Kazushi Kimura scores upset stakes double at Del Mar

DEL MAR — Kazushi Kimura rode into Del Mar this summer with expectations high for the three-time Canadian champion jockey who’d given hints of his talent at Santa Anita earlier in the year.

“There’s a spark of brilliance there,” Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert told San Diego Union-Tribune columnist Bryce Miller in July.

After Saturday’s races, Kimura’s first Del Mar season can be declared a definite success.

Kimura scored victories with Tenma ($8) in the $300,000, Grade I...