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.

Owner Shah Hopes Run Away Can Follow in Klimt's Hoofprints

Kaleem Shah © Benoit Photo By Hank Wesch Last year Klimt, a horse Kaleem Shah named after 19th century Austrian painter Gustav Klimt, swept the major stakes for 2-year-olds, the Best Pal and the Del...

Del Mar Pick Six Hit for $568,696 by Single Ticket Holder Sunday

A lone bettor cashed in big time Sunday at Del Mar where their ticket swept the day’s Pick Six pool of $265,910 and also took down the five-day “Jackpot” carryover of $302,786 for a total...

Del Mar Fall Stakes Schedule Worth Record $3,375,000

Bolstered by a series of additions around the inaugural running of the Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar, the seaside track will offer a record fall stakes schedule worth $3,375,000 when racing begins on Wednesday, November...

Pick Six Worth $119,471 Saturday at Del Mar; 'Jackpot' at $170,623

Del Mar’s Saturday Pick Six will start with a $119,471 carryover incentive after no one was able to tab six winners on the Friday card at the seaside oval. In addition, the Single Ticket Jackpot...

Danzing Candy Suffers Injury, To Be Retired

Danzing Candy © Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Danzing Candy, the 8-5 morning line favorite for Saturday’s Grade II $200,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes, suffered a career-ending fracture to an ankle Friday morning during a routine gallop...

Paying Her Dues: Apprentice Laura Werner on a Rider's Road

Laura Werner © Del Mar Thoroughbred Club By Sean White Oftentimes, what takes place on the turf outshines the preparation required. While the race to be first includes incentives of participating in stakes contests, earning...

$147,012 Pick Six Carryover Available Wednesday at Del Mar

Haveiture Way © Benoit Photo A Pick Six carryover of $147,012 will greet players Wednesday at Del Mar when racing resumes following the standard two-day break at the seaside oval. Sunday’s program saw the exotic...

Large Pick Six Hit Friday, But Saturday Carryover Still $258,780

Fourteen Pick Six players tabbed Friday’s $1,320,561 pool in the exotic bet -- each earning a prize of $60,613.40 -- but Saturday’s Pick Six players still will have a husky boost to their fortunes at...

TVG to Air TVG Pacific Classic Special

90-Minute, Commercial-Free Telecast Look Back at Team Arrogate's Historic Dubai World Cup TVG, America’s Horse Racing network, will break from its usual format for a live, 90-minute commercial-free special telecast of the TVG Pacific Classic...

Accelerate's a Solid Citizen with a Penchant for Del Mar

Accelerate © Benoit Photo By Hank Wesch Trainer John Sadler wasn’t present when Accelerate was purchased for $380,000 at the Keeneland September sale in 2014 for his major client, Hronis Racing. But he had an...