DEL MAR, Calif. ? Came Home, who has dominated 3-year-old racing on the West Coast this year, pulled an upset in Sunday's $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar, in which his entrymate Bosque Redondo was injured.
Came Home ($23) beat 13 others including War Emblem, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner. The 6-5 favorite, War Emblem led briefly in early stretch but finished sixth.
Came Home ran 1 1/4 miles in 2:01.45 for his sixth stakes win of 2002, all in California. Trained by Paco Gonzalez, Came Home's only loss this year was a sixth in the Kentucky Derby.