DEL MAR — Deep in the stretch, heavy favorites Thought Process and Lush Lips were battling side-by-side Saturday afternoon for a Grade I stakes victory.

But jockey Ricardo Gonzalez and Velocity had other ideas.

The 35-to-1 longshot came flying up the inside to win the $300,000 Del Mar Oaks – a 1 1/8-mile turf test for 3-year-old fillies – by a half-length over Lush Lips with Thought Process another three-quarters of a length back in third.

The biggest takeway: Velocity, a daughter of Nyquist who is managed by the same team that controls Journalism – trainer Michael McCarthy and primary owner Aron Wellman and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners – certainly didn’t look like a 35-1 longshot.

“She’s had a wonderful couple of weeks down here,” said McCarthy, who singled out Gonzalez following the

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