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.

Danzing Candy Suffers Injury, To Be Retired

Danzing Candy © Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Danzing Candy, the 8-5 morning line favorite for Saturday’s Grade II $200,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes, suffered a career-ending fracture to an ankle Friday morning during a routine gallop...

Paying Her Dues: Apprentice Laura Werner on a Rider's Road

Laura Werner © Del Mar Thoroughbred Club By Sean White Oftentimes, what takes place on the turf outshines the preparation required. While the race to be first includes incentives of participating in stakes contests, earning...

$147,012 Pick Six Carryover Available Wednesday at Del Mar

Haveiture Way © Benoit Photo A Pick Six carryover of $147,012 will greet players Wednesday at Del Mar when racing resumes following the standard two-day break at the seaside oval. Sunday’s program saw the exotic...

Large Pick Six Hit Friday, But Saturday Carryover Still $258,780

Fourteen Pick Six players tabbed Friday’s $1,320,561 pool in the exotic bet -- each earning a prize of $60,613.40 -- but Saturday’s Pick Six players still will have a husky boost to their fortunes at...

TVG to Air TVG Pacific Classic Special

90-Minute, Commercial-Free Telecast Look Back at Team Arrogate's Historic Dubai World Cup TVG, America’s Horse Racing network, will break from its usual format for a live, 90-minute commercial-free special telecast of the TVG Pacific Classic...

Accelerate's a Solid Citizen with a Penchant for Del Mar

Accelerate © Benoit Photo By Hank Wesch Trainer John Sadler wasn’t present when Accelerate was purchased for $380,000 at the Keeneland September sale in 2014 for his major client, Hronis Racing. But he had an...

Superstar Arrogate Tops Field in Saturday's TVG Pacific Classic

Arrogate, the North American earnings champion with something to prove at Del Mar, will get a chance to do just that this Saturday when he heads a field of eight horses in the $1-million TVG...

Arrogate Preps in :47.60 Monday in Final TVG Pacific Classic Move

Arrogate © Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Juddmonte Farms’ Arrogate put in his final bit of major exercise for this Saturday’s $1-million TVG Pacific Classic when he drilled four furlongs in :47.60 on a cool morning...

The 'Cajun Connection' at Del Mar Has Tales to Tell

Del Mar’s Cajun connection: (L-to-R) Kent Desormeaux, Joe Talamo, Jamie Theriot © Benoit Photo By Mac McBride Cajun: An ethnic group mainly living in southwest Louisiana consisting of the descendants of Acadian exiles (French-speakers from...

Single Ticket Hits Del Mar Pick Six for $190,433 Thursday

A very cagey – or very lucky – or likely both – bettor hit Del Mar’s Pick Six Thursday for a husky payoff of $190,433 as a solo ticket winner, thus cashing in the “Jackpot”...