Del Mar Stable News

These news articles are specific to the Backside including Stable Notes and other race-related stories. For official Press Releases and announcements, you can read our News & Press Releases.

Oceanside Stakes

Glen Hill Farm’s Enterprising, the 5-2 favorite ridden by Hall of Famer Mike Smith, rallied from last place to win the featured $$116,700 Oceanside Stakes on opening day of the 2014 Del Mar summer racing...

OCEANSIDE STAKES - THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2014

MIKE SMITH (Enterprising, winner) – “I’m not sure how he was affected by those gate issues (when two different horses broke through the gate prior to the start). It’s unsettling for everyone in the race....

San Clemente Handicap

Twelve evenly-matched three-year-old fillies will tangle Saturday (July 19) in the 45th running of the Grade II $200,000 San Clemente Handicap at one mile on the infield Jimmy Durante Turf Course. A prelude to the...

Stable Notes Day 1

By Hank Wesch EVERYTHING, ESPECIALLY HORSES, IN PLACE FOR OPENER Del Mar is literally a moving annual experience for the horsemen and horses on the Southern California thoroughbred racing circuit. And the horsemen, especially the...