Del Mar Unveils New Entry, Scratch Schedule for 2009 Meet
Del Mar Unveils New Entry, Scratch Schedule for 2009 Meet
The advent of a five-day racing schedule for the 2009 Del Mar
Thoroughbred meeting will bring changes in entry and scratch procedures
during the 37-day season that begins Wednesday, July 22.
The entry schedule will feature one "double-draw" day, instead of the
two that prevailed during the 2008 season when racing was conducted six
days per week. The "double draw" will occur on Sunday when entries will
be taken for races scheduled for Thursdays and Fridays. The rest of the
draw schedule has races pulled Wednesday for Saturdays, Thursday for
Sunday and Saturday for Wednesday. No entries will be taken Monday,
Tuesday or Friday, and there will be no racing on Mondays and Tuesdays
at the seaside oval.
The track's first set of entries -- for the opening-day program -- will be taken on Saturday, July 18.
In the case of scratches, they will be taken one day before all race
days and are available at approximately 12 noon on that day before. For
Wednesday's races, for example, scratches will be available on Tuesday
after 12 noon; for Thursday's races they will be available Wednesday
after 12 noon, and so forth.
Del Mar's 70th summer season runs through until Wednesday, September 9.
7/13/09.
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