Del Mar Stable News

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Stable Notes August 13 2015

By Hank Wesch MIKE STIDHAM SET TO DOUBLE UP IN OAKS Trainer Mike Stidham looked to be double tough in the upcoming back-to-back turf stakes for three-year-old fillies, Friday’s $80,000 Sandy Blue and Saturday’s Grade...

Prize Exhibit Tops Field in Grade I Del Mar Oaks

DP Racing’s stretch-charging Prize Exhibit, an English-bred filly trained by Jim Cassidy, will seek her third consecutive stakes victory Saturday in the 59th running of the Grade I $300,000 Del Mar Oaks, championship event of...

Pretty N Cool Scores in Sorrento Stakes

Pretty N Cool, the 2-5 favorite under jockey Martin Garcia, confirmed her status as favorite for the Grade I $300,000 Del Mar Debutante on September 5 with a convincing victory in Wednesday’s featured $200,000 Sorrento...

Stable Notes August 12 2015

By Hank Wesch SCRATCHES REDUCE FIELD TO SIX FOR TODAY’S SORRENTO The withdrawal of Sooner Time and Stays In Vegas reduced the field to six for today’s $200,000 Grade II Sorrento Stakes, the major stepping...

Eight Juvenile Fillies Clash in Sorrento Stakes Wednesday

Eight talented two-year-old fillies, all of whom were victorious in their most recent races, will clash Wednesday in the 47th running of the Grade II $200,000 Sorrento Stakes, major steppingstone to the Grade I $300,000...

Prospect Park Wins La Jolla Handicap

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wygod’s talented Prospect Park, whose path to the Kentucky Derby was compromised by a series of mishaps this spring, put the past and eight rivals behind him Sunday with an impressive...

Stable Notes August 9 2015

By Hank Wesch NYQUIST’S NO. 1 WITH O’NEILL AND POSSIBLE FUTURITY SINGLE Trainer Doug O’Neill reported that Nyquist, winner of Saturday’s Grade II $200,000 Best Pal Stakes, came out of the race “great,” and with...

Nyquist Wins Grade II Best Pal Stakes

Best Pal Stakes (Grade II) MARIO GUTIERREZ (Nyquist, winner) – “Good trip today and he handled himself well. I don’t know if this is the best 2-year-old I’ve been on this year, but he’s surely...

Electrum Wins John C. Mabee Stakes in Blanket Finish

Irish-bred Elektrum and jockey Victor Espinoza proved narrowly best in an exciting blanket wind-up to the Grade II $250,000 John C. Mabee Stakes for older fillies and mares Saturday. With a sixteenth of a mile...

Stable Notes August 8 2015

By Hank Wesch PACIFIC CLASSIC COUNTDOWN, SECOND EDITION, TWO WEEKS OUT The deadline for nominations to the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic is Thursday, August 13. It costs $300 and there will be both serious...