Quality Road’s Hope Road Blazes Home In Bayakoa Stakes At Del Mar

[Wandering Eyes]

Hope Road (Quality Road–Marley's Freedom, by Blame) turned the GIII Bayakoa Stakes at Del Mar on Sunday into her own personal workout as she cruised home a winner.

Following the lead of Simply Joking (Practical Joke), the heavy favorite was waiting to pounce from the bell through the end of the backstretch.

The Cicero homebred who was firing on all cylinders went by her opponent before the top of the lane and never looked back.

The final running time was 1:36.38.

 

No doubt about this one.

Hope Road dominates the Grade III Bayakoa Stakes. pic.twitter.com/NYuCP176sZ

— Del Mar Racetrack (@DelMarRacing) December 1, 2025

Sunday, Del Mar
BAYAKOA S.-GIII, $101,500, Del Mar, 11-30, 3yo/up, f/m, 1m, 1:36.38, ft.
1–HOPE ROAD, 121, f, 4, by Quality Road
1st Dam: Marley's Freedom (GISW, $1,233,935), by Blame
2nd Dam: Relaxing Green, by Formal Gold
3rd Dam: Charlotte Augusta, by Chief's Crown
($575,000 RNA Ylg '22 FTSAUG). O-Cicero Farms LLC; B-Cicero Farms LLC (KY); T-Bob Baffert; J-Juan J. Hernandez. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 14-6-4-2, $1,016,620. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Simply Joking, 118, f, 3, Practical Joke–Imply, by E Dubai.
($65,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). O-Berkels0813 LLC, CMNWLTH LLC, Grantley Acres and Conner, Ryan; B-Barlar, LLC (PA); T-Michael W. McCarthy. $20,000.
3–Mahina, 121, m, 5, Bolt d'Oro–Malibu Pier, by Malibu Moon.
($100,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). O-U.S. Equine, Burke, Walter, Sones, Aaron and Wilson, Harry; B-Spendthrift Farm LLC (KY); T-Patrick Gallagher. $12,000.
Margins: 6HF, 2 3/4, NO. Odds: 0.40, 4.80, 28.40.
Also Ran: Jane Austen, Home Game, Lemon Muffin, Warming, Precise Timing. Scratched: Deep Blue.
Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

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