Del Mar Stable News

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Bowies Hero Wins Opening-Day Oceanside Stakes

Bowies Hero © Benoit Photo Bowies Hero, winner of the closing day Del Mar Juvenile Turf last summer, returned to the scene of his first important victory to win the $117,900 Oceanside Stakes Wednesday on...

Stable Notes July 19, 2017

Arrogate FIVE STEP UP TO TAKE ON ARROGATE IN SATURDAY’S SAN DIEGO A field of six was entered Wednesday, topped by mighty Arrogate, for Saturday’s $300,000 TVG San Diego Handicap. And if all six break...

Stable Notes July 18, 2017

Peter Miller © Benoit Photo FRESH OFF SANTA ANITA WIN, MILLER’S IN A DEL MAR STATE OF MIND Peter Miller was a comfortable winner of the Santa Anita spring-summer meeting training title, notching 36 wins,...

Arrogate Assigned 126 Pounds for TVG San Diego 'Cap Saturday

Arrogate © Benoit Photo Juddmonte Farm’s brilliant Arrogate, richest horse in North American racing history with earnings of $17,084,600 and the top-ranked runner in the world, has been assigned topweight of 126 pounds by Del...

Stable Notes July 17, 2017

Arrogate © Del Mar Thoroughbred Club ARROGATE IS HERE; LET THE RACES BEGIN (WEDNESDAY) Arrogate, the top-rated thoroughbred in the world, made the journey from Santa Anita to Del Mar on Sunday, a day earlier...

Officials Named for 2017 Summer Race Meet at Del Mar

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club will conduct its 78th summer racing season beginning Wednesday, July 19 led by a strong core of veteran racing officials. A pair of gentlemen who are scions of two exceptional racing...

Stall Apps, Deb and Fut Noms Due at Del Mar

2016 Del Mar Debutante Winner Union Strike © Benoit Del Mar Stall Applications are Due By Thursday The deadline for stall applications for the 2017 Del Mar summer race meeting is Thursday, June 1. The...

Miss Temple City Wins Matriarch Stakes

Miss Temple City, the 8-5 favorite under Edgar Prado, gamely held off the late challenge of an onrushing Roca Rojo to win the Grade I $300,000 Matriarch Stakes for older fillies and mares on closing...

Matriarch Stakes (Grade I) Quotes

Miss Temple City © Benoit Photo EDGAR PRADO (Miss Temple City, winner) – “The trick with her is to get her to settle early. We got a good spot early and in the first eighth...

Stable Notes December 4, 2016

Zindaya schooling at Del Mar © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club FOLLOWING THE BROWN DERBY COULD IT BE A BROWN MATRIARCH? In the wake of a 1-2 finish from three starters in Saturday’s...