Del Mar’s fall season wraps with Segesta’s win in Matriarch Stakes

Del Mar’s fall season wraps with Segesta’s win in Matriarch Stakes

DEL MAR — Segesta capped an eventful closing day at Del Mar Sunday by winning the Grade I Matriarch, giving East Coast trainer Chad Brown three wins in three starts during the season-ending, two-day Turf Festival. But the trainer and 4-year-old daughter of Ghostzapper were far from the only winners as the challenging 12th fall meeting ended under sunny skies. -Umberto Rispoli (jockey) and George Papaprodromou (trainer) each claimed their first D…

Del Mar: Segesta captures Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes

Segesta captured the Grade 1, $300,000 Matriarch Stakes at Del Mar on Sunday, giving trainer Chad Brown his seventh victory in the last nine runnings of the race.The Juddmonte homebred, a 4-year-old daughter of champion Ghostzapper, tracked the pace under Flavien Prat before accelerating in the stretch and drawing off to a 2 1/4-length victory. She completed the mile on turf in 1:35.60 and paid $5.40 as the favorite. Click here for Del Mar entri…