Del Mar’s Bing Crosby meet is in full swing this month, and the feature race this weekend is Sunday’s Bob Hope Stakes, a seven-eighths of a mile sprint for 2-year-olds.

This race was held at Hollywood Park and named the Hollywood Prevue Stakes before that track closed at the end of 2013. The 2026 renewal will be broadcast live on FanDuel TV.

1. Sip It: Had a troubled first start in Kentucky where he hit the gate and his rider lost his irons. Was eased in that turf sprint and returned in October at Santa Anita Park, where he rallied late to win a three-quarter-mile turf dash by three-quarters of a length. If he handles the surface switch he could hit the board at solid odds.

JOCKEY: Kazushi Kimura; TRAINER: Doug O’Neill

2. Fractious: Showed progression in his first two starts, finishing second in his three-quarter-mile debut at Del Mar in September where he started slow and rallied, and then winning a 6 ½-furlong October sprint at Santa Anita going away by 3 ¼ lengths. Good workouts since and another move forward puts him squarely in the mix.

JOCKEY: Joel Rosario; TRAINER: Doug O’Neill

3. Dats Improbable: Interesting invader from the Maryland circuit who changes trainers after dominating a sprint maiden race at the Timonium September meet by 10 ¼ lengths and then finishing an even fourth of five runners in a three-quarter-mile juvenile stakes at Laurel Park. Speed figures are modest … can he surprise in this spot? His name offers a clue.

JOCKEY: Umberto Rispoli; TRAINER: Doug O’Neill

4. Domus: After debuting with an impressive 5 ½-length romp in a sprint race in July at Del Mar, he was twice tested against stablemate and probable champion 2-year-old male Hughes. He was no threat in the seven-furlong Del Mar Futurity and the 1 1/16-mile American Pharoah Stakes Presented by DK Horse at Santa Anita, finishing more than 16 lengths behind Hughes in each race. Now, he cuts back in distance, gets class relief, and is a logical win candidate for a trainer that has won the Bob Hope a record 13 times.

JOCKEY: Juan Hernandez; TRAINER: Bob Baffert

Domus (Eclipse Sportswire)

5. Dang Son: This runner also was entered in the Del Mar Futurity and American Pharoah against Hughes, and he finished third by 10 lengths in the former and last of six in the latter, a race in which he was eased. He had upset a one-mile turf maiden race at Del Mar before those two stakes tries, which was his second career start. In his first, he finished 12 lengths behind Domus sprinting on dirt on this track. Would be a surprise.

JOCKEY: Kyle Frey; TRAINER: Doug O’Neill

6. High Pronto: Has won one of four starts, that coming in his second race where he took a dirt sprint at Del Mar in August by two lengths. Has not shown much in his other three appearances, finishing last in the Del Mar Futurity and most recently fourth of six and 4 ¼ lengths behind the winner sprinting on turf in a stakes at Santa Anita. If he breaks cleanly, he should contest the early pace.

JOCKEY: Edwin Maldonado; TRAINER: Doug O’Neill

7. Kivo: Debuted in September at Del Mar in a one-mile turf race and had some trouble when finishing fifth of 10. He then was switched to dirt and cut back in distance for a three-quarter-mile Santa Anita sprint in October, and he turned heads with a rallying 2 ¼-length victory. Drew well on the outside, and if he repeats that first dirt effort, he should be rolling late.

JOCKEY: Emisael Jaramillo; TRAINER: Bob Baffert

THE PICK: Kivo

LIVE LONGSHOT: Sip It

TRIFECTA: 7-2-4