Richard Baltas is back.
The trainer scored with favored Ag Bullet Sunday afternoon in the co-featured Osunitas Stakes at Del Mar.
Veteran Mike Smith rode First Peace to victory in the Wickerr Stakes — the second $100,000, one-mile test on the turf — scoring his 81st stakes victory at Del Mar.
Ag Bullet was the first entry and win at Del Mar since 2021 for the 63-year-old Baltas, a three-time training champion at the seaside oval.
Under Umberto Rispoli, Ag Bullet took...