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Joel Rosario Rides Four Winners at Del Mar as Sogno Di Vino Takes Friday Feature

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2 days ago

November 13, 2026

Joel Rosario rides Sogno Di Vino at Del Mar, the horse in a white blinker hood and green bridle near the inside rail.

Joel Rosario took over the Del Mar jockey standings Friday with a four win day, capped by Sogno Di Vino winning the featured allowance for California breds by a head. It was the third straight victory for the Vino Rosso gelding, trained by Gary Stute for Huston Racing Stables.

Hall of Famer Joel Rosario rode like a champ Friday at Del Mar, clicking on four of the day’s eight races including the featured 7th Race, an allowance test at a mile for California-bred runners aged 3 and up.

The 41-year-old native of the Dominican Republic moved into first place in the track’s jockey standings with his eighth tally in the fourth day of racing when he got the 4-year-old Sogno Di Vino to score by a head in the main event. They covered the distance in 1:36.12 and returned $7.20 for $2 as the second choice in the six-horse field.

Rosario was the track’s top rider this past summer, his fourth meet title at the seaside oval.

Sogno Di Vino, a gelding by Vino Rosso owned by Huston Racing Stables, is trained by Gary Stute. He was winning his third straight start and fourth overall and picked up $40,200 from the purse of $67,500.

Finishing second was Chacon, Flores or Lovingier, et al’s The Gypsy Cowboy, who had two and a half lengths on Cali Kid Stables’ Majestic Palisades.

Racing will resume at Del Mar Saturday with first post at the usual 12:30 p.m.

Arctic Wolf Goes Wire to Wire to Win the $175,000 Awad Stakes at Belmont Park

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17 hours ago

November 14, 2026

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Arctic Wolf, number 9 with Kendrick Carmouche aboard in black silks with pink polka dots, winning the Awad Stakes at Belmont Park.

Five starts at five different tracks, and Arctic Wolf keeps finding the winner’s circle. The grey son of Frosted took the field gate to wire Saturday at Belmont Park, winning the $175,000 Awad Stakes by three lengths under Kendrick Carmouche.

The Awad, run as the eighth race, was scheduled for the Widener turf course and moved to the new Tapeta track, where Arctic Wolf set fractions of :22.83, :46.00 and :57.28 before finishing six furlongs in 1:08.99. He paid $13.90 to win and earned $96,250 for owners MHM Stables LLC, Chad Calvert and John F. Goldthorpe.

Metallican finished second, a length and three quarters ahead of Riyadh Way in third. Titan Ready was fourth and More Champagne fifth.

Trained by Jack Sisterson, Arctic Wolf was bred in Kentucky by Flying B Ranch Thoroughbreds and is by Frosted out of the mare Firewolves. Carmouche said after the race that Sisterson’s instructions were simple: take the lead and do not hold back.

The Awad was Arctic Wolf’s second stakes win of the fall. He won the Speakeasy Stakes at Santa Anita on October 3 by two and a quarter lengths, and his five career starts have now come at five different tracks.