Muth wins Shared Belief Stakes at Del Mar, one day after Pacific Classic

DEL MAR – Formidable Man rallied in the stretch Sunday to win the featured Grade II Del Mar Derby — giving jockey Umberto Rispoli three wins on his return from Kentucky Downs.

But that was the second-best story of an overcast day at the seaside oval in a pair of stakes for 3-year-olds.

Muth, making his first start since winning the Arkansas Derby in March, won the $125,000 Shared Belief Stakes as a probable tune-up for the inaugural, $1 million Grade I California Crown later this month at Santa Anita.