DEL MAR — The Padre took over in the stretch under Umberto Rispoli Sunday afternoon to win the Grade II Del Mar Derby and give trainer Phil D’Amato three stakes wins over the weekend.

Amato scored two wins on Saturday’s undercard to the Pacific Classic with record-setting Gold Phoenix taking the Grade II Del Mar Handicap for an unprecedented fourth straight year and Motorious winning the Grade III Green Flash for a third straight year (via disqualification).

The Padre gained his second Del Mar stakes win this month in just his third start on this side of the Atlantic. Rispoli and the 3-year-old Irish-bred also teamed to win the La Jolla Handicap on May 3. Both races started from the chute on the turf course.

The Padre was fourth in the field of five and outside on the far turn of the 1

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