Good start eases minds at Del Mar
It’s odd to type “normalcy” to describe an opening day at Del Mar. There is very little “normal” about the first day of the summer season at the seaside racetrack. Practically every track has a […]
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Oceanside attracts 12 on Del Mar’s opening day
Del Mar commences its summer season Wednesday with the traditional opening-day feature, the $100,000 Oceanside S., and 12 sophomores have signed up for the grassy mile affair. Restricted to non-winners of a sweepstakes worth $50,000 […]
Del Mar At a Glance July 15
DEL MAR AT A GLANCE Avg. Winning Odds: 4.32 – 1 Favorite Win%: 40%, Favorite Itm%: 70% EXOTICS PAYOFF Quinella 35.44 Exacta 66.07 Daily Double 66.95 Trifecta 405.90 Pick 3 421.95 Superfecta 2,458.44 Pick […]
Trainer Art Sherman bouncing back from cancer surgery
There hasn’t been a more welcoming presence on the Del Mar backside during the racetrack’s summer meet in recent years than trainer Art Sherman, and it’s likely to stay that way for 2019. The 82-year-old […]
Stronach Group to ban Lasix at its California tracks; 22nd fatality at Santa Anita
Belinda Stronach, Chairman and President of The Stronach Group, on Thursday announced a “zero tolerance” policy for raceday medication at Santa Anita and Golden Gate Fields in an “Open Letter about the Future of Thoroughbred […]
Del Mar At a Glance December 3
DEL MAR AT A GLANCE Avg. Winning Odds: 4.32 – 1 Favorite Win%: 40%, Favorite Itm%: 70% EXOTICS PAYOFF Quinella 35.44 Exacta 66.07 Daily Double 66.95 Trifecta 405.90 Pick 3 421.95 Superfecta 2,458.44 Pick […]
Uni rolls late in Matriarch
By crowning a perfect 2018 campaign in Sunday’s $302,760 Matriarch (G1), Uni earned her first Grade 1 laurel and gave her trainer/jockey tandem of Chad Brown and Joel Rosario a sweep of Del Mar’s closing […]
Raging Bull overtakes River Boyne in Hollywood Derby
Not quite three hours after Patternrecognition wired the Cigar Mile (G1), trainer Chad Brown notched a cross-country Grade 1 double with Raging Bull in Saturday’s $302,760 Hollywood Derby (G1) at Del Mar. The 9-5 favorite produced […]
Brown trio among shippers hoping to thwart Vasilika in Matriarch
Trainer Chad Brown’s mentor, the late Hall of Famer Bobby Frankel, compiled a record eight wins in the Matriarch (G1) at its original Hollywood Park home. Since the turf feature relocated to Del Mar, Brown […]
Del Mar At a Glance November 26
DEL MAR AT A GLANCE Avg. Winning Odds: 4.43 – 1 Favorite Win%: 42%, Favorite Itm%: 75% EXOTICS PAYOFF Quinella 37.84 Exacta 70.51 Daily Double 68.31 Trifecta 411.99 Pick 3 431.79 Superfecta 2,351.88 Pick 6 […]