Om N Joy Captures Fifth Straight Race in Torrey Pines
After going winless in her first seven starts, Om N Joy has gone nuts.
The cleverly named California-bred 3-year-old daughter of Om notched her fifth straight victory Aug. 30 in capturing the $151,000 Torrey Pines Stakes (G3) by a half-length on Pacific Classic day at Del Mar. The win marked her first at the graded stakes level and was her fourth against stakes foes after three black-type victories against state-breds.
Though Om N Joy took a class hike Saturday to race in the Torrey Pines, she showed she belonged, rallying from sixth to surge past longshot pacesetter So There She Was and heavily favored Tenma . The winner completed a mile on a fast main track in 1:36.99 under Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux, returning $10 to win.
Desormeaux noted the maturity shown by the sophomore filly. “She went to the post like a 9-year-old mare,” he said.
So There She Was, who set splits of :22.97, :47.13, 1:11.66, and 1:24.30, held second, while grade 1 winner Tenma checked in a lackluster third in her return from a fourth-place finish in the May 2 Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs.
Aggie Ordonez trains Om N Joy for owner/breeders Jerry and Connie Baker, who campaign her with co-owners Michael Golovko and Terrence Scanlan. Om N Joy is now 5-0-4 in 12 starts with earnings of $401,140.
The chestnut filly is one of four winners from as many starters from the winning Hard Spun mare Margie’s Minute , whom the Bakers also campaigned with other partners.
Third-crop sire Om was the 10th-leading sire in California in 2025 through Aug. 29. The 13-year-old son of Munnings stood this past breeding season at Harris Farms for $5,000.
