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.
An Evening of Music to Support the Victims of the Fire at San Luis Rey Downs Training Center
Wednesday, December 20th, 2017 (1 year ago)Featuring Burt Bacharach with a special guest performance by Elvis Costello
Burt Bacharach, a horse owner and racing fan for 50 years, has announced that he will host a fundraiser for the victims of the...
Over $600,000 Now Raised to Help Victims of Last Week's San Luis Rey Downs Training Center Fire by The Stronach Group/Santa Anita & Del Mar GoFundMe Effort
Wednesday, December 13th, 2017 (1 year ago)$250,000 Has Been Approved for Immediate Dispersal to Assist with Urgent Expenses
More than $600,000 currently has been raised via donations to the TSG/Santa Anita & Del Mar GoFundMe account through a world-wide outpouring to...
Post-Fire Situation Settles at Del Mar as Training Is Held
Monday, December 11th, 2017 (1 year ago)
Thoroughbreds jogged on the main racetrack at Del Mar Monday morning as life after the horrific training track fire in nearby Bonsal began to settle for horses and horsemen involved with the events at San...
Trainer Martine Bellocq Remains Hospitalized Following Injuries Suffered at San Luis Rey
Sunday, December 10th, 2017 (1 year ago)
Trainer Martine Bellocq continues to be treated at UCSD Medical Center in San Diego for burns she received trying to rescue her horses during the San Luis Rey Downs training center fire in Bonsal Thursday....
Santa Anita & Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Join Forces Following Fire to Provide Off-Site Stabling During San Luis Rey Downs Training Center Reconstruction
Friday, December 8th, 2017 (1 year ago)With Eight Barns at San Luis Rey Destroyed by Lilac Fire on Thursday, Training & Stabling Facilities Immediately Required for Nearly 500 Thoroughbreds
Following an emergency meeting of the California horse racing industry’s Stabling and...
More Than 800 Fire-Threatened Horses Evacuated to Del Mar
Friday, December 8th, 2017 (1 year ago)
Del Mar’s backstretch area is currently providing safe haven for more than 850 horses that escaped a wind-blown, fast-moving fire that ripped through the North County area of San Diego Thursday.
The first group of...
Del Mar Springboards Off Breeders' Cup to its Best Fall Season
Sunday, November 26th, 2017 (1 year ago)
The highly successful first Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar – which has drawn rave reviews from coast to coast – got the track’s fall meeting off to a rousing start and that momentum carried through...
Miller, Prat Reign as Bing Crosby Meeting Champions
Sunday, November 26th, 2017 (1 year ago)
Flavien Prat
Peter Miller won the training title for the third time in the four Bing Crosby Fall meetings at Del Mar and Flavien Prat secured the jockey championship as the season came to an...
Hills Add Del Mar to Their 'Places to Race' List
Friday, November 24th, 2017 (1 year ago)
Jim & Susan Hill © Benoit Photo
By Hank Wesch
The presence of owners Jim and Susan Hill at Del Mar, a place Jim Hill concedes – “We’d never been to, never seen until this...
Single Ticket Pick Six Pays $254,441 Thanks to a Disqualification
Sunday, November 19th, 2017 (1 year ago)
A lone ticket holder was – in racetrack parlance – “kissed in” to a Pick Six score of $254,441 Sunday afternoon at Del Mar when Lord Admiral, who had finished second in the 9th and...
Three Special Guys Have Built - And Left - Their Marks on Del Mar
Friday, November 17th, 2017 (1 year ago)
(Left to right): Gerald (Corky) Riner, Robert Sanchez, David Martinez © Benoit Photo
By Mac McBride
Forty-six years ago Del Mar started a Pick 3 that paid dividends over and over again. This year the...
Denman Elected to Broadcasters Hall of Fame
Tuesday, November 14th, 2017 (1 year ago)
Trevor Denman © Benoit Photo
Iconic horse racing announcer Trevor Denman will become one of two new members of the Southern California Sports Broadcasters Hall of Fame when he is inducted at the 27th annual...
Christian Hellmers Wins More Than $100,000 in Del Mar Fall Challenge
Sunday, November 12th, 2017 (1 year ago)
From Left to Right: Challenge Director Chris Bahr, Christian Hellmers, Tom Quigley, Joe Masino, Mark Strieff
Christian Hellmers Wins More Than $100,000 in Del Mar Fall Challenge Christian Hellmers of Rancho Santa Fe, CA, built...
Christian Hellmers running one-two after day one in the Del Mar Challenge
Saturday, November 11th, 2017 (1 year ago)
Christian Hellmers of Rancho Santa Fe, CA, is first and second place with both entries after day one of the Del Mar Handicapping Challenge. Players started the day with a $3,000 live money bankroll in...
Greyvitos Upsets in Bob Hope Stakes
Saturday, November 11th, 2017 (1 year ago)
Greyvitos © Benoit Photo
Longshot Greyvitos, winless in two starts in his brief career, broke his maiden in style Saturday with a wire-to-wire surprise under Hall of Fame jockey Victor Espinoza in the featured $100,000...
Breeders' Cup at Del Mar 2017: A View From Over the Pond
Friday, November 10th, 2017 (1 year ago)
Mendelssohn © Benoit Photo
By Hank Wesch
They came.
They saw.
They conquered, somewhat.
The Europeans left, from virtually all accounts, pleased that they made the approximately 5,500-mile journey over the Atlantic Ocean, and the...
Spectacular Setting, Strong Business Results At Del Mar’s First Breeders’ Cup
Saturday, November 4th, 2017 (1 year ago)
Breeders’ Cup World Championships © Eclipse Sportswire
DEL MAR, Calif. (Nov. 4, 2017) – Gun Runner’s thrilling victory in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic capped a picture-perfect day at the Del Mar racetrack, the...
Javier Castellano Wins 15th Bill Shoemaker Award
Saturday, November 4th, 2017 (1 year ago)
Javier Castellano, winner of the 2017 Bill Shoemaker Award © Eclipse Sportswire
DEL MAR, Calif. (Nov. 4, 2017) – Javier Castellano, who won the first race of the 2017 Breeders’ Cup with Rushing Fall in...
Gun Runner Dominates in $6 Million Breeders’ Cup Classic; Defending Champion Arrogate Dead-Heats For Fifth
Saturday, November 4th, 2017 (1 year ago)
Gun Runner, winner of the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic © Eclipse Sportswire
DEL MAR, Calif. (Nov. 4, 2017) – Winchell Thoroughbreds and Three Chimneys Farm’s Gun Runner ($6.80) went to the front shortly after...
Ulysses Scratched From Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf
Friday, November 3rd, 2017 (1 year ago)
Ulysses © Eclipse Sportswire
DEL MAR, Calif. (Nov. 3, 2017) – Flaxman Holdings, Ltd.’s Ulysses, the 7-2 morning line favorite, has been scratched from the $4 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf per recommendation from the...