$200,000 San Diego Handicap Features Competitive Field of Older Rivals

The morning line favorite at 7-2 is Imperative, the four-year-old gelding who upset Game on Dude in the Charlestown Classic (G2) in April. He is attempting to improve off of a third place finish in the Santa Anita Gold Cup in June and will have Kent Desormeaux back aboard for trainer George Papaprodromou. A son of Bernardini, Imperative has won three of his sixteen starts.

Synthetic specialist Frac Daddy looks formidable

Frac Daddy, an also-ran from the 2013 Triple Crown season, has developed into a synthetic specialist and is tabbed at 5-1 for Ken McPeek. Joe Talamo will be aboard the four-year-old son of Scat Daddy for his West Coast debut and the gray colt has won two of his five starts this year, both over synthetic surfaces. He was last seen finishing second as the heavy favorite in the Dominion Day Stakes (G3) at Woodbine.

Foodbridge trying to live up to lofty pedigree

Also in the field is the regally bred longshot, Footbridge, 12-1 on the morning line for Eoin Harty and Godolphin Racing, LLC. The bay son of Street Cry, out of a daughter of the brilliant Dubai Millennium, is looking for his first stakes victory after a runner-up effort in the Oak Tree Handicap in June. Prior to that, he had back to back wins against optional claiming competition and will have Tyler Baze aboard.