Juan Hernandez © Benoit Photo TOP JOCK JUAN HERNANDEZ SET SIGHTS ON ANOTHER RIDING TITLE The last time we saw jockey Juan Hernandez at Del Mar he was on the wrong end of a heartbreaking...

Anisette (GB) © Benoit Photo First Friday’s Ceasars Sportsbook Oceanside Stakes had a gateful of runners for its mile on the turf. Now Saturday’s $200,000 San Clemente – run under similar conditions though limited to...

SUMMER STAKES SCHEDULE MIRRORS 2022 Del Mar’s lucrative stakes schedule kicks off Friday with the traditional Opening Day feature, the $100,000 Caesars Sportsbook Oceanside, a one mile test for 3-year-olds on the Jimmy Durante Turf...

Classical Cat © Benoit Photo Fourteen 3-year-old turf runners will fill up the starting gate on the Jimmy Durante Turf Course Friday at Del Mar as the seaside oval kicks off its 84th summer season...

DEL MAR IS BACK WITH ANOTHER FULL HOUSE ON THE BACKSIDE Every year at this time the horse trailers begin arriving at Del Mar, filled with some of the most beautiful and expensive racehorses the...

Del Mar will offer its racing fans a threesome of free handicapping seminars each week during its summer season. The first two of them will be up and running for Saturday, July 22 and Sunday,...

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club has announced an official partnership with Keeneland Sales beginning with Del Mar’s summer race meet on July 21. Del Mar and Keeneland Sales had partnered previously to mutual advantage, most recently...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 11, 2023) ― The Breeders’ Cup today announced the return of the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Dozen, an incentive-based participation bonus program for horsemen pointing runners to the dirt races in the Breeders’...

Uncontrollable © Benoit Photo As it did in 2022, Del Mar again will offer an alluring bonus package for maidens competing at the highest levels on dirt throughout its upcoming 84th summer season. The bonus...

Bello and Bartlett’s The Big Wam was a double “Ship & Win” winner last summer, including the Graduation Stakes. © Benoit Photo Del Mar’s “Ship & Win” program, the track’s highly successful magnet for attracting...