Del Mar Stable News
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Stable Notes September 1, 2016
Published Thursday, September 1st, 2016 (8 years ago)
Tom Ables © Zoe Metz at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club
NO. 1 AZTEC FAN ABLES IS ALSO A FAVORITE SON OF DEL MAR
The gang of photographers jockeying for position near the starting gate for...
Favored Vale Dori Wins Tranquility Lake Stakes
Published Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 (8 years ago)
Vale Dori © Benoit Photo
Argentine-bred Vale Dori, the 1-2 betting choice under jockey Rafael Bejarano, delivered as expected Wednesday with a workmanlike winning performance in the featured $79,290 Tranquility Lake Stakes for older fillies...
California Diamond Faces Six Rivals in I'm Smokin Stakes
Published Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 (8 years ago)
California Diamond © Benoit
Rockingham Ranch’s California Diamond, who earned his stakes spurs in the Santa Anita Juvenile and then was runner-up in Del Mar’s Graduation Stakes in early August, heads a field of seven...
Stable Notes August 31, 2016
Published Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 (8 years ago)
American Cleopatra © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club
SEVEN ENTERED FOR DEBUTANTE, 14 FOR JUVENILE TURF SATURDAY
As the saying goes, two out of three ain’t bad.
And Hall of Fame trainer Bob...
Belvoir Bay, Arroyo Score Upset in Torrey Pines Stakes
Published Sunday, August 28th, 2016 (8 years ago)
Belvoir Bay © Benoit
English-bred Belvoir Bay, piloted by the red-hot Norberto Arroyo, Jr., grabbed the lead from the gate and never relinquished it in scoring a wire-to-wire triumph in the featured Grade III $100,000...
Stable Notes August 28, 2016
Published Sunday, August 28th, 2016 (8 years ago)
Norberto Arroyo, Jr. aboard Why Two © Benoit
NORBERTO ARROYO, JR., MAKING THE MOST OF FRESH START HERE
Jockey Norberto Arroyo, Jr., arrived in California about five days before the start of the Del Mar...
Miss Sunset Takes Generous Portion Stakes
Published Saturday, August 27th, 2016 (8 years ago)
Miss Sunset © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club
Miss Sunset, the 1-2 favorite on the basis of her career debut which she won stylishly by four and three-quarter lengths, improved on that performance...
Masochistic Breezes in Pat O'Brien Stakes
Published Saturday, August 27th, 2016 (8 years ago)
Masochistic © Benoit
Masochistic, the overwhelming favorite at 1-5, delivered as expected Saturday with a brilliant front-running victory under jockey Tyler Baze in the featured Grade II $200,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes.
Running versus only two...
Stable Notes August 27, 2016
Published Saturday, August 27th, 2016 (8 years ago)
Enola Gray © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club
ENOLA GRAY AIMS TO STAY PERFECT AND WIN SECOND STAKE HERE
The phrase that trainer Phil D’Amato often uses to describe 3-year-old filly Enola Gray’s...
Enola Gray Faces Seven in Torrey Pines Stakes Sunday
Published Friday, August 26th, 2016 (8 years ago)
Enola Gray © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club
Enola Gray, unbeaten and untested in three races in her brief career, will attempt to emulate champions Beholder and Stellar Wind Sunday when she heads...