Del Mar Stable News

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Stable Notes December 1, 2019

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...