Bejarano takes off Saturday's Del Mar mounts

Rafael Bejarano, scheduled to ride Blind Luck in Saturday's $300,000 Grade 1 Darley Dubutante for 2-year-old fillies at Del Mar, took off all seven of his mouts because of a sore right thumb.

Bejarano, sidelined 27 days earlier this 37-day meet after suffering multiple facial fractures in an opening-day spill, had been back only six days when he complained of the injury during Friday's card. He went to the first-aid station, where doctors recommended he undergo X-rays.

The X-rays showed no fracture, but he's been diagnosed with a sprain. There's a chance he could be cleared by doctors to ride in Sunday's two graded stakes -- the $1 million Grade 1 Pacific Classic aboard Parading and the $350,000 Grade 2 Del Mar Derby aboard Meteore.

Mike Smith picked up two of Bejarano's seven mounts Saturday. He'll ride Charlie and Chris for trainer John Sadler in the fifth race and the Kathy Walsh-trained Good Time Sally in the seventh.

In the Darley Debutante, Tyler Baze, who returned to the races Friday after missing eight days because of a broken finger on his left hand and won aboard Carlsbad in the Rancho Bernardo Handicap, will replace Bejarano aboard Blind Luck for trainer Jerry Hollendorfer.