Bull Shoals earned his first career victory at Del Mar, breaking his maiden in a California-bred Maiden Special Weight on the turf.

A genuine step up in class at Del Mar, and a head away from all of it. Sent off at 26-1 in the $150,000 Real Good Deal Stakes, our chestnut took the fight to the favorite from the outside and dug in to the wire – beaten only a head, a game second.