DEL MAR, Calif. – Shedaresthedevil is scheduled to return to the scene of one of her biggest career victories when she defends her title on Saturday in the Grade 1, $400,000 Clement Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar, a Win and You’re In toward the Breeders’ Cup Distaff and the most important of four stakes to be run here this weekend. The Hirsch, at 1 1/16 miles for older females, is one of 10 races Shedaresthedevil has won in a 20-race career that has seen her take on the best of her division from coast to coast. She was an emphatic 3 1/4-length winner as the favorite in last year’s Hirsch, and figures to be favored again this year. Shedaresthedevil, who on July 2 won the Grade 2 Fleur de Lis at Churchill Downs, had her final work for the Hirsch on Saturday at Churchill Downs, where she went five furlongs in 1:01. Florent Geroux, her regular rider, has the mount for trainer Brad Cox. Another potential shipper, Fleur de Lis runner-up Super Quick, will not travel here, trainer Norm Casse said Sunday. The best of the locally based runners are Private Mission and Blue Stripe, who were one-two in the Grade 2 Santa Maria at Santa Anita on June 18. Blue Stripe won the Grade 2 Santa Margarita earlier this year. Private Mission worked five furlongs in 59.40 seconds on Saturday morning for trainer Bob Baffert. Others expected for the Hirsch, for which entries were to be taken Wednesday, are Cover Version, Samurai Charm, Soothsay, and Varda. Also Saturday is the $150,000 California Dreamin’, a 1 1/16-mile grass race for older California-breds that is expected to have a full lineup, including the comebacking The Chosen Vron, a two-time graded stakes winner at 3 who would be making his first start of the year and first start on turf. Others expected for the California Dreamin’ are Bang For Your Buck, Carmelita’s Man, Clayton Delaney, Coast of Roan, Cono, Fly the Sky, Freeport Joe, Hail Freedom, Hockey Dad, Irish Heatwave, Jimmy Blue Jeans, None Above the Law, and possibly Luvluv. The Grade 3, $150,000 La Jolla Handicap for 3-year-old grass runners, is the richest race on Sunday’s card, but it is expected to have a small field, including Sumter, freshened since a pair of stakes victories earlier this year at Santa Anita. Others expected for the 1 1/16-mile La Jolla are Armagnac, Bullet Force, Cabo Spirit, Stayincotai, and possibly War at Sea. Cabo Spirit zipped four furlongs on the turf, around dogs, on Sunday morning in 47.60 seconds, the fastest work of 14 at the distance. By contrast, another race for California-breds, the $125,000 California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Stakes for 2-year-old fillies on Sunday, is expected to have a large field, with Absolutely Zero, Ceiling Crusher, Chismosa, Electric Lettuce, E Z Pharis, Love U Mean It, Paddle On Polly, Rose Girl, Sell the Dream, and Smiling Lady all under consideration earlier in the week. Meaningful debut runner for McCarthy Heart of the Night, who makes her debut in Race 1 Thursday at Del Mar, marks the first runner by City of Light to get to the races for Michael McCarthy, for whom City of Light won such important races as the Pegasus World Cup and Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile. The four-time Grade 1 winner – including the Malibu and Triple Bend – “made a huge difference in my life, personally and professionally,” McCarthy said of City of Light. The current crop of 2-year-olds is the first crop for City of Light, who has been well received in the sales ring. McCarthy said he currently has four City of Light offspring in his barn. Heart of the Night was a $275,000 auction purchase earlier this year at Timonium. She is out of the Dyhim Diamond mare To My Valentine, a stakes-winning turf sprinter. Because of that, McCarthy thought starting out Heart of the Night in a five-furlong turf race made sense. “She seems like she has speed,” he added. Baffert 2-year-olds impress Trainer Bob Baffert traditionally unleashes a bevy of race-ready 2-year-olds at Del Mar, and this past weekend marked more of the same. On Saturday, the Into Mischief colt Newgate won by 3 1/2 lengths going 5 1/2 furlongs on debut, and on Sunday, the Speightstown colt Jackstown, also racing 5 1/2 furlongs, won by 1 1/4 lengths in his first start. Both colts are owned by a wide-ranging partnership headed by SF Racing and Starlight Racing. Jackstown is named for Jack Wolf, the managing partner of Starlight. Newgate, who got a Beyer Speed Figure of 80, “surprised me with how much speed he showed,” Baffert said. “He’s a big horse. It’s not like he’s a sprinter,” Baffert said. “He got away from the gate smooth. We’re pretty excited about him.”