Del Mar Stable News
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Nominations Close Friday for Del Mar Debutante / Futurity
Published Wednesday, June 13th, 2018 (6 years ago)
2017 Del Mar Debutante Winner Moonshine Memories
Nominations will close Friday, June 15 for Del Mar’s two premier stakes for 2-year-olds – the Grade I Del Mar Debutante for fillies and the Grade I Del...
Analyze It Romps in Cecil B. Demille Stakes
Published Sunday, November 26th, 2017 (6 years ago)
Analyze It © Benoit Photo
Analyze It, another talented runner from the East Coast-based stable of trainer Chad Brown, made a show of his opposition in the Grade III Cecil B. DeMille Stakes as he...
Off Limits, Rosario Win Matriarch Stakes
Published Sunday, November 26th, 2017 (6 years ago)
Off Limits (IRE) © Benoit Photo
Martin S. Schwartz’s Irish-bred Off Limits, with Joel Rosario in the saddle, charged from last place to rally in the stretch and win the $300,000 Matriarch Stakes, Grade I...
Hunt Holds on to Win Seabiscuit Handicap
Published Sunday, November 26th, 2017 (6 years ago)
Hunt (Inside) © Benoit Photo
Michael House’s Irish-bred Hunt, piloted by Flavien Prat, offered further proof he’s definitely a horse for the Del Mar turf course Sunday as he gamely held on in the final...
Stable Notes Nov 26, 2017
Published Sunday, November 26th, 2017 (6 years ago)
Del Mar © Eclipse Sportswire
FOND MEMORIES LINGER FOR SOME AS DEL MAR’S CROSBY SEASON ENDS
Maybe it was the contented aftereffects of the Thanksgiving meal he’d had the night before, but Hall of Fame...
Daddy Is a Legend Tallies in Jimmy Durante Stakes
Published Saturday, November 25th, 2017 (6 years ago)
Daddy Is a Legend © Benoit Photo
With an impressive burst of speed in the stretch, Daddy Is a Legend, the 5-2 favorite under jockey Joe Bravo, won the Grade III $100,000 Jimmy Durante Stakes...
Mo Town Rallies to Win Hollywood Derby
Published Saturday, November 25th, 2017 (6 years ago)
Mo Town © Benoit Photo
Magnier, Tabor and Smith’s Mo Town, making his West Coast debut, rallied from next-to-last under jockey John Velazquez to win the Grade I $300,000 Hollywood Derby Saturday.
Patiently handled by...
Prime Attraction Upsets in Native Diver Stakes
Published Saturday, November 25th, 2017 (6 years ago)
Prime Attraction © Benoit Photo
DP Racing’s Prime Attraction, scratched from Friday’s Hollywood Turf Cup at a mile and one-half on the grass to compete in Saturday’s Grade III $100,000 Native Diver Stakes at nine...
Stable Notes Nov 25, 2017
Published Saturday, November 25th, 2017 (6 years ago)
Off Limits
BROWN DOUBLES DOWN IN SEARCH OF MATRIARCH VICTORY
Chad Brown sent six horses and as many handlers here for the Grade I stakes on the closing weekend of the Bing Crosby Fall meeting...
Grade I Matriarch Tops Stakes Tripleheader on Del Mar's Closing Day
Published Saturday, November 25th, 2017 (6 years ago)
Cambodia
Del Mar’s fourth Bing Crosby fall racing season comes to an exciting conclusion Sunday with a stakes tripleheader, highlighted by the Grade I $300,000 Matriarch Stakes for older fillies and mares at one mile...