Bejarano complaining of sore thumb

Jockey Rafael Bejarano, who has missed most of the Del Mar meeting after suffering multiple facial fractures in a spill on opening day, took off his final four mounts today after complaining of a sore right thumb.

Bejarano, who won the riding title at his first six Southland meets before being dethroned at the Hollywood Park summer meet by Joel Rosario, went to the first-aid station, where doctors advised him to have X-rays of the thumb.

The 27-year-old Peruvian has been named to ride horses in all five graded stakes races during this holiday weekend's Del Mar's Pacific Classic Racing Festival -- Blind Luck in Saturday's Grade 1 Darley Dubutante; Screen to Screen in the Grade 1 Pat O'Brien, Meteore in the Grade 2 Del Mar Derby and Parading in the Grade 1 Pacific Classic on Sunday; and Sterling Outlook in Monday's Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity.