Del Mar News & Announcements

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Pick Six Pays $80,488 to Single Bettor at Del Mar

Del Mar’s Pick Six paid $80,488 to a single bettor Friday who purchased the ticket on track. Winners on the program were Chris and Dave, $14.80, in the third; Rockin Rudy at $8.40 in the...

So Sweetitiz Wins Daiscutter Handicap

Pamela Ziebarth’s So Sweetitiz, with Del Mar’s leading rider, Flavien Prat, in the saddle, prevailed in a blanket finish to win Friday’s featured $85,380 Daisycutter Handicap for older fillies and mares at five furlongs on...

Chris McCarron Named Pincay Award Recipient for 2016

Chris McCarron (left) and Laffit Pincay, Jr. at Del Mar in 1984. Hall of Fame jockey Chris McCarron, one of racing’s great riders as well as one of its best-liked individuals, has been named the...

Mo Knows, Gonzalez Win Del Mar Feature

Mo Knows, a Kentucky-bred daughter of the successful stallion Uncle Mo, rallied strongly in the stretch to win Del Mar’s feature race Thursday, a mile and one-sixteenth race on the infield turf course for three-year-old...

The Tale of Zenyatta is Worth Hearing Again and Again

By GENE WILLIAMS Zenyatta © Benoit John Shirreffs calls it his Camelot, those days from late 2007 to late 2010 when he was the keeper of a flame that burned so brightly that it set...

Lord Nelson Blazes in Bing Crosby Stakes Triumph

Lord Nelson © Benoit Spendthrift Farm’s brilliant Lord Nelson set a stakes record and barely missed Del Mar’s track mark for six furlongs with an overpowering performance in Sunday’s Grade I $300,000 Bing Crosby Stakes....

Dressed to a T Wins Del Mar Feature

Dressed to a T (outside) © Benoit Reddam Racing’s Dressed to a T, the 6-5 favorite under jockey Mario Gutierrez, rallied powerfully in the stretch to overhaul Holgraeme in the final strides and win Del...

Beholder Carries on Tradition of Female Stars at Del Mar

Beholder Winning the 2015 TVG Pacific Classic By Hank Wesch The victory by Beholder in the 2015 TVG Pacific Classic left the mare’s connections, Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella, Hall of Fame jockey Gary...

Robinson Wins More Than $100,000 in Prizes in the July 23 & 24 Del Mar Handicapping Challenge

Ed Robinson of Moody, AL took the lead in race 8 and held on to the win by the slimmest of margins in the 13th annual Del Mar Handicapping Challenge. Charles Davis from Seattle, WA,...

Baiungo Leads After Day One in the Del Mar Handicapping Challenge

Matt Baiungo of Henderson, NV and Brian Chenvert of Rogers, MN, were the top two finishers on day one of the 13th annual Del Mar Handicapping Challenge. Baiungo finished the day with $16,373 and Chenvert...