Del Mar News & Announcements

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Enhanced California Pick Six Wager Will Kick Off at Del Mar

An enhancement to the Pick Six wager that is expected to offer large payoffs and re-energize what has been California’s most popular exotic bet will have its debut with the opening of the annual Del...

"Ship and Win" Back Again During Del Mar's Fall Meeting

The Pizza Man © Benoit For the sixth straight year and the third consecutive fall, the productive “Ship and Win” program, which has attracted hundreds of out-of-state horses to California since it was started at...

California Chrome Unanimous Choice as 2016 Horse of the Meeting

California Chrome © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club A hard-fought victory against a game Dortmund in the San Diego Handicap and a wire-to-wire domination of a field that included defending champion Beholder in...

California Chrome, Rockingham Ranch Top Del Mar Owners

The California Chrome Connections © Benoit Del Mar raced to the finish of its 77th summer season Monday and the California Chrome connections shared top honors with Rockingham Ranch in the owners’ department for the...

Bejarano, Prat Forge First Jockey Title Tie Since 1950

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

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

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

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

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

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...