Del Mar's Friday evening program features a one-day pick six carryover of $115,402. The pick six covers the third through eighth races on a program that begins at 4 p.m. Pacific, and the feature race is the $85,000 Wickerr Handicap over a mile on turf.

With victories already at Gulfstream, Belmont, and Monmouth, My Princess Jess will seek to plant her flag on another plot of land Friday in the Grade 2, $150,000 Lake George Stakes for 3-year-old turf fillies at Saratoga.

When Awesome Gem starts in the $85,000 Wickerr Handicap over a mile on turf at Del Mar on Friday, trainer Craig Dollase will be looking toward the future as much as the race itself.

The rain that pummeled Saratoga the first two days of the meet here left the grass course looking gorgeous. Unused, but gorgeous. And the likelihood that the surface will be closer to soft than firm on Saturday has made uncertain the likely starting field, and final result, of the Grade 1, $500,000 Diana. It drew a field of 10 female turf runners, but could be impacted severely by the recent rain.

With a lung infection cleared up and with two good workouts under Rising Moon's belt, trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. and jockey Cornelio Velasquez are once again feeling good about their chances in Saturday's Grade 1, $750,000 Whitney Handicap at Saratoga.

Misty Ocean, the stakes-winning 3-year-old turf filly had her own triple crown of sorts this spring. On the same weekends as the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes, Misty Ocean won turf races in California. The final win of the sequence, the Grade 2 Honeymoon Handicap at Hollywood Park, came hours after Da' Tara won the Belmont Stakes on June 7. Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer considered starting Misty Ocean in the Grade 1 American Oaks at Hollywood on July 5, but passed it up in favor of Saturday's $150,000 San Clemente Handicap at Del Mar.

Though he has won four races, including a graded stakes, Grasshopper - who runs in Saturday's Whitney Handicap - is best known for a race he lost.