DEL MAR – With the Pacific Classic less than two weeks away, racing secretary David Jerkens is anticipating a field of six to nine entries in the $1 million premier event of the summer meeting.

Heading the list of five horses that Jerkens ranks as “probable” is the Bob Baffert-trained Nysos, the impressive winner of the Grade II San Diego Handicap earlier in the meeting.

Others in that category are Baffert’s Mirahmadi, trainer John Sadler’s Indispensable, Peter Eurton’s Tarantino and Craig Dollase’s Midnight Mammoth.

Journalism and White Abarrio head the list of Jerkens’ four “possibles.” Others on that list are Malachuck (a Journalism stablemate in the Michael McCarthy barn) and Mark Glatt’s Ultimate Gamble.

Nominations close Thursday, although supplemental nominations can be made aft

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