Del Mar Stable News

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Stormy Liberal Defeats Richard's Boy in Green Flash 'Cap - Again

Stormy Liberal (outside) © Benoit Photo In a replay of last November’s Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, Stormy Liberal came on in the stretch to defeat stablemate Richard’s Boy in the featured $88,840 Green Flash Handicap...

Stable Notes August 17, 2018

DAY 23 BREEDERS’ CUP RETURN IN 2021 HAS DEL MAR HORSEMEN ENTHUSED The Breeders’ Cup World Championships will make its second appearance at Del Mar in November of 2021, four years after the track hosted...

Hunt, Sharp Samurai Top Outstanding Field in Del Mar Mile Sunday

Hunt © Benoit Photo Irish-bred Hunt and Kentucky-bred Sharp Samurai, grass champions from the 2017 Del Mar season, head an outstanding field of 13 Thoroughbreds scheduled to compete Sunday in the Grade II $200,000 Del...

Liam the Charmer Wins Del Mar Headliner

Liam the Charmer © Benoit Photo On the sidelines for a year, Liam the Charmer made a successful return to competition Thursday, overtaking Ann Arbor Eddie at the finish line to win Del Mar’s feature...

Stable Notes August 16, 2018

Prime Attraction © Benoit Photo DAY 22 PRIME ATTRACTION COULD PLAY MAJOR ROLE IN TVG PACIFIC CLASSIC A glance at all the “1”s and “2”s in the past performance lines for Prime Attraction leads to...

Accelerate Favored in TVG Pacific Classic; Oaks, Del Mar 'Cap Also on Card

Accelerate © Benoit Photo Hronis Racing’s Accelerate, the top-ranked older handicap Thoroughbred in the West, will face seven rivals as the 8-5 morning line favorite Saturday in Del Mar’s signature event of the summer season,...

Sixth Solo Pick Six Ticket Registers at Del Mar

Living on Prayer © Benoit Photo For the second consecutive day and the sixth time in the first 21 days of the meet, a single Pick Six bettor hit the wager and took home the...

Vexatious Triumphs in CTT & TOC Stakes

Vexatious © Benoit Photo Given a flawlessly-timed ride by jockey Rafael Bejarano, Vexatious rallied from last place to overhaul favored Queen Blossom in the final sixteenth and win the featured $75,754 CTT & TOC Stakes...

Stable Notes August 15, 2018

DAY 21 EIGHT ENTERED IN TVG PACIFIC CLASSIC; ACCELERATE (8-5) IN POST 5 Accelerate will break from post position No. 5 in a field of eight in quest of completing the “California Triple” in Saturday’s...

Yuvetsi Upsets Anonymity in Rancho Bernardo Handicap

Yuvetsi © Benoit Photo Hronis Racing’s Yuvetsi, a 9-1 outsider under jockey Tyler Baze, shook off 2-5 favored Anonymity turning into the stretch and continued on to score a convincing triumph in the featured Grade...