Saturday's 7 3/4-length GIII Best Pal Stakes winner, unbeaten 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Hughes (Into Mischief), came out of his tour de force “very good,” Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert told officials at Del Mar Sunday.“We love Del Mar,” said Baffert after the race, “and now we'll go on to the Futurity.”The GI Futurity Stakes is scheduled for Sept. 6 at seven furlongs. Baffert has won the Futurity for the last five consecutive years and 19 times overall. The win by Hughes in the Best Pal was Baffert's fifth in a row in that race and 12th overall. The Best Pal also marked Baffert's first stakes win at Del Mar this summer and his 191st overall, an all-time record for any trainer.The 2-year-old Hughes, a $675,000 Keeneland September yearling and now two-for-two, is owned by Front Row Club, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Stonestreet Stables LLC, Bashor Racing LLC, Albaugh Family Stables, LLC, Robert E. Masterson, Golconda Stable, Waves Edge Capital LLC, and Catherine Donovan.Baffert spent Saturday at Saratoga, where an hour before the Best Pal, he sent Hughes's stablemate and fellow 'TDN Rising Star' Explora (Blame) to a five-length win and a career-best 97 Beyer Speed Figure in the GI Test Stakes.Owned by Michael Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman, Explora was making her second consecutive start at seven furlongs after running longer earlier in the year.“She's loved the cutback in distance,” said Baffert Sunday as he also complimented the ride Flavien Prat gave her. “She had a beautiful trip with great options, and he rode her with a lot of confidence. It worked out. She showed up.”Baffert told officials at NYRA that Explora “looked good [Sunday] morning,” but he hasn't determined her next target. He said Explora and GISW Usha (Tiz the Law), who was third in the Johnstone Stakes Wednesday, would stay in New York for a short time.“I'll leave them both here for about a week and decide what to do,” said the trainer. Baffert himself is planning to attend the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale on Monday and Tuesday before heading back to Del Mar.The post Hughes and Explora, Baffert’s Dual-Coast Big Winners Saturday, Both ‘Good’ Sunday appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.