Del Mar Stable News

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Stable Notes July 21, 2017

Donworth © Del Mar Thoroughbred Club FACING ARROGATE: TOUGH JOB, BUT SOMEBODY’S GOT TO DO IT The field for Saturday’s Grade II $300,000 TVG San Diego Handicap was reduced to five Friday morning when trainer...

Unbeaten Sircat Sally Tops Field of 8 in San Clemente Handicap

Joe L. Turner’s Sircat Sally, undefeated in seven races, will place her perfect record on the line Sunday when she heads a field eight three-year-fillies in the Grade II $200,000 San Clemente Handicap at Del...

Snow Cloud, Apprentice Upset in Del Mar Feature

Irish-bred Snow Cloud and 19-year-old apprentice jockey Ruben Fuentes collaborated to stage a $25.80 upset in Del Mar’s feature race Thursday, a five-furlong sprint on the grass for older fillies and mares. Snow Cloud, owned...

Stable Notes July 20, 2017

OPENING DAY TAKE-AWAY: BEJARANO, PRAT ARE AT IT AGAIN Flavien Prat won three of the first four races on Wednesday’s opening day card. Rafael Bejarano won the next three in a row then took the...

Horse of the World Arrogate Faces Five in TVG San Diego Handicap

Arrogate Juddmonte Farms’ brilliant Arrogate, the number one ranked Thoroughbred in the world as well as the richest runner in North American racing history with a bankroll of more than $17 million, returns to action...

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...