Del Mar News & Announcements
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$147,012 Pick Six Carryover Available Wednesday at Del Mar
Published Sunday, August 20th, 2017 (7 years ago)
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
Published Friday, August 18th, 2017 (7 years ago)
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
Published Friday, August 18th, 2017 (7 years ago)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
Published Friday, August 18th, 2017 (7 years ago)
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...
Superstar Arrogate Tops Field in Saturday's TVG Pacific Classic
Published Tuesday, August 15th, 2017 (7 years ago)
Arrogate, the North American earnings champion with something to prove at Del Mar, will get a chance to do just that this Saturday when he heads a field of eight horses in the $1-million TVG...
Arrogate Preps in :47.60 Monday in Final TVG Pacific Classic Move
Published Monday, August 14th, 2017 (7 years ago)
Arrogate © Del Mar Thoroughbred Club
Juddmonte Farms’ Arrogate put in his final bit of major exercise for this Saturday’s $1-million TVG Pacific Classic when he drilled four furlongs in :47.60 on a cool morning...
The 'Cajun Connection' at Del Mar Has Tales to Tell
Published Friday, August 11th, 2017 (7 years ago)
Del Mar’s Cajun connection: (L-to-R) Kent Desormeaux, Joe Talamo, Jamie Theriot © Benoit Photo
By Mac McBride
Cajun: An ethnic group mainly living in southwest Louisiana consisting of the descendants of Acadian exiles (French-speakers from...
Single Ticket Hits Del Mar Pick Six for $190,433 Thursday
Published Thursday, August 10th, 2017 (7 years ago)
A very cagey – or very lucky – or likely both – bettor hit Del Mar’s Pick Six Thursday for a husky payoff of $190,433 as a solo ticket winner, thus cashing in the “Jackpot”...
Arrogate Drills Seven Furlongs in 1:25.20 Tuesday at Del Mar
Published Tuesday, August 8th, 2017 (7 years ago)
Arrogate © Del Mar Thoroughbred Club
Working on his own with jockey Martin Garcia in the tack, superstar Arrogate clipped off a solid seven-furlong drill in 1:25.20 Tuesday at Del Mar as trainer Bob Baffert...
Cambodia Triumphs in Yellow Ribbon Handicap
Published Saturday, August 5th, 2017 (7 years ago)
Cambodia © Benoit Photo
Winter Quarter Farm’s Cambodia, an invader from the East Coast, rallied in the stretch under jockey Drayden Van Dyke to score a narrow victory in the Grade II $200,000 Yellow Ribbon...