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.
Trainer Chad Brown Has Numbers for First Del Mar Invasion
Published Friday, November 27th, 2015 (8 years ago)By Hank Wesch
Chad Brown, © Benoit Photo
In what already has been a banner year for him, trainer Chad Brown is boldly going where he’s never gone before – to Del Mar.
Not physically....
Thanksgiving Day Dining Again Available in Del Mar's Turf Club
Published Saturday, November 21st, 2015 (8 years ago)
Thanksgiving Day dining in the exclusive Turf Club at Del Mar has returned this year. Last year’s reaction to its initial presentation was very positive leading to a return of the special holiday arrangement this...
"The Poles" Are Where It Begins And Ends Out On The Racetrack
Published Friday, November 20th, 2015 (8 years ago)By Mac McBride
© Zoe Metz Photography
So we’re going to talk about “The Poles.”
No, not Lech Walesa, Coach K or Wild Nights in Warsaw. These are the ones that surround a racetrack, the...
Stakes Invaders Add Special Spice to Thanksgiving Week Racing
Published Thursday, November 19th, 2015 (8 years ago)
Del Mar’s final week of its fall racing season – starting on Thanksgiving Day and running through Sunday, November 29 – will offer topnotch racing spiced by an impressive number of high-line stakes horses shipping...
Older Fillies and Mares Clash in Marathon Red Carpet Handicap
Published Thursday, November 19th, 2015 (8 years ago)
Elektrum © Zoe Metz Photography
Eleven evenly-matched older fillies and mares will match strides and stamina Saturday in the 50th running of the Grade III $100,000 Red Carpet Handicap at the marathon distance of a...
Tommy Massis Wins Del Mar November Handicapping Challenge
Published Sunday, November 15th, 2015 (8 years ago)
Tommy Massis (left) and Contest Director Chris Bahr ©Benoit Photo
Tommy Massis of Ontario, Canada, took the lead in today’s 5th race and never looked back in the 2015 Del Mar November Handicapping Challenge. Massis...
Brooks Schuler Leads Del Mar November Handicapping Challenge
Published Saturday, November 14th, 2015 (8 years ago)
Schuler of Huntington Beach, CA, is leading the Del Mar November Handicapping Challenge turning his starting bankroll of $3,000 into $15,975 after Day One of the two day Challenge. For being the top finisher on...
Kenny Black Focused on Raising Old English Rancho Banner
Published Friday, November 13th, 2015 (8 years ago)By Hank Wesch
Kenny Black
Kenny Black fought back tears, only partially successfully, at the thoughts of two men during a recent interview.
The first was the late E. W. “Buddy” Johnston, owner of Old...
Sun Shines Bright Where Eddie Truman Roams
Published Friday, November 6th, 2015 (8 years ago)by Hank Wesch
Trainer Eddie Truman (center) shares a victory handshake with rider Kent Desormeaux following Go West Marie’s tally in the 2014 Fleet Treat Stakes. Flanking Truman are his wife Elizabeth and the late...
Del Mar Juvenile Champs Earn Breeders' Cup Glory
Published Saturday, October 31st, 2015 (8 years ago)
Songbird and Nyquist
A pair of undefeated juvenile stars who made their marks at Del Mar this past summer -- the filly Songbird and the colt Nyquist -- captured their respective 2-year-old championship races in...