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.
Bejarano, Prat Forge First Jockey Title Tie Since 1950
Published Monday, September 5th, 2016 (7 years ago)
Bejarano (left) and Prat © Benoit
The only time Del Mar had a tie for the jockey championship was 1950, when riding legends John Longden and Bill Shoemaker deadlocked with 60 wins apiece.
Until the...
Del Mar's 77th Summer Season Races to a Solid Finish
Published Monday, September 5th, 2016 (7 years ago)
Highlighted by its most successful single day ever, by a sparkling parade of stakes races and by a continuing enhancement of its reputation as a sporting/entertainment venue without peer in the west, Del Mar raced...
$547,421 Pick Six Carryover has 'Mandatory Payout' for Monday
Published Sunday, September 4th, 2016 (7 years ago)
For the second day in row, a carryover occurred in the Pick Six bet at Del Mar, this one the largest of the meet at $547,421. It will be placed in the Pick Six pool...
$128,534 Pick Six Carryover On Deck for Sunday at Del Mar
Published Saturday, September 3rd, 2016 (7 years ago)
A Pick Six carryover of $128,534 will preload the betting pool for the popular exotic wager Sunday when Del Mar presents the penultimate day of sport of its 77th summer race meet.
Price horses predominated...
Debutante-Futurity Double Takes Some Doing But Can Be Done
Published Thursday, September 1st, 2016 (7 years ago)
Bob Baffert (left) and D. Wayne Lukas © Benoit
By Hank Wesch
The inaugural running of the Del Mar Futurity was in 1948. The Del Mar Debutante came into being three years later.
So when...
Del Mar Fall Stakes Schedule Has 14 Events Worth $2,050,000
Published Thursday, September 1st, 2016 (7 years ago)
Fourteen stakes races worth just over $2 million will be offered during Del Mar’s third consecutive fall racing season that kicks off at the shore oval on Friday, November 11, which is Veterans Day.
The...
$180 Ticket at Del Mar Wednesday Clicks for $62k Pick Six
Published Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 (7 years ago)
A lone Pick Six ticket sold at Del Mar Wednesday for the sum of $180 earned a delighted punter a total of $62,011 on the 34th day of racing this summer. Del Mar officials identified...
Two Pick Six Tickets Pay $70,258 Each at Del Mar Sunday
Published Sunday, August 28th, 2016 (7 years ago)
A pair of very savvy, or very lucky, Pick Six bettors scored nicely on the sequential bet Sunday at Del Mar when they tabbed all the winners in the popular exotic bet.
The numbers were...
Longshots Ensure Pick Six Carryover for Saturday at Del Mar
Published Friday, August 26th, 2016 (7 years ago)
With longshots ringing up win after win, Del Mar’s popular Pick Six bet was too tough to take down Friday causing a carryover of $84,078 to go forward into Saturday’s pool for the exotic wager....
Accelerate Wins Shared Belief Stakes
Published Friday, August 26th, 2016 (7 years ago)
Accelerate © Benoit
Hronis Racing’s Accelerate, an impressive maiden race winner in his last start, made a successful jump into stakes competition Friday with a game triumph in the featured $100,000 Shared Belief Stakes at...