Del Mar Stable News

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Stable Notes November 25, 2021

Chad Brown OVERFLOW FIELD SET FOR SATURDAY’S GRADE I HOLLYWOOD DERBY A capacity field of 14 and one also eligible were entered Wednesday for Saturday’s Hollywood Derby, the first of two Grade I events on...

Rockemperor One to Beat Friday in H'Wood Turf Cup at Del Mar

Rockemperor © Breeders' Cup Madaket Stables, Wonder Stables, Dubb, Kisber and Caruso’s Rockemperor will go favored in Friday’s headliner at Del Mar – the $250,000 Hollywood Turf Cup – a Grade II crucible for 3-year-olds...

Special Thanksgiving Day Card Topped by Red Carpet Handicap

Luck © Benoit Photo Del Mar will present a special Thanksgiving Day card on Thursday with a first post at 11 a.m. The eight-race program will finish at approximately 2:30 p.m., leaving plenty of time...

Principe Carlo Surprises Sunday in Cary Grant Stakes at Del Mar

Principe Carlo © Benoit Photo Mia Familia Racing Stable’s Principe Carlo, the longest price in the field at better than 18-1, came widest but strongest of all at the finish to win by the proverbial...

Stable Notes November 21, 2021

Graham Motion © Benoit Photo MOTION SEEKS A SECOND IN RED CARPET WITH SHIPPER SINGLE SOUL Maryland-based trainer H. Graham Motion won the 2015 running of the Red Carpet Stakes with Rusty Slipper. Motion’s assistant...

Azul Coast is Best Saturday in Del Mar's Native Diver Stakes

Azul Coast © Benoit Photo Pegram, Watson or Weitman’s Azul Coast tracked a moderate pace early, ranged up nearing the turn for home and fired smartly through the lane to come away a half-length winner...

Stable Notes November 20, 2021

Viadera © Benoit Photo PREPARATIONS ARE IN MOTION FOR TURF FESTIVAL CLOSING WEEK The close of entries and post position draw for Del Mar’s Thanksgiving Day card that includes the Grade III, $100,000 Red Carpet...

Kristi's Tiger Comes Widest, Fastest to Capture Friday Del Mar Feature

Kristi's Tiger © Benoit Photo Bell and Brewster’s Kristi’s Tiger, responding promptly to the cues of Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, went widest and fastest of all through the lane and rung up and...

Seven Cal-Breds Face Off Sunday in Cary Grant Stakes

Fashionably Fast © Benoit Photo Not one, but two former winners of the Cary Grant Stakes are going to try and pull off a double at Del Mar Sunday when they’re part of a seven-horse...

Stable Notes November 19, 2021

Eight Rings © Benoit Photo QUICK RETURN FOR EIGHT RINGS AS NATIVE DIVER MORNING LINE PICK Bob Baffert-trained Eight Rings, fourth in the $1 million Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile here on November...