Miss Monica (Early Voting) became the first stakes winner for her freshman sire with a runaway 6 1/4-length victory in Saturday evening's GI Del Mar Debutante. She becomes the13th Del Mar Debutante winner for Hall of Famer Bob Baffert.The 2-5 favorite, a head-turning wire-to-wire winner with an 87 Beyer Speed Figure on debut at Del Mar Aug. 9, showed a different dimension here and pressed from an outside third through an opening quarter in :21.96. She revved up three deep on the far turn, hit the front approaching the quarter pole and ran up the score to win by daylight.Crazy Hot Mess (Pinehurst) was second; Holmby (Corniche) was third.“We had a great post and she was able to put herself into a good spot,” Baffert said. “J.J. Hernandez rode her with a lot of confidence. We know going seven-eighths is demanding but at the three-eighths pole you could tell she was cruising and she went to the lead on her own. She's that good of a filly. I'm always happy to win this race especially for the Three Amigos' — Pegram, Watson, and Weitman. I'm relieved. I knew she was going to win, but crazy things happen.”Hernandez added, “She broke OK, but those other two fillies were going fast up front. My filly was doing fine and when I came up to those other two we just went right on by. She changed leads for me and when that happened it was all over.”Pedigree Notes:Miss Monica's dam Lipstikliesnlovers (American Pharoah), a maiden of seven career starts, brought just $4,000 from Michael Slezak, agent, at this year's Fasig-Tipton Kentucky February sale. She was bredto Drain the Clock for 2027.Sales history: $32,000 RNA Wlg '24 KEENOV; $45,000 Ylg '25 KEESEP; $850,000 2yo '26 OBSAPR.Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0.Owner: Pegram, Michael E., Watson, Karl and Weitman, PaulBreeder: Doug Branham & Felicia Branham & Pippa's Hurricane LLCTrainer: Bob BaffertMISS MONICA gives trainer Bob Baffert yet another win in the $300,000 Del Mar Debutante (G1) at @delmarracing.@JJHernandezS19 in the irons on the daughter of @TMStallions Early Voting. pic.twitter.com/E27SPmybmn— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) September 6, 2026The post Miss Monica Romps in Del Mar Debutante appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.