Del Mar Stable News

These news articles are specific to the Backside including Stable Notes and other race-related stories. For official Press Releases and announcements, you can read our News & Press Releases.

Stable Notes October 27, 2015

Bill Spawr By Hank Wesch SPAWR SETTLES IN FOR THE FULL FALL EXPERIENCE “Put it this way. If we feel a horse needs to be down here early, it will be here.” That was John...

Juvenile Fillies Clash in Stakes on Opening Day of Bing Crosby II

Patriotic Diamond (outside) fighting past Just Google Me (inside) to win the Generous Portion Stakes Del Mar Thoroughbred Club will present its second Bing Crosby Season starting Thursday with opening-day of the 20-day fall meeting...

Stable Notes October 26, 2015

Patriotic Diamond By Hank Wesch JERKENS PLEASED WITH DAY ONE LINE-UP FOR BING II The gearing up for Thursday’s opening of the second Bing Crosby season at Del Mar began Sunday with the taking of...

Bejarano, Hollendorfer Take Jockey, Trainer Titles

Rafael Bejarano won his fifth overall, and fourth straight Del Mar leading rider title and Jerry Hollendorfer won his first solo training championship as Del Mar’s 2015 season came to a close on Labor Day...

Reddam Racing Claims Both Owners' Titles

Featuring a 2-year-old division deep in talent, Reddam Racing LLC took the ownership titles of the 76th Del Mar Summer Meeting for both wins and earnings. J. Paul Reddam’s stable, with main trainers Doug O’Neill...

Nyquist Wins Del Mar Futurity

J.Paul Reddam’s unbeaten Nyquist, the 1-2 favorite piloted by Mario Gutierrez, projected himself into the national picture as a force among two-year-old males this year with a brilliant victory in Monday’s Grade I $300,000 Del...

Beholder Unanimous Choice As 2015 Horse of the Meeting

Performances by female runners were the most impressive to the media in Del Mar’s 2015 Summer Meeting and the victories by Beholder in the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes and TVG Pacific Classic were the most...

Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf Stakes Quotes

FLAVIEN PRAT (Jakaby Jade, winner) – “Dream trip; perfect. I had the good post inside and she was running from the beginning. She finished well. “This has been a wonderful season for me. When I...

Del Mar Futurity Stakes Quotes

MARIO GUTIERREZ (Nyquist, winner) – “Any other track in the country – if I run a :44 half like that – I’m well in front. Be here they were all coming at me. I used...

Stable Notes September 7 2015

By Hank Wesch A FUTURITY WITHOUT BAFFERT? IT’S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT In the waning weeks of the 76th Summer Meeting, which ends today, there was talk that Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, winner...