Del Mar Stable News

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79th Del Mar Racing Season Begins Wednesday With Oceanside Stakes

Faversham © Benoit Photo Thoroughbred racing returns to historic Del Mar Wednesday when the 79th season begins with a ten-race program highlighted by the seaside track’s traditional opening-day feature, the $100,000-added Oceanside Stakes for three-year-olds...

Officials are Named for 2018 Summer Race Meet at Del Mar

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club will conduct its 79th summer racing season beginning Wednesday, July 18 led by a solid core of veteran racing officials. As they have for the past five years, Tom Robbins and...

Del Mar's First Condition Book for 2018 Season Now Available

Horsemen now can access Del Mar’s first condition book of the 2018 racing season either on-line or in hand at any of several racing locations. Del Mar’s 36-day meeting runs from Wednesday, July 18 to...

Nominations Close Friday for Del Mar Debutante / Futurity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...