Although we will be back to where the turf meets the surf for the Breeders' Cup.
Del Mar's closing weekend revealed several new names to be put into the little black book.
These included Bottle of Rouge who won the Debutante Stakes for the 2yo fillies, one of three from Baffert in the race and her stablemate Explora was second with La Wally third.
The John C Mabee Gr 2 was over 1800m turf and went to Gimme a Nother who defeated Medora and Mission of Joy.
On Sunday we had a very promising Brant, a Gun Runner colt with Baffert, defeat the stablemate Desert Gate also quite promising in the Gr 1 Futurity.
The last graded race of the Del Mar Summer saw Hey Nay Nay, by No Nay Never, win the Juvenile Stakes over 1600m from John Sadler's yard with Berrios up. Coolmore's Plutarch, who is with Baffert, ran second on 5/1 and Proletariat 9/1 was third.
Del Mar turf will have a rest now until the Breeders' Cup at the end of October.
At Kentucky Downs the meeting wrapped up with five graded stakes starting with the Ladies Marathon Invitational which went to Justify's daughter Stellify who started favourite and won by four lengths over Way To Be Marie 20/1 and Miwa.
The Mint Millions Invitational Gr3 over 1600m turf went to Epic Ride on 14/1 who defeated the fancied Lagynos with Beach Gold 18/1 third.
The AGS Music City Gr 2 over 1300m turf saw Shisospicy do the right thing and win by 3 lengths from Cloe with raider Tabiti do well in third.
The Ainsworth Franklin Simpson Gr 1 over 1300m saw Troubleshooting 6/1 get home in front of Golden Afternoon and Governor Sam in a close finish.
The Kentucky Turf Invitational Gr 2 saw Ole Crazy Bone 7/1 give a winning kick to get the verdict over Tawny Port 16/1 and Corruption 6/1.
