Del Mar Stable News

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Ransom the Moon Defeats Roy H Again in Grade I Bing Crosby Stakes

Ransom the Moon © Benoit Photo Agave Racing Stable and Wilke’s Ransom the Moon rallied on the far outside in the stretch to win the Grade I $300,000 Bing Crosby Stakes for the second straight...

California Dreamin' Stakes Quotes

Fly to Mars © Benoit Photo FLAVIEN PRAT (Fly to Mars, winner) – “It was take the break and take a look. We got a good spot right away; good trip all the way around....

Stable Notes July 28, 2018

Unique Bella © Del Mar Thoroughbred Club DAY 9 UNIQUE BELLA AIMS FOR GRADE I HIRSCH IN REGULAR WAY What’s unique about Unique Bella? “She’s a champion, that’s what’s unique about her,” Hall of Fame...

Take the One O One Wins Real Good Deal Stakes

Take the One O One © Benoit Photo Taking the shortest way home, even-money favored Take the One O One rallied on the rail turning into the stretch to take the lead and continued on...

Stable Notes July 27, 2018

Peter Miller © Eclipse Sportswire DAY 8 MILLER STIRS UP SOME GOOD MEMORIES WITH STORMY LIBERAL, ROY H Trainer Peter Miller ranks a Saturday at Del Mar, November 4, 2017, as probably the third-best day...

Unique Bella Strong Favorite in Clement L. Hirsch Stakes Sunday

Unique Bella Don Alberto Stable’s champion filly Unique Bella, a winner of eight of eleven starts and worse than second only once in a brilliant career, figures to be an odds-on favorite Sunday when she...

Nice Ice Wins Del Mar Feature

Nice Ice © Benoit Photo Nice Ice, who won a maiden race over Santa Anita’s six and one-half furlong downhill turf course in April, stretched out to a mile over the Del Mar grass to...

Stable Notes July 26, 2018

Roy H DAY 7 THREE FROM BREEDERS’ CUP SPRINT RETURN FOR BING CROSBY The first, fourth and fifth-place finishers from the $1.5 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint last November are back at Del Mar as part...

Champion Sprinter Roy H Faces Ten in Grade I Bing Crosby Stakes

Roy H © Benoit Photo Champion sprinter Roy H, who clinched an Eclipse Award with his triumph in the $1.5 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint last November at Del Mar, returns to the scene of his...

Beach View Upsets Hoppertunity in Cougar II Handicap

Beach View © Benoit Photo Given a ground-saving ride by jockey Rafael Bejarano, Beach View swept to the front along the rail turning into the stretch and easily defeated odds-on favored Hoppertunity in the featured...