Hover over the R icon to see race restrictions.
Hover over the R icon to see race restrictions.
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| Date | Race | Purse | Age/Sex | Dist | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2 | I'm Smokin S. R | $150,000g | 2 yo | 6f | Results & Video |
| September 3 | Del Mar Debutante S. (gr. I) | $300,000g | 2 yo, Fillies | 7f | Results & Video |
| September 3 | Del Mar Juvenile Turf S. | $100,000g | 2 yo | 8f T | Results & Video |
| September 4 | Del Mar Derby (gr. II) | $250,000g | 3yos | 9f T | Results & Video |
| September 4 | John C. Mabee S. (gr. II) | $200,000g | 3&up, f/m | 9f T | Results & Video |
| September 5 | Del Mar Futurity (gr. I) | $300,000g | 2 yo | 7f | Results & Video |
| September 5 | Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf S. | $100,000g | 2 yo, Fillies | 8f T | Results & Video |
| September 5 | Pirate's Bounty S. R | $75,000a | 3&up | 5.5f | Results & Video |
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| Date | Race | Purse | Age/Sex | Dist | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 11 | Kathryn Crosby S R | $75,000a | 3&up, f/m | 8.5f T | |
| November 12 | Let It Ride S R | $75,000a | 3yo, | 8f T | |
| November 13 | Betty Grable S R | $100,000g | 3&up, f/m | 7f | |
| November 19 | Bob Hope S | $100,000g | 2yo, | 7f | |
| November 20 | Cary Grant S R | $100,000g | 3&up, | 7f | |
| November 24 | Red Carpet S | $100,000g | 3&up, f/m | 11f T | |
| November 25 | Hollywood Turf Cup | $200,000g | 3&up, | 12f T | |
| November 26 | Seabiscuit H | $200,000g | 3&up, | 8.5f T | |
| November 26 | Jimmy Durante S | $100,000g | 2yo, f | 8f T | |
| November 27 | Cecil B. DeMille S | $100,000g | 2yo, | 8f T | |
| November 27 | Native Diver H | $100,000g | 3&up, | 9f |
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| Date | Race | Purse | Age/Sex | Dist | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 3 | Bayakoa H | $200,000g | 3&up, f/m | 8.5f | |
| December 3 | Hollywood Derby | $300,000g | 3yo, | 9f T | |
| December 4 | Matriarch S | $300,000g | 3&up, f/m | 8f T |
A change to the Pick Six wager that is expected to offer large payoffs and re-energize what has been California's most popular exotic bet will have its debut with the opening of the annual Del Mar fall race meeting.
Highlighted by its most successful single day ever, a sparkling parade of stakes races, and a continuing enhancement of its reputation as a sporting-entertainment venue, Del Mar raced to an uplifting finish to its 77th summer season Sept. 5.
Klimt surged past favored early leader Straight Fire in the stretch and drew off to about a four-length victory in the $300,000 Del Mar Futurity (gr. I) Sept. 5 at Del Mar.
Three potential stars head the field in Monday's 69th Futurity: Klimt, Chasing Aces, and Straight Fire.
Union Strike became freshman sire Union Rags' first graded stakes winner at the highest level in the Sept. 3 Debutante Stakes (gr. I) at Del Mar. American Cleopatra, a full sister to American Pharoah, was second. The final time was 1:23.22.
Undefeated Sobradora Inc announced her arrival in the U.S Aug. 7 at Del Mar, where she took the Osunitas Stakes, but will take a significant step up against an accomplished group of turf runners Sept. 4 in the $200,000 John C. Mabee Stakes (gr. IIT).
Gary Barber's Monster Bea and Abbondanza Racing's Free Rose, who won the first two legs of the Del Mar turf series for 3-year-olds, will have a rubber match of sorts Sept. 4 in the Del Mar Derby (gr. IIT).
Champagne Room broke her maiden in the grade II Sorrento by 1 1/4 lengths and now heads a field of the most impressive fillies from Del Mar's loaded 2-year-old summer slate in the Del Mar Debutante (gr. I).
Fox Hill Farms' undefeated champion Songbird, now settled back in at her home base in Southern California following a pair of grade I wins at Saratoga Race Course, put in her first workout Aug. 31 in preparation for the $1 million Cotillion (gr. I).
The scratch of odds-on morning-line favorite Enola Gray opened the door of opportunity in the $100,000 Torrey Pines Stakes (gr. III) Aug. 28 at Del Mar and Belvoir Bay shot right through it.
The $200,000 Pat O'Brien Stakes (gr. II) didn't look like a top race with an automatic berth to the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I) on the line Aug. 27 at Del Mar.
After noticing Reddam Racing's Nyquist was getting a little skinny at Del Mar, trainer Doug O'Neill decided to send the Uncle Mo colt north on Interstate 5 to train at the much more relaxed San Luis Rey Training Center.
Nick Alexander's homebred Enola Gray will take an undefeated record into the $100,000 Torrey Pines Stakes (gr. III) Aug. 28 at Del Mar, but the lightly raced Grazen filly will be up against the toughest field she's ever faced.
With a motivation to give its horses and horsemen more time to adapt and transition to its racing surfaces, Del Mar Thoroughbred Club applied for and was granted a later start date for its 2017 summer race meeting.
Jim Rome thought he would eventually start to get over losing Shared Belief. The horse owner and syndicated sports talk radio star thought time would help.
A substantial group of animal rights advocates, with local television cameras not far behind, made their voices heard at the California Horse Racing Board's full monthly meeting Aug. 25 at Del Mar.
Masochistic, one of the top sprinters in 2015, made a strong return to racing in a July 8 allowance race at Santa Anita Park after a nine-month layoff and has been training forwardly for the $200,000 Pat O'Brien Stakes (gr. II) Aug. 27 at Del Mar.
California Chrome streaked to a five-length win over Beholder and Dortmund in Saturday's TVG Pacific Classic at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club to earn a spot in this fall's Breeders' Cup Classic.
Ashleyluvssugar held off a furious rally from Metaboss to win the $250,000 Del Mar Handicap and a place in the Longines Breeders' Cup Turf starting gate. Experience Saturday's Del Mar thrills and social scene firsthand in this new video.
Three Southern California racetracks and the Thoroughbred Owners of California have agreed to a three-year calendar that maintains year-round racing.
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