred by Michael C. Stinson (KY). Trainer: John A. Shirreffs. Owner: Mercedes Stables LLC, West Point Thoroughbreds, Dilworth, Scott, Ingordo, Dorothy, Ingordo, David an. Mutuel Pool $212,975 Daily Double Pool $19,132 Exacta Pool $110,904 Quinella Pool $3,645 Superfecta Pool $33,649 Trifecta Pool $63,500. Claimed–Kynance (IRE) by Jose Arellano. Trainer: Jorge Periban. Scratched–Kookie Gal.

50-Cent Pick Three (7-3-6) paid $5.25. Pick Three Pool $29,977.

CARRESSA four wide into the first turn, pulled her way alongside a rival to press the pace then took the lead and inched away on the backstretch, set the pace inside, came off the rail on the second turn and into the stretch and drew off under a moderate hand ride and a long hold late while drifting in some. PERSEPOLIS had good early speed and angled in, dueled inside then stalked on the backstretch, came off the rail under urging on the second turn and bested the others. MESO saved ground chasing the pace, came off the rail then outside on the backstretch, angled in alongside a rival into the stretch and was along for the show. CYRIELLE stalked between horses then a bit off the rail on the backstretch and inside on the second turn and had little left for the drive. KYNANCE (IRE) three deep on the first turn, stalked outside then alongside a rival, dropped back on the second turn and gave way.

SEVENTH RACE.

7 Furlongs. Purse: $30,000. Starter Allowance. Fillies and Mares. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $50,000. Time 22.74 45.86 1:10.94 1:24.21

Winner–Velvet Queen Ch.f.3 by Animal Kingdom out of Tippy Tapit, by Tapit. Bred by Calumet Farm (KY). Trainer: Richard Baltas. Owner: BG Stables and Little Red Feather Racing. Mutuel Pool $231,391 Daily Double Pool $27,217 Exacta Pool $112,381 Quinella Pool $3,616 Superfecta Pool $68,643 Trifecta Pool $70,133. Scratched–Whoa Nessie.

50-Cent Pick Three (3-6-2) paid $18.10. Pick Three Pool $33,344. 50-Cent Consolation Pick Three (3-6-6) paid $2.15.

VELVET QUEEN went up inside to duel for the lead, fought back into and on the turn, inched clear under urging past midstretch and held. CATOCA between horses early, stalked off the rail then outside on the turn, came four wide into the stretch and finished willingly. MONGOLIAN EMPIRE chased a bit off the rail, angled in on the turn, and rallied along the rail in the final furlong. SHEZA FACTOR saved ground stalking the pace, came out into the stretch and was edged for the show. CLAUDELLE dueled between horses then outside the winner, was fanned out some into the stretch, fought back in midstretch and weakened late. DEARBORN bobbled and broke out a bit, pulled her way along to press the pace three deep then stalked outside a rival, came three wide into the stretch and weakened. INCREDIBLY LUCKY stalked outside, dropped back and angled in some on the turn and also weakened. SO GUCCI hesitated and was held up briefly then reared to be away well behind the field, pulled her way along outside on the backstretch, continued outside a rival into the turn, dropped back and had little left for the drive. Following a stewards’ inquiry, SO GUCCI was declared a nonstarter.

EIGHTH RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $52,000. Maiden Special Weight. Fillies. 2 year olds. Time 24.73 49.75 1:15.11 1:27.45 1:39.94

Winner–California Kook Dbb.f.2 by Boisterous out of Kukaluka, by Comic Strip. Bred by Wachtel Stable & Gary Barber (CA). Trainer: Peter Miller. Owner: Wachtel Stable and Barber, Gary. Mutuel Pool $223,566 Daily Double Pool $64,016 Exacta Pool $108,831 Quinella Pool $4,173 Superfecta Pool $44,383 Trifecta Pool $62,885. Scratched–Big Time Grammy, Lakaya, Phoenix Tears, Sassyserb, Slew’s Screen Star, Too Much Smoke, Via Alpina.

$2 Pick Six Jackpot (1-3/5/6/7-3-6-2-3) . Pick Six Jackpot Carryover $96,562. 50-Cent Pick Three (6-2-3) paid $50.85. Pick Three Pool $98,693. 50-Cent Consolation Pick Three (6-6-3) paid $6.45. 50-Cent Pick Four (3-6-2-3) 4 correct paid $90.90. Pick Four Pool $370,310. 50-Cent Pick Five (3/5/6/7-3-6-2-3) 5 correct paid $179.30. Pick Five Pool $221,441. $2 Pick Six (1-3/5/6/7-3-6-2-3) 5 out of 6 paid $25.40. $2 Pick Six (1-3/5/6/7-3-6-2-3) 6 correct paid $2,067.00. Pick Six Pool $81,254. $1 Place Pick All 8 correct paid $54.10. Place Pick All Pool $15,925.

CALIFORNIA KOOK in tight at the start, chased outside, moved up four wide on the turn then bid three deep, took the lead and came in a bit into the stretch, kicked clear under left handed urging, drifted in some and proved best. NOCHERYLIKEMYCHERY broke outward, saved ground stalking the pace, was in a bit tight into the stretch, got through inside in midstretch and was clearly second best. RIDE SALLY RIDE pulled and stalked between foes then bid between rivals on the backstretch, tracked a bit off the rail leaving the backstretch and between horses again on the second turn, also was in a bit tight into the stretch and bested the others. MAMAS GOT CASH sped to the early lead, angled in and set the pace inside, responded when rivals bid on the backstretch, inched away again on the second turn, battled into the stretch, came a bit off the rail in upper stretch and weakened in the final furlong. CREER stalked three deep then off the rail, was between rivals a half mile out, angled in some leaving the second turn and weakened. KISSABLE U angled in and stalked outside a rival, bid three deep early on the backstretch, tracked again approaching the second turn, fell back some on that turn and into the stretch and gave way.

Del Mar Entries for Saturday, November 23.

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar, California. $2 Win, Place and Show; $1 Exacta, $2 Quinella, 50-cent Trifecta, $2 Rolling Double, 50-cent rolling Pick 3; 10-cent Superfecta; 50-cent Pick 4 last 4 races; 50-cent Players Pick 5 first 5 races; $2 Pick 6 last 6 races; $1 Place Pick All; $1 Super High Five last race. Trifecta needs 4 betting interests; Superfecta needs 6. 9th day of a 15-day meet.

FIRST RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $30,000. Claiming. 3 year olds. Claiming Prices $25,000-$22,500.

SECOND RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $29,000. Maiden Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Prices $50,000-$40,000.

THIRD RACE.

1 Mile Turf. Purse: $33,000. Maiden Claiming. Fillies. 2 year olds. Claiming Prices $80,000-$70,000.

FOURTH RACE.

6½ Furlongs. Purse: $53,000. Allowance Optional Claiming. Fillies and Mares. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $40,000.

FIFTH RACE.

1 Mile Turf. Purse: $36,000. Claiming. Fillies. 3 year olds. Claiming Prices $40,000-$35,000.

SIXTH RACE.

6 Furlongs. Purse: $52,000. Maiden Special Weight. 2 year olds.

SEVENTH RACE.

1 Mile Turf. Purse: $53,000. Allowance Optional Claiming. 3 year olds. Claiming Price $80,000.

EIGHTH RACE.

1 1/8 Mile. Purse: $100,000. ‘Native Diver Stakes’. 3 year olds and up.

NINTH RACE.

1 1/16 Mile Turf. Purse: $32,000. Maiden Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Prices $62,500-$55,000.