Unique Bella overcomes obstacles to win Del Mar’s Hirsch Stakes

Don Alberto Stable’s Unique Bella and jockey Mike Smith, right, hold off La Force (Drayden Van Dyke), left, to win the Grade I, $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes, Sunday, July 29, 2018 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar CA. (Photo courtesy of Benoit Photo.)
Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, right, celebrates with jockey Mike Smith, left, after Unique Bella’s victory in the Grade I, $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes, Sunday, July 29, 2018 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar CA. (Photo