Del Mar News & Announcements
These announcements and Press Releases are updated frequently. For Stable Notes and other race-related news, you can read our Stable News.
2020 at Del Mar - Its Team Steps Up to Face Huge Challenges
Published Saturday, November 28th, 2020 (3 years ago)
By Mac McBride
So just up ahead – after this Sunday in fact – Del Mar will wipe its sanitized hands clean of racing in 2020. In a way, the word that fits best for...
Rosario Returns to Site of Many Successes for Turf Festival
Published Friday, November 27th, 2020 (3 years ago)
Joel Rosario © Benoit Photo
By Hank Wesch
The 2013 racing schedule afforded jockey Joel Rosario time to ride the opening day card at Del Mar on Wednesday then move on for the start of...
Chaos Theory Takes Del Mar Feature; Trainer Glatt Scores His 1,000 Win
Published Friday, November 20th, 2020 (3 years ago)
Chaos Theory © Benoit Photo
Folks got a sample of rider Umberto Rispoli’s special talents this past summer at Del Mar when the international reinsman rode 49 winners in the 27-day meet, many of them...
Gryder Chooses To End Worldwide Career at a Starting Point
Published Friday, November 13th, 2020 (3 years ago)
Aaron Gryder
By Hank Wesch
Aaron Gryder’s earliest memories of Del Mar are the times when his age was still in single digits, coming down from Los Angeles on the early Saturday morning train with...
Apprentices Pyfer, Centeno - So Much Alike, Yet So Very Different
Published Friday, November 6th, 2020 (3 years ago)
Jessica Pyfer & Alexis Centeno © Benoit Photo
By Mac McBride
Del Mar has a pair of young and game apprentice riders in its colony this season – Jessica Pyfer and Alexis Centeno.
In many...
Seventh Del Mar Fall Race Meeting Off and Running Saturday
Published Thursday, October 29th, 2020 (3 years ago)
Del Mar’s seventh consecutive fall race meeting – presented with a Hollywood flare and a title that honors the track’s founder, Bing Crosby – breaks from the starting gate this Saturday for a 15-day stand...
Change in Pick Six Wagering Highlights Del Mar's Fall Bet Menu
Published Tuesday, October 20th, 2020 (3 years ago)
Following strong growth in its Pick Four and Pick Five bets when they were shifted to a 50¢ wager, Del Mar will change its traditional $2 Pick Six bet to a 50¢ one with the...
First Condition Book for Del Mar's Bing Crosby Season Is Out
Published Wednesday, October 14th, 2020 (3 years ago)
Del Mar has announced the release of its first condition book for the upcoming Bing Crosby Season, an 8-day book that will cover the first half of the 15-day session, which runs for Saturday, October...
Collmus Fills In Again for Denman at Del Mar's Fall Meet
Published Friday, September 18th, 2020 (3 years ago)
Larry Collmus © Benoit Photo
With Trevor Denman again opting to stay home out of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, Del Mar once more has called on his ace substitute – Larry Collmus – to...
Del Mar Increases Fall Meet Purses, "Ship & Win" Bonus
Published Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 (3 years ago)
Del Mar’s seventh fall race meeting – starting on Saturday, October 31 – will provide horsemen with a healthy 10% blended increase in their overnight purses and the highest bonuses ever tied to the popular...