Del Mar Stable News
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Beholder Early Favorite vs. Nine in $1 Million TVG Pacific Classic
Published Wednesday, August 19th, 2015 (8 years ago)
Two-time Eclipse Award champion Beholder is the 5-2 morning line favorite to become the first female thoroughbred to win Del Mar’s signature race of the summer season, the Grade I $1 million TVG Pacific Classic,...
Taris, Chati's On Top Score Del Mar Stakes Victories
Published Sunday, August 16th, 2015 (8 years ago)
Taris and jockey Gary Stevens win the Grade III Rancho Bernardo Handicap.
Taris, a classy daughter of Flatter, and Chati’s On Top, a four-year-old Old Topper filly, shared the glory Sunday as they scored victories...
Stable Notes August 16 2015
Published Sunday, August 16th, 2015 (8 years ago)
By Hank Wesch
AMERICAN PHAROAH BREEZES FOUR FURLONGS IN :47.60
Triple Crown champion American Pharoah breezed a half-mile in :47.60 under rider Martin Garcia Sunday morning at Del Mar with an estimated 800 people looking...
American Pharoah Works Four Furlongs in :47.60
Published Sunday, August 16th, 2015 (8 years ago)
Triple Crown champion American Pharoah worked a half-mile in :47.60 under rider Martin Garcia Sunday morning at Del Mar with an estimated 800 people looking on from the grandstand.
Trainer Bob Baffert and owner Ahmed...
Sharla Rae Wins Grade I Del Mar Oaks
Published Saturday, August 15th, 2015 (8 years ago)
Kentucky-bred Sharla Rae responded to the deft handling of James Graham in the final sixteenth to outfinish longshot Her Emmynence and clinch the three-year-old filly championship of the summer season with a victory in the...
Stable Notes August 15 2015
Published Saturday, August 15th, 2015 (8 years ago)
By Hank Wesch
PACIFIC CLASSIC UPDATE, FINAL EDITION, ONE WEEK OUT
On both sides of the country, workouts over a three-day period that started Friday have nominees for the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic a...
Distaff Speedsters Clash Sunday in Rancho Bernardo 'Cap
Published Saturday, August 15th, 2015 (8 years ago)
Seven older fillies and mares will match speed Sunday in the 44th running of the Grade III $100,000 Rancho Bernardo Handicap at six and one-half furlongs over Del Mar’s main track.
Co-featured on the ten-race...
Curlin's Fox Romps in Sandy Blue Handicap
Published Friday, August 14th, 2015 (8 years ago)
Highly-regarded since the start of her career last winter but somewhat of a disappointment in stakes company, Warren B. Williamson’s Curlin’s Sox performed to early expectations Friday with a romping triumph in the featured $87,400...
Stable Notes August 14 2015
Published Friday, August 14th, 2015 (8 years ago)
By Hank Wesch
OAKS FAVORITE PRIZE EXHIBIT PROVES A GEM FOR CASSIDY
A few weeks before the Breeders’ Cup last fall at Santa Anita, Deron Pearson purchased a 2-year-old, English bred and raced filly named...
Unusually Green Wins Del Mar Feature
Published Thursday, August 13th, 2015 (8 years ago)
Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Williams' Unusually Green, the 8-5 favorite piloted by Del Mar's leading rider, Rafael Bejarano, rallied in the stretch to win today's feature, a mile and one-sixteenth contest for California-bred horses...