DEL MAR – Salamis won the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby Saturday afternoon, giving visiting trainer Chad Brown two more Del Mar stakes wins, while 68-to-1 longshot Call Sign Seven produced one of the biggest surprises of the year in California by charging along the rail down the stretch to win the Grade 2 Seabiscuit Stakes.

The Derby and Seabiscuit are part of Del Mar’s annual Turf Festival that concludes Sunday with four stakes — led by the $300,000 Grade 1 Matriarch — to end the seaside oval’s 12th fall meeting. An added bonus Sunday: due to Call Sign Seven’s win in the fifth, the early Pick 5 Saturday produced no winning ticket for a $329,733 carryover to Sunday – mandating a guaranteed payout.

An almost annual winner during the Turf Festival, Brown shipped in Salamis and Jimmy Durante Stak

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