Rick Needham at Del Mar
RACE #5 - DEL MAR THOROUGHBRED CLUB - 1:45 PM PACIFIC POST
The Marathon Stakes
14.0 FURLONGS DIRT GRADE II THREE YEARS OLD AND UPWARD STAKES $200,000.00 PURSE
#7 HARD ACES
#5 NOBLE NICK
#1 ARCHANOVA
#4 ESTRECHADA
#7 HARD ACES takes a BIG class drop (-20), is the overall speed and pace profile leader, and has turned in "POWER RUNS" in each of his last three outings, hitting the board in three, including a "POWER RUN WIN" facing slightly better company (+1) in his 3rd race back. #5 NOBLE NICK, a 12-1 BOMB, has hit the board in "POWER RUN FASHION" in four straight, winning twice in this recent streak of racing consistency.