Del Mar News & Announcements
These announcements and Press Releases are updated frequently. For Stable Notes and other race-related news, you can read our Stable News.
Del Mar Announces Major Purse Increases for 2021 Summer Meet
Thursday, February 25th, 2021 (2 days ago)Purses to Exceed $700,000 Per Day; "Ship and Win" Incentives Double
$1 Million 'Wild West Bonus' Announced for Big 'Cap, Hollywood Gold Cup & TVG Pacific Classic Sweep as Santa Anita & Del Mar Join Forces
Monday, February 8th, 2021 (2 weeks ago)Santa Anita to Boost Overnight Race Purses by $15,000 on Big 'Cap Day, March 6
Santa Anita Park and the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club have announced they have joined forces to create the $1 Million...
Record Handle, Safe Racing Highlight Del Mar's Bing Crosby Season; Seaside Track Set to Host 2021 Breeders' Cup
Sunday, November 29th, 2020 (2 months ago)
The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club continued its industry-leading safety record and its increased wagering trends as its Bing Crosby Season concluded on Sunday, November 29. The five-week fall meet provided total handle of $195.9 million,...
2020 at Del Mar - Its Team Steps Up to Face Huge Challenges
Saturday, November 28th, 2020 (2 months ago)
By Mac McBride
So just up ahead – after this Sunday in fact – Del Mar will wipe its sanitized hands clean of racing in 2020. In a way, the word that fits best for...
Rosario Returns to Site of Many Successes for Turf Festival
Friday, November 27th, 2020 (3 months ago)
Joel Rosario © Benoit Photo
By Hank Wesch
The 2013 racing schedule afforded jockey Joel Rosario time to ride the opening day card at Del Mar on Wednesday then move on for the start of...
Chaos Theory Takes Del Mar Feature; Trainer Glatt Scores His 1,000 Win
Friday, November 20th, 2020 (3 months ago)
Chaos Theory © Benoit Photo
Folks got a sample of rider Umberto Rispoli’s special talents this past summer at Del Mar when the international reinsman rode 49 winners in the 27-day meet, many of them...
Gryder Chooses To End Worldwide Career at a Starting Point
Friday, November 13th, 2020 (3 months ago)
Aaron Gryder
By Hank Wesch
Aaron Gryder’s earliest memories of Del Mar are the times when his age was still in single digits, coming down from Los Angeles on the early Saturday morning train with...
Apprentices Pyfer, Centeno - So Much Alike, Yet So Very Different
Friday, November 6th, 2020 (3 months ago)
Jessica Pyfer & Alexis Centeno © Benoit Photo
By Mac McBride
Del Mar has a pair of young and game apprentice riders in its colony this season – Jessica Pyfer and Alexis Centeno.
In many...
Seventh Del Mar Fall Race Meeting Off and Running Saturday
Thursday, October 29th, 2020 (3 months ago)
Del Mar’s seventh consecutive fall race meeting – presented with a Hollywood flare and a title that honors the track’s founder, Bing Crosby – breaks from the starting gate this Saturday for a 15-day stand...
Change in Pick Six Wagering Highlights Del Mar's Fall Bet Menu
Tuesday, October 20th, 2020 (4 months ago)
Following strong growth in its Pick Four and Pick Five bets when they were shifted to a 50¢ wager, Del Mar will change its traditional $2 Pick Six bet to a 50¢ one with the...