Del Mar Stable News

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Ce Ce Upsets Defending Champ Gamine to Win Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint

CE CE © Benoit Photo Bo Hirsch’s homebred Ce Ce ($14.40) swept past a trio of dueling leaders, including defending champion Gamine, at the head of the stretch and drew off by 2 ½ lengths...

Going Global Takes Goldikova Stakes

Going Global © Benoit Photo Providing jockey Flavien Prat with his second victory on the day of the 2021 Breeders’ Cup Championships, Irish-bred Going Global outfinished Zofelle to win the $300,000 Goldikova Stakes Saturday at...

Lone Rock Wins Marathon, Sets Track Record

Lone Rock © Benoit Photo Lone Rock, a distance-loving son of Majestic Warrior, shattered a 64-year-old Del Mar track record Saturday when he won the $250,000 Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Stakes at the marathon distance of...

Breeders' Cup World Championships November 6, 2021 Notes

Express Train Declared from the Classic Trainer John Shirreffs reported this morning that his star 4yo Express Train had been withdrawn from the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic because of swelling in his right hock. “He...

Modern Games (IRE) Runs for Purse Money and Gets Winner's Share in Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf

Modern Games © Benoit Photo Godolphin’s Modern Games (IRE), running for purse money only following an incident at the starting gate prior to the race, unleashed a blistering turn of foot down the stretch to...

Pizza Bianca Cooks Up First Breeders’ Cup Win for Clement in Juvenile Fillies Turf

Pizza Bianca © Benoit Photo Bobby Flay’s homebred Pizza Bianca ($21.80) split horses in the upper stretch, surged by pacesetting Cachet (IRE) at midstretch and then held off a late bid from Malavath (IRE) by...

Echo Zulu Cruises to Victory in NetJets Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies

Echo Zulu © Benoit Photo L and N Racing and Winchell Thoroughbreds’ undefeated Echo Zulu ($3.60) spurted to the front right out of the gate and never was threatened in posting a 5 1/4-length victory...

Twilight Gleaming (IRE) Leads All the Way to Win Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint

Twilight Gleaming © Benoit Photo Stonestreet Stables’ Twilight Gleaming (IRE) ($12.40) was quickest out of the gate and led all the way to win the fourth running of the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint...

Finneus, Rosario Click In Golden State Juvenile

Finneus © Benoit Photo Given a patient, well-tiimed ride by jockey Joel Rosario, Lovingier, Fasihuddin and Navarro’s Finneus rallied determinedly in the stretch to win the $175,000 Golden State Juvenile for California-bred two-year-olds, the fourth...

A G Indy, Rispoli Win Senator Ken Maddy Stakes

A G Indy © Benoit Photo Benefitting from a well-judged ride by jockey Umberto Rispoli, R3 Racing’s A G Indy scored a neck victory over Time Limit in the $200,000 Senator Ken Maddy Stakes Friday...