Desert Gate staked his claim as an early candidate for champion two-year-old male honors with an effortless triumph in Saturday’s $150,000 Best Pal (G3) at Del Mar.

The Best Pal (G3) will serve as a duel between Bob Baffert and O'Neill, as the pair collectively condition all five Best Pal entrants.

Even top weight couldn’t slow down 3-10 favorite Anisette in Saturday’s $200,500 Yellow Ribbon H. (G2) at Del Mar.

Multiple Grade 1 star Anisette is the headline act in Saturday’s Yellow Ribbon H. (G2) at Del Mar. Earlier, OBS March Sale topper Nooni will try to confirm her rising star status in the Sorrento (G3).

Danny A. Eplin’s Dreamfyre became freshman sire Flameaway’s first stakes winner with her sharp debut in the July 9 Everett Nevin S., and the speedy juvenile followed up with a graded coup in Saturday’s Sorrento (G3) at Del Mar.

The late Arrogate has sired major winners in his first two crops, led by Secret Oath and Arcangelo, and the newly-minted Hall of Famer could bequeath more in his final crop.

Returning to the site of her greatest victory, Going Global had no difficulty cruising to victory in Saturday’s Yellow Ribbon H. (G2) at Del Mar.

Del Mar’s Saturday stakes feature the distaff set, with the Yellow Ribbon H. (G2) for turfistes and the Sorrento (G2) for juvenile fillies.

East Coast shippers swept both graded stakes at Del Mar Saturday, Pappacap in the Best Pal S. (G2) and Princess Grace in the Yellow Ribbon H. (G2).