Del Mar Stable News
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Stable Notes December 1, 2019
Published Sunday, December 1st, 2019 (4 years ago)
Mark Casse © Benoit Photo
GOT STORMY LATEST IN LINE OF EXCEPTIONAL CASSE-TRAINED FEMALES
Got Stormy had her head out over the stall webbing Sunday morning, a braid in her forelock dangling down one side...
Mo Forza, Lopez Win Grade I Hollywood Derby
Published Saturday, November 30th, 2019 (4 years ago)
Mo Forza © Benoit Photo
Providing jockey Paco Lopez with his third graded stakes victory of the afternoon, Mo Forza, the 5-2 betting choice, took advantage of a perfect trip to win the featured Grade...
Next Shares Upsets in Seabiscuit Handicap
Published Saturday, November 30th, 2019 (4 years ago)
Next Shares © Benoit Photo
Rallying on the rail into and through the stretch, 26-1 longshot Next Shares and jockey Jose Valdivia, Jr., won the Grade II $200,000 Seabiscuit Handicap Saturday.
When the leading horses...
Ex-Claimer Zuzanna Surprises in Red Carpet Handicap
Published Saturday, November 30th, 2019 (4 years ago)
Zuzanna © Benoit Photo
Claimed for $8,000 in September of 2018, Zuzanna, the longest shot in the field of older fillies and mares at 23-1, climaxed her rise to prominence with a surprise victory in...
Alms Scores Easily in Jimmy Durante Stakes
Published Saturday, November 30th, 2019 (4 years ago)
Alms © Benoit Photo
Godolphin’s Alms, a solidly-backed second choice at 5-2, made it three-for-three in her brief career with a convincing triumph in the Grade III $100,000 Jimmy Durante Stakes for two-year-old fillies Saturday....
Stable Notes November 30, 2019
Published Saturday, November 30th, 2019 (4 years ago)
Toinette © Benoit Photo
TOINETTE SHOULDERS LOCAL HOPES IN SUNDAY’S MATRIARCH
The odds delineate the situation for Neil Drysdale-trained Toinette in Sunday’s Grade I $300,000 Matriarch Stakes, the culmination of the seven-stakes “Turf Festival” that...
Royal Trump Keys Pick Six Carryover of $125,176 into Saturday
Published Friday, November 29th, 2019 (4 years ago)
Royal Trump © Benoit Photo
Applying the finishing touches to a Pick Six carryover of $125,176 into Del Mar’s Saturday racing program, Royal Trump, the longest shot in the field at 34-1, rallied to win...
Grade I Matriarch Stakes Tops Del Mar's Closing Day Program
Published Friday, November 29th, 2019 (4 years ago)
Toinette © Benoit Photo
Del Mar concludes its 2019 Bing Crosby fall racing season with a stakes tripleheader Sunday, topped by a contest of national significance, the Grade I $300,000 Matriarch Stakes on the grass...
Having Weathered the Worst, It's Back to Racing
Published Friday, November 29th, 2019 (4 years ago)
Neptune's Storm © Benoit Photo
HAVING WEATHERED THE WORST, IT’S BACK TO RACING
An unusually strong series of storms dropped three inches of rain combined Wednesday and Thursday on Del Mar, validating the decision made...
Grade I Hollywood Derby Headlines Stakes Bonanza at Del Mar
Published Thursday, November 28th, 2019 (4 years ago)
Mo Forza © Benoti Photo
Featuring the Grade I $300,000 Hollywood Derby as the headliner of a ten-race program Saturday, Del Mar will present a bonanza of stakes events on the final weekend of the...