Del Mar Summer: Rising Star Berrios Making All The Right Moves
DEL MAR — At the start of the 2022 summer meet at Del Mar, few people in Southern California had ever heard of jockey Hector I. Berrios. But his brilliant winning ride in the Wickerr Stakes aboard Argentine-bred Irideo for trainer Marcelo Polanco caught the attention of horseplayers and horsemen alike. Going a mile on turf, Berrios allowed Irideo to settle at the back of the pack while saving ground, found room along the rail into the stretch, swung out to split horses with a furlong to run and won by three quarters of a length going away, paying $65 to his backers.
Hector Berrios aboard 2023 Eddie Read winner Gold Phoenix
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