Check out my Thursday (9-3-26) Del Mar Race 4 analysis below.
DMR 4 (Str-OC-50k, 5T) – Post Time 6:37 PM ET
Primary – #4 NOT A SINNER, #1 Unbinding
Secondary – #3 Nikolina, #9 Still Unwritten
Horse Comments:
#4 Not a Sinner (3-1) is 2-for-22 with 15 minor placings and she was part of the trifecta in her last six starts. She won at 6T March 14 and settled for minor awards in all three starts since. She returned from a short layoff and rallied to finish a close second at 5T July 31 and the show finisher was a next-out winner. Antonio Fresu chose her over #1 Unbinding (2-1). The latter won both of her local turf starts at 5T. She graduated from post 12 at 5T last summer and the 2-3 finishers were next-out winners. She was a close third at 6T last fall, and returned from a long layoff and wired the field by 4 lengths at this course and distance July 23. Her winning rider Fresu jumps ship but she loses nothing in the saddle with sharp turf pilot Umberto Rispoli.
#3 Nikolina (5-1) is back in a preferred turf sprint after chasing and finishing a flat 5th of 8 (beaten 3 lengths) at 8T Aug. 8. This is her second start off a short layoff and her winning rider Kazushi Kimura stays put.
AE #9 Still Unwritten (6-1) wired the field in back-to-back 6T events at SA earlier this year. She probably needed her local 5T return Aug. 2. She is entered for the $50k tag and should impact the pace under her new rider Emisael Jaramillo.
Wagers:
#4 to win
Exacta box 1-4
Trifecta 1-4/1-3-4-9/1-3-4-9
Recent 2026 Bettor Bet$ Free Pick Winners
Aug. 15 – Vronti ($5.00), Trifecta ($235.20)
Aug. 16 – Goodies ($3.60)
Aug. 19 – Discotheque ($8.24)
Aug. 20 – Green Zone/Suntory Time Quinella ($15.20), Trifecta ($137.00)
Aug. 22 – Tam Tam ($7.40), Trifecta ($875.20)
Aug. 28 – Sand Bagger ($3.20)
Aug. 29 – Test Score ($7.20), Trifecta ($313.80)
Aug. 30 – Rabeeba/She’s No Quant Exacta ($14.00), Trifecta ($88.00)
*All winning wagers based on $2 payoffs unless noted otherwise.
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