Del Mar Stable News
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Dozen Fillies, Mares Meet Thursday in Del Mar Feature
Published Monday, August 30th, 2021 (3 years ago)
Taming the Tigress © Benoit Photo
A full field of fillies and mares will sprint six and a half furlongs Thursday in what will serve as the day’s feature attraction. The race is a first-level...
Stable Notes August 29, 2021
Published Sunday, August 29th, 2021 (3 years ago)
Ginobili © Benoit Photo
O’BRIEN WIN MAKES GINOBILI A SLAM DUNK FOR BC DIRT MILE
The colt by Munnings was a $35,000 purchase at the Keeneland September sale in 2018, a find that Richard Baltas...
Ginobili Draws Clear Saturday in Capturing Pat O'Brien at Del Mar
Published Saturday, August 28th, 2021 (3 years ago)
Ginobili © Benoit Photo
Slam Dunk Racing, Jerry McClanahan or Michael Nentwig and partners Ginobili, trained to the minute by Richard Baltas and ridden to perfection by Drayden Van Dyke, ran away from eight rivals...
Stable Notes August 28, 2021
Published Saturday, August 28th, 2021 (3 years ago)
Team Merchants © Benoit Photo
O’NEILL HAS A PAIR TO FACE THE ACES IN SOUPED UP SHARED BELIEF
Who knew that Bob Baffert was going to supplement disputed Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit to run...
Favored Miss Bigly Up In Time to Capture 'Tranquility' Friday
Published Friday, August 27th, 2021 (3 years ago)
Miss Bigly © Benoit Photo
Agave Racing Stable or Rockin Robin Racing Stable’s Miss Bigly dug in through the stretch and outgamed a dead-game rival to score a neck victory in the featured Tranquility Lake...
Stable Notes August 27, 2021
Published Friday, August 27th, 2021 (3 years ago)
C Z Rocket © Benoit Photo
TRAINERS’ CONCERNS ‘SURFACE’ ON EVE OF THE PAT O’BRIEN STAKES
It’s a common, everyday factor in Thoroughbred racing magnified by the size of the purse and the importance of...
Medina Spirit Vs. Rock Your World Tops Shared Belief Sunday
Published Friday, August 27th, 2021 (3 years ago)
Rock Your World © Benoit Photo
A delicious confrontation between two of the aces from this year’s Triple Crown events will unfold at Del Mar Sunday when Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit and Kentucky Derby/Belmont...
Hear My Prayer Fires in Lane to Capture Thursday Feature
Published Thursday, August 26th, 2021 (3 years ago)
Hear My Prayer © Benoit Photo
Holly and David Wilson’s Hear My Prayer, a filly in from Florida and making her west coast debut, tracked the early pacesetter, then fired a good shot in the...
Stable Notes August 26, 2021
Published Thursday, August 26th, 2021 (3 years ago)
Medina Spirit © Benoit Photo
MEDINA SPIRIT SUPPLEMENTED TO SUNDAY’S SHARED BELIEF STAKES
While his Kentucky Derby victory remains in limbo pending a Kentucky Horse Racing Commission ruling, the next start for Medina Spirit was...
Saturday's Seven-Panel O'Brien at Del Mar Brings Out Band of 10
Published Thursday, August 26th, 2021 (3 years ago)
C Z Rocket © Benoit Photo
A field of 10 stout sprinters will travel seven furlongs Saturday at Del Mar in the 36th edition of the Grade II, $200,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes.
The extended dash...