Red King paid $10.60 while completing the trip on firm turf in 2:15.75. He provided trainer Phil D’Amato with a fourth-straight Del Mar Handicap victory and sixth overall. Last year, he won with Acclimate.
D’Amato also praised the ride of Rispoli.
“I could see going along the backstretch that Flavien was on the inside and Umberto was about to make that move on the outside — [he] timed it perfectly,” D’Amato said. “I give all credit to him.”