Del Mar Stable News

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Mandatory Pick Six Payout Sunday Has $590,935 Carryover

Del Mar will offer a mandatory payout on its Pick Six wager Sunday – the final day of its 2021 Bing Crosby Season – with a carryover of $590,935 amassed Saturday when nobody was able...

Cosato Wins More Than $60,000 in Del Mar Fall Challenge

Nick Cosato from Sierra Madre, CA, scored huge in the last race of the Del Mar Fall Challenge played on-track at Del Mar or online through TVG.com. Cosato, lying second going into the last race,...

Tezzaray Up in Last Stride to Take Jimmy Durante at Del Mar

Tezzaray © Benoit Photo Slam Dunk Racing and Roger Newman’s Tezzaray split horses in the stretch, then lunged forward at the wire to capture a nose victory in the $103,000 Jimmy Durante Stakes for 2-year-old...

Field Pass Fires Early Saturday to Score in Seabiscuit Handicap

Field Pass © Benoit Photo Responding to an early pull on the trigger by rider Umberto Rispoli, the gray colt Field Pass made the lead in the middle of the backstretch and then hung tough...

Stable Notes November 27, 2021

Princess Grace © Benoit Photo YEAR-LONG TARGET MATRIARCH STRAIGHT AHEAD OF PRINCESS GRACE If the third start at Del Mar of 2021 for Princess Grace -- Sunday’s $400,000, Grade I Matriarch Stakes -- turns out...

Say the Word Rambles Late to Take Del Mar's H'Wood Turf Cup

Say the Word © Benoit Photo Agave Racing Stable and Sam-Son Farm’s Say the Word swung clear at the top of the stretch and scampered down the lane to capture the $251,000 Hollywood Turf Cup...

Del Mar Closes Meet Sunday Featuring Grade I Matriarch

Princess Grace © Benoit Photo Del Mar’s Bing Crosby Season #8 will come to a sweet close Sunday with a nine-race card topped by the Grade I, $400,000 Matriarch Stakes. Besides the filly and mare...

Stable Notes November 26, 2021

Rockemperor © Breeders' Cup ALL IN ORDER FOR BROWN’S ROUTINE ASSAULT ON TURF FESTIVAL Trainer Chad Brown sent seven horses, his assistant Jose Hernandez, two grooms, one hot walker and an exercise rider west from...

Neige Blanche Wire-to-Wire in Red Carpet 'Cap at Del Mar

Neige Blanche (FR) © Benoit Photo The French filly Neige Blanche made every pole a winner in her 11-furlong journey Thursday in the $100,000 Red Carpet Handicap at Del Mar and held off the late-charging...

Stakes Tripleheader Saturday Led by Grade I Hollywood Derby

On the final Saturday of its Bing Crosby Season, Del Mar will offer a stakes tripleheader topped by the Grade I, $400,000 Hollywood Derby, a turf battle deluxe that has drawn an overflow field. Also...