Del Mar Stable News

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Favored Vale Dori Wins Tranquility Lake Stakes

Vale Dori © Benoit Photo Argentine-bred Vale Dori, the 1-2 betting choice under jockey Rafael Bejarano, delivered as expected Wednesday with a workmanlike winning performance in the featured $79,290 Tranquility Lake Stakes for older fillies...

California Diamond Faces Six Rivals in I'm Smokin Stakes

California Diamond © Benoit Rockingham Ranch’s California Diamond, who earned his stakes spurs in the Santa Anita Juvenile and then was runner-up in Del Mar’s Graduation Stakes in early August, heads a field of seven...

Stable Notes August 31, 2016

American Cleopatra © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club SEVEN ENTERED FOR DEBUTANTE, 14 FOR JUVENILE TURF SATURDAY As the saying goes, two out of three ain’t bad. And Hall of Fame trainer Bob...

Belvoir Bay, Arroyo Score Upset in Torrey Pines Stakes

Belvoir Bay © Benoit English-bred Belvoir Bay, piloted by the red-hot Norberto Arroyo, Jr., grabbed the lead from the gate and never relinquished it in scoring a wire-to-wire triumph in the featured Grade III $100,000...

Stable Notes August 28, 2016

Norberto Arroyo, Jr. aboard Why Two © Benoit NORBERTO ARROYO, JR., MAKING THE MOST OF FRESH START HERE Jockey Norberto Arroyo, Jr., arrived in California about five days before the start of the Del Mar...

Miss Sunset Takes Generous Portion Stakes

Miss Sunset © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Miss Sunset, the 1-2 favorite on the basis of her career debut which she won stylishly by four and three-quarter lengths, improved on that performance...

Masochistic Breezes in Pat O'Brien Stakes

Masochistic © Benoit Masochistic, the overwhelming favorite at 1-5, delivered as expected Saturday with a brilliant front-running victory under jockey Tyler Baze in the featured Grade II $200,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes. Running versus only two...

Stable Notes August 27, 2016

Enola Gray © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club ENOLA GRAY AIMS TO STAY PERFECT AND WIN SECOND STAKE HERE The phrase that trainer Phil D’Amato often uses to describe 3-year-old filly Enola Gray’s...

Enola Gray Faces Seven in Torrey Pines Stakes Sunday

Enola Gray © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Enola Gray, unbeaten and untested in three races in her brief career, will attempt to emulate champions Beholder and Stellar Wind Sunday when she heads...

Stable Notes August 26, 2016

Masochistic © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club COULD VYJACK ‘HYJACK’ O’BRIEN FROM MASOCHISTIC? Masochistic, the 4-5 morning line favorite, is clearly the horse to beat in Saturday’s Grade II $200,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes....