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| Date | Race | Purse | Age/Sex | Dist | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 19 | Oceanside S R | $100,000a | 3yo, | 8f T | |
| July 21 | Osunitas S R | $75,000a | 3&up, f/m | 8.5f T | |
| July 22 | Eddie Read S | $250,000g | 3&up, | 9f T | |
| July 22 | San Diego H | $200,000g | 3&up, | 8.5f | |
| July 23 | San Clemente H | $200,000g | 3yo, f | 8f T | |
| July 23 | Wickerr S R | $75,000a | 3&up, | 8f T | |
| July 26 | Cougar II H | $100,000g | 3&up, | 12f | |
| July 28 | Real Good Deal S R | $150,000g | 3&up, | 7f | |
| July 29 | California Dreamin' S R | $150,000g | 3&up, | 8.5f T | |
| July 29 | Bing Crosby S | $300,000g | 3&up, | 6f | |
| July 30 | Clement L. Hirsch S | $300,000g | 3&up, f/m | 8.5f | |
| July 30 | Fleet Treat S R | $150,000g | 3yo, f | 7f |
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| Date | Race | Purse | Age/Sex | Dist | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 | CTBA S R | $100,000g | 2yo, f | 5.5f | |
| August 4 | Daisycutter H | $75,000a | 3&up, f/m | 5f T | |
| August 5 | Sorrento S | $200,000g | 2yo, f | 6.5f | |
| August 5 | Yellow Ribbon H | $200,000g | 3&up, f/m | 8.5f T | |
| August 6 | Graduation S R | $100,000g | 2yo, | 5.5f | |
| August 6 | La Jolla H | $150,000g | 3yo, | 8.5f T | |
| August 11 | Solana Beach S R | $150,000g | 3&up, f/m | 8.5f T | |
| August 12 | Best Pal S | $200,000g | 2yo, | 6.5f | |
| August 13 | Rancho Bernardo H | $100,000g | 3&up, f/m | 6.5f | |
| August 16 | CTT and TOC H | $75,000a | 3&up, f/m | 11f T | |
| August 18 | Green Flash H | $75,000a | 3&up, | 5f T | |
| August 19 | Del Mar Oaks | $300,000g | 3yo, f | 9f T | |
| August 19 | Del Mar H | $250,000g | 3&up, | 11f T | |
| August 19 | TVG Pacific Classic | $1,000,000g | 3&up, | 10f | |
| August 20 | Del Mar Mile | $200,000g | 3&up, | 8f T | |
| August 23 | Harry F. Brubaker S | $75,000a | 3&up, | 8f | |
| August 25 | Tranquility Lake S R | $75,000a | 3&up, f/m | 8f | |
| August 26 | Shared Belief S | $100,000g | 3yo, | 8f | |
| August 26 | Pat O'Brien S | $200,000g | 3&up, | 7f | |
| August 27 | Torrey Pines S | $100,000g | 3yo, f | 8f | |
| August 30 | Generous Portion S R | $100,000g | 2yo, f | 6f |
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| Date | Race | Purse | Age/Sex | Dist | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1 | I'm Smokin S R | $100,000g | 2yo, | 6f | |
| September 2 | Del Mar Debutante S | $300,000g | 2yo, f | 7f | |
| September 2 | John C. Mabee S | $200,000g | 3&up, f/m | 9f T | |
| September 3 | Del Mar Derby | $250,000g | 3yo, | 9f T | |
| September 3 | Del Mar Juvenile Turf | $100,000g | 2yo, | 8f T | |
| September 4 | Del Mar Futurity | $300,000g | 2yo, | 7f | |
| September 4 | C.E.R.F. Stakes R | $75,000a | 3&up, f/m | 6f | |
| September 4 | Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf | $100,000g | 2yo, f | 8f T |
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| Date | Race | Purse | Age/Sex | Dist | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 3 | Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf | $1,000,000g | 2yo, f | 8f T | |
| November 3 | Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile | $1,000,000g | 3&up, | 8f | |
| November 3 | Breeders' Cup Distaff | $2,000,000g | 3&up, f/m | 9f | |
| November 3 | Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf | $1,000,000g | 2yo, c/g | 8f T | |
| November 4 | Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint | $1,000,000g | 3&up, | 5f T | |
| November 4 | Breeders' Cup Turf | $4,000,000g | 3&up, | 12f T | |
| November 4 | Breeders' Cup Sprint | $1,500,000g | 3&up, | 6f | |
| November 4 | Breeders' Cup Mile | $2,000,000g | 3&up, | 8f T | |
| November 4 | Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies | $2,000,000g | 2yo, f | 8.5f | |
| November 4 | Breeders' Cup Juvenile | $2,000,000g | 2yo, c/g | 8.5f | |
| November 4 | Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf | $2,000,000g | 3&up, f/m | 9f T | |
| November 4 | Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint | $1,000,000g | 3&up, f/m | 7f | |
| November 4 | Breeders' Cup Classic | $6,000,000g | 3&up, | 10f |
After a stint at Julie Adair-Stack's farm—where trainer Richard Mandella also sent four-time champion Beholder for some time off—Paradise Woods got back to serious training June 18 at Santa Anita Park with an easy half-mile breeze.
Barretts has rescheduled its sixth annual paddock at Del Mar from its original date of Sunday, July 30, to Wednesday, July 26, following that day’s race card.
Juddmonte Farms' champion Arrogate is likely to make his next start in the TVG San Diego Handicap (G2) July 22 at Del Mar, trainer Bob Baffert said June 5.
The Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) will be run at five furlongs (6 1/2 furlongs in 2016) and the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1T) will be run at 1 1/8 miles (1 1/4 miles in 2016).
The California Horse Racing Board's Race Dates Committee, which normally handles year-to-year disputes between industry stakeholders in the Northern and Southern regions of the state, discussed a wider issue of horse racing's future May 24.
A combination of California-breds and Kentucky-breds constitute much of what will likely be Barretts' final May 2-year-olds in training sale. The auction is scheduled for May 17 at Del Mar, beginning at 2 p.m. PDT.
Breeders' Cup released its 2017 Breeders' Cup Challenge Series April 12. With 81 events listed, there are 62 grade/group 1 events in 13 countries.
Del Mar's simple, yet highly effective, "Ship and Win" program, where owners and trainers are given incentives to import out-of-state horses to race locally, will be back for its seventh summer at the seaside oval.
OwnerView announced April 3 that registration is now open for the fourth edition of the Thoroughbred Owner Conference.
Under the guidance of its new director of track maintenance, Dennis Moore, Del Mar has started a process to modify its main track to replicate the banking and grading of its sister track to the north, Santa Anita Park.
A Kentucky-bred son of Malibu Moon topped the Barretts March select 2-year-olds in training sale at $675,000 March 29 at Del Mar.
A filly by Lucky Pulpit and a colt by Justin Phillip recorded the fastest times at the Barretts under-tack preview at Del Mar March 27. The filly worked a furlong in :09 4/5, followed by the colt who worked a quarter-mile in :20 3/5.
After several juvenile sales this year in Florida, buyers on the West Coast will get the chance to shop closer to home when Barretts conducts its select 2-year-old sale March 29 at Del Mar, the second year at that location.
Del Mar's 2017 summer schedule will offer 41 stakes races worth $7.3 million during a 36-day season, the San Diego County racetrack announced March 22.
Following its business plan of purchasing mid-priced yearlings with the pedigrees and athleticism to move forward as both pinhooks and as racehorses, Excel Bloodstock targets the Barretts March sale each year.
The Breeders' Cup released detailed ticketing information Feb. 28 for the 2017 Breeders' Cup World Championships taking place at Del Mar Nov. 3-4.
The California Horse Racing Board unanimously approved a measure to allow races to be run with medication-based eligibility conditions during its regularly scheduled monthly meeting Feb. 23 at Santa Anita Park.
The Barking Shark, a West Coast fan favorite who finished second in seven stakes, two grade 1s, died earlier this year of colic at the Glen Ellen Vocational Academy in California. The gelding by Naevus was 24.
Veteran trackman Dennis Moore, the track superintendent at Santa Anita Park, has agreed to accept the additional role of director of track maintenance at Del Mar, the San Diego County racetrack announced Jan. 19.
Running a pair of historically relevant and pricey late-season grade I races is not in the best business interest of Los Alamitos Race Course. Two weeks of racing in December is not enough to support two grade I races and their purses.
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