Del Mar Stable News

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Longshot Cuddle Alert Keys $252,572 Pick Six Carryover Into Friday

Cuddle Alert © Benoit Photo Cuddle Alert, a 14-1 longshot ridden by Agapito Delgadillo, won the featured seventh race Thursday to key a $252,572 Pick Six carryover into Friday’s eight-race program which begins at 4...

Arrogate Seeks Redemption in $1 Million TVG Pacific Classic Saturday

Arrogate © Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Juddmonte Farms’ Arrogate, responsible for the biggest upset in Del Mar annals when he finished an astounding fourth at odds of 1-20 in the San Diego Handicap a month...

Stable Notes Aug 17, 2017

Lava Man 2006 Pacific Classic © Benoit Photo O’NEILL HOPES TO WIND UP IN A PLACE ONLY LAVA MAN HAS TAKEN HIM Trainer Doug O’Neill made his way to the winner’s circle following Lava Man’s...

Responsibleforlove, Talamo Win CTT & TOC Handicap

Responsibleforlove (outside) © Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Providing jockey Joe Talamo with his third victory of the afternoon, Irish-bred Responsibleforlove sliced between horses in midstretch and overhauled Place des Vosges in the final strides to...

Stable Notes Aug 16, 2017

Arrogate © Del Mar Thoroughbred Club ARROGATE’S A CLASSIC ‘OUTSIDER’ AND THAT’S FINE WITH BAFFERT Arrogate drew the outside post and was established as the even-money morning line favorite as a field of eight was...

Skye Diamonds Wins Rancho Bernardo Handicap

Skye Diamonds © Benoit Photo Claimed for $40,000 a year ago at Del Mar, Skye Diamonds continued her rise to elite status among distaff sprinters with an impressive triumph Sunday in the featured $100,000 Rancho...

Stable Notes Aug 13, 2017

Collected © Del Mar Thoroughbred Club ACCELERATE, COLLECTED WORK FOR CLASSIC; SONGBIRD IS OUT Accelerate and Collected put in final workouts Sunday in preparation for Saturday’s $1 million TVG Pacific Classic, the signature event of...

Run Away Breezes in Best Pal Stakes

Run Away © Benoit Photo Kaleem Shah’s Run Away lived up to his name and then some Saturday with a runaway victory in the featured Grade II $200,000 Best Pal Stakes for two-year-olds. Making it...

Stable Notes Aug 12, 2017

Skye Diamond © Benoit Photo SKYE DIAMONDS IS LATEST SPAWR CLAIM-TO-FAME STAKES WINNER Acquiring a horse through a claim and turning it into a stakes winner could be considered the signature move of trainer Bill...

Majestic Heat Wins Solana Beach Stakes - Again

Majestic Heat © Del Mar Thoroughbred Club For the second straight year, Majestic Heat and jockey Flavien Prat won the $100,000 Solana Beach Stakes, and for the second straight year they won the grass race...