DEL MAR : Down Again Tops the Field in Belles Race

Six fillies and mares with serious turf portfolios will race at Del Mar Thursday afternoon in the $55,000 Belles for Mental Health purse.

The race, which will be contested under allowance conditions, is scheduled to be run at a mile.

Topping the cast for the feature is Down Again, a 6-year-old mare by Encino who sports a hefty bankroll that now reads at $578,021. The bay Kentucky-bred was last out July 11 at Hollywood Park, where she was beaten by less than a length on the turf by the Argentinian mare Jablina Brown, who scored here last Saturday in the Grade II Palomar Handicap.

Corey Black has the call on Down Again Thursday at top weight of 122 pounds.

Here’s the full field for the main event listed in post position order with their riders and weights: Triomphe, 116 pounds, Russell Baze the rider; Paper Princess, 118, Laffit Pincay Jr.; Formidable Lady, 120, Patrick Valenzuela; Down Again; Sonilla, 116, Eddie Delahoussaye, and Run To Jenny, 116, Gary Stevens.

Formidable Lady has four wins, five seconds and two thirds from 18 starts for an earnings mark that has reached $246,175. Her most recent outing was in the same allowance race July 11 at Hollywood that Jablina Brown won.

Paper Princess won the $107,600 Valkyr Handicap at Hollywood June 23.