Castledale, Singletary highlight Eddie Read

Singletary and trainer Donald Chatlos Jr. take a quiet moment before the Eddie Read (Michael J. Marten/Horsephotos.com)

Shoemaker Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) winner CASTLEDALE (Ire) (Peintre Celebre)

and Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) hero SINGLETARY (Sultry Song) will renew a budding

rivalry in Sunday's $400,000 Eddie Read H. (G1). An excellent field of seven has

been entered for the 1 1/8-mile test over the Jimmy Durante Turf Course, and Del

Mar will also offer the $250,000 San Diego H. (G2) earlier on the program.

In the Eddie Read, Castledale will be seeking his third straight stakes win

for trainer Jeff Mullins. A Grade 1 winner on the main track last season, the

four-year-old colt is now committed to the grass and captured the San Francisco Breeders' Cup

Mile H. (G2) at Bay Meadows before earning his prestigious Shoemaker

triumph at Hollywood Park. Rene Douglas rides the 121-pound highweight.

Singletary won the Arcadia H. (G2) two starts back and didn't run his best race

when fourth in the Shoemaker last time. The Don Chatlos Jr.-trained

five-year-old captured the 2003 La Jolla H. (G3) at Del Mar and breaks from the

rail on Sunday with David Flores.

Charles Whittingham Memorial H. (G1) victor SWEET RETURN (GB) (Elmaamul) is

another dangerous contender. A two-time Grade 1 winner for trainer Ron McAnally,

Sweet Return finished a close third in last year's Eddie Read and has earned

more than $1.2 million. Alex Solis pilots the five-year-old. Another contender

is Grade 2 winner A TO THE Z (Benchmark).