Del Mar Stable News

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50-1 Longshot Keys Friday Carryover of $303,229

Bird E House, a 50-1 longshot claimed for $8,000 in his previous start, won Thursday’s seventh race under Gonzalo Nicolas to key a massive carryover of $303,229 into Friday’s Pick Six wager. Bird E House,...

Stable Notes August 20 2015

By Hank Wesch GRAHAM’S TAKING A LIKING TO DEL MAR, AND VICE VERSA In March, James Graham closed the Fair Grounds meeting in New Orleans with 106 wins and his first riding title after four...

Pat O'Brien Stakes, Del Mar 'Cap Top Pacific Classic Undercard

The Grade II $250,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes and the Grade II Del Mar Handicap will be supporting features on Del Mar’s 11-race program Saturday which will be highlighted by the silver anniversary running of the...

Holy Lute Wins Green Flash Handicap

Holy Lute, winner of the 2013 El Cajon Stakes as a three-year-old, returned to the scene of his lone added-money triumph to win Wednesday’s featured $87,080 Green Flash at the abbreviated distance of five furlongs...

Stable Notes August 19 2015

Richard Mandella and Gary Stevens cracking jokes at the TVG Pacific Classic draw at Del Mar BEHOLDER DRAWS POST NINE, MADE 5-2 TVG PACIFIC CLASSIC FAVORITE Two-time Eclipse Award winner Beholder drew post position No....

Beholder Early Favorite vs. Nine in $1 Million TVG Pacific Classic

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

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

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

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

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...