BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Gary Koch and Gary Fenton’s Little Red Feather Racing will be represented Saturday at Del Mar by Florida-bred South Bay in the $100,000 Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf. An impressive winner on the grass in her first race, the Tim Yakteen-trained South Bay battles an overflow field of 13 2-year-old fillies entered to go a mile.

Ridden to victory as the 2-1 favorite by Hector Berrios at Del Mar on Aug. 2, South Bay was second around the turn before taking over in the stretch to win by a length-and-a-quarter. She earned $48,000 against seven maiden special weight fillies going five furlongs on the grass.

South Bay was a $120,000 purchase by Little Red Feather at the 2024 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. She is by Omaha Beach out of the Curlin mare Gardenista, an allowance winner going a mile on the turf, a pedigree that indicates South Bay should have little trouble with the added three furlongs Saturday. South Bay was bred in Florida by Dominque Damico and was first purchased for $100,000 by Discovery Bay Bloodstock through the Fly By consignment at the 2024 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Winter Mixed Sale.

Berrios gets the return mount and South Bay has post five.

Eclipse Thoroughbred Partner’s La Ville Lumiere makes her third start after winning her second career race against maiden special weight fillies going five furlongs on the grass at Santa Anita on May 30. In her debut, the daughter of City of Light was second to Light Won Up going four-and-a-half furlongs on dirt in May.

La Ville Lumiere is trained by Michael McCarthy and will be ridden from post one by Kazushi Kimura.

Trainer Simon Callaghan will saddle Queen Bay for her second start after the daughter of Charlatan won her first race on May 30. Owned by Marsha Naify, Queen Bay won a five-furlong turf contest by two-and-a-quarter lengths as the 2-5 favorite.

Queen Bay has post eight and jockey Juan Hernandez.

Making up the remainder of the entries are Soaring Angel with Antonio Fresu named to ride, Pride of Queens and jockey William Antongeorgi III, Got the Ring has Mike Smith taking the reins, Cara Rose will be ridden by Mirco Demuro, Armando Ayuso will guide Hypergamy, Improbable U has Umbero Rispoli named in the program, Dreaming of Alys will have David Cohen in the saddle, Ricardo Gonzalez rides Yours Sincerely (Ire), Pentle Bay with jockey Serafin Carmona and Dats Ms. Blame has Abel Lezcano taking the call.

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