Del Mar Stable News
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Goldencents Tops Field in Bing Crosby Stakes
Published Friday, July 25th, 2014 (10 years ago)Goldencents, a winner of more than $2 million in his brilliant career, will seek to add the Grade I $300,000 Bing Crosby Stakes to his accomplishments Sunday when he heads a line-up of eight talented...
Bench Light Wins Del Mar Feature
Published Thursday, July 24th, 2014 (10 years ago)Deftly handled by Hall of Fame rider Kent Desormeaux, Bench Light flashed to the lead in the upper stretch and drew off impressively to win Del Mar’s feature race Thursday, a mile and three-eighths test...
Stable Notes Day 6
Published Thursday, July 24th, 2014 (10 years ago) By Hank Wesch
DANCE WITH FATE SUFFERS FATAL INJURIES
Blue Grass Stakes winner Dance With Fate suffered catastrophic injuries to his right rear leg when he crashed into the outer rail during a morning gallop...
Frac Daddy Inherits Favorite’s Role in San Diego Handicap
Published Thursday, July 24th, 2014 (10 years ago)With the unfortunate morning training mishap suffered by pre-race favorite Dance With Fate Thursday morning, 4-year-old Frac Daddy, a two-time stakes winner in 2014, is now the likely favorite Saturday in the Grade II, $200,000...
Dance With Fate Injured While Galloping at Del Mar
Published Thursday, July 24th, 2014 (10 years ago)Dance With Fate, the 3-year-old colt who won the Grade I Blue Grass Stakes this spring and was scheduled to start this Saturday as the likely favorite against older horses in the San Diego Handicap,...
Lil Bit O'Fun Springs Wickerr Stakes Upset
Published Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014 (10 years ago)
Lil Bit O’Fun, a six-year-old gelding claimed for $40,000 last summer at Del Mar, scored his third straight victory for his new owners, rallying from far back under jockey Aaron Gryder to win the featured...
Stable Notes Day 5
Published Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014 (10 years ago)By Hank Wesch
CASSIDY HAS GREAT SUNDAY, ROOT CANAL MONDAY
Trainer Jim Cassidy saddled Tom’s Tribute to victory in the $300,000 Grade I Eddie Read Stakes Sunday afternoon, then stuck around to purchase four horses...
Sky Kingdom Heads 11 in Cougar II Handicap
Published Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014 (10 years ago)Westrock Stables’ distance-loving Sky Kingdom, beaten a half-length as runner-up in the 2013 Cougar II Handicap, heads a field of 11 runners in Friday’s 64th running of the Grade III $100,000 mile one-half marathon over...
Tom's Tribute Wins Eddie Read Stakes
Published Sunday, July 20th, 2014 (10 years ago)Masterfully handled by Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, 2-1 second choice Tom’s Tribute got the jump on even-money favored Eastern invader Summer Front and scored an impressive triumph Sunday in the Grade I $300,000...
Eddie Read Stakes Grade I
Published Sunday, July 20th, 2014 (10 years ago)
MIKE SMITH (Tom’s Tribute, winner) – “He really relaxed today. That’s the key with this horse. It was nice having that pace up front. We sat in right behind him (early leader Horizontalyspeakin) and were...