Daisycutter Handicap win helps Miller to share trainer lead after the first week of Del Mar

After the first week of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club summer meet, Peter Miller shared the trainer lead with three wins.

Miller, Richard Baltas and Doug O’Neill each had three wins during the races between July 17 and July 21. Miller had the fewest starts among those three, sending eight horses to the gate and adding two second-place finishes and one third-place result to his victories.

“We’re happy with the start, and hopefully we can keep it up,” Miller said.

Del Mar had ten races on Opening Day, and Miller’s horses finished first and second in the tenth race, July 17. Give Me the Lute had a...