Local favorite Anisette hopes to continue 2023’s success on Saturday at Del Mar

DEL MAR – One of the darlings of Del Mar’s 2023 summer meeting will make her first seaside appearance of 2024 Saturday in the Grade 2 Yellow Ribbon Stakes.

Anisette will be seeking her third straight win and sixth in eight races in the 1 1/16-mile turf test for older fillies and mares. She looks to be the odds-on favorite in a field of six veterans.

But trainer Leonard Powell is sending Anisette out for the first time following a 2 ½-month “freshening up” break following back-to-back...