Adare Manor Out Of The Pacific Classic, Not 100% Says Baffert

According to trainer Bob Baffert, MGISW Adare Manor (Uncle Mo) has been scratched from the GI FanDuel Racing Pacific Classic Stakes, where she was slated to face the boys on Saturday at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. The story was first reported by the Daily Racing Form.

When reached for comment, Baffert told the TDN, “Adare Manor is out of the Pacific Classic. She tied up a little after the gallop yesterday and was still a little tight this morning. I don't feel she's a hundred percent. She can't be off her game even a little bit tomorrow, so we're going to sit this one out.”

Owned by Michael Lund Petersen, the 5-year-old who was tabbed as the 9-5 morning-line favorite in the Pacific Classic was last seen winning for the second year in a row the GI Clement L. Hirsch Stakes at the seaside oval Aug. 3.

Before that, the Baffert trainee's year began with a runner-up finish in the GI Beholder Stakes at Santa Anita Mar. 9. The $375,000 OBS June grad then won the GI Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn Park Apr. 13 and over a month later captured the GII Santa Margarita Stakes in Arcadia.