Del Mar Stable News
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Elm Drive Extra Game Friday in Taking Sorrento at Del Mar
Published Friday, August 6th, 2021 (4 years ago)
Elm Drive © Benoit Photo
Little Red Feather Racing’s Elm Drive dug in the length of the stretch and gamely held off Baoma Corp’s Eda by a head in a dandy horse race that decided...
Stakes Double Again at Del Mar with La Jolla, Graduation On Tap
Published Friday, August 6th, 2021 (4 years ago)
Cathkin Peak © Benoit Photo
Stakes horses will once again double up for a Del Mar crowd, this time on Sunday with the presentation of the 81st La Jolla Stakes and the 70th edition of...
Stable Notes August 6, 2021
Published Friday, August 6th, 2021 (4 years ago)
Maxim Rate © Benoit Photo
HOPES OF MAXIMUM RATE CONNECTIONS COULDN’T BE HIGHER
Maxim Rate arrived at Del Mar last summer showing decent form, but no victories, in over a year.
Then the daughter of...
At the Spa Finds Room on Rail to Get Up in Thursday's CTBA Stakes
Published Thursday, August 5th, 2021 (4 years ago)
At the Spa © Benoit Photo
With equal parts courage and fine horsemanship, rider Tyler Baze and his filly At the Spa squeezed through the tightest of holes on the rail in the stretch, then...
Best Pal, Yellow Ribbon Saturday Offer Stakes Double at Del Mar
Published Thursday, August 5th, 2021 (4 years ago)
Maxim Rate © Benoit Photo
A stakes doubleheader – featuring the Grade II, $200,000 Best Pal Stakes and the Grade II, $200,000 Yellow Ribbon Handicap – will provide some extra spice to an enticing Saturday...
Stable Notes August 5, 2021
Published Thursday, August 5th, 2021 (4 years ago)
Smash Ticket © Benoit Photo
SORRENTO IS A STEP UP FOR FAVORED SMASH TICKET AND NINE RIVALS
One inference from the wire-to-wire, five-length victory Smash Ticket produced in a maiden race here on July 17...
11 Juvenile Fillies Assemble for Friday's Sorrento at Del Mar
Published Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 (4 years ago)
Smash Ticket © Benoit Photo
Eleven promising juvenile fillies will face the starter Friday at Del Mar and run six furlongs in the 53rd edition of the Sorrento Stakes. The Grade II, $200,000 headliner will...
Nine Cal-Bred Youngsters Meet in CTBA Stakes Thursday at Del Mar
Published Monday, August 2nd, 2021 (4 years ago)
At the Spa © Benoit Photo
Young female horses – all of them having first seen light of day in The Golden State – will further their education at Del Mar Thursday afternoon when they...
Favored Shedaresthedevil Best in Sunday's Hirsch at Del Mar
Published Sunday, August 1st, 2021 (4 years ago)
Shedaresthedevil © Benoit Photo
Flurry Racing Stables, Qatar Racing Limited or Big Aut Farms’ Shedaresthedevil walked her beat Sunday at Del Mar and came away a handy three and one-quarter length winner of the Grade...
Stable Notes August 1, 2021
Published Sunday, August 1st, 2021 (4 years ago)
Dr. Schivel © Benoit Photo
GLATT STANDS ALONE WITH SUCCESSIVE CROSBY WINS BY 3-YEAR-OLDS
A year after winning the Grade I, $300,000 Bing Crosby Stakes with 3-year-old Collusion Illusion, trainer Mark Glatt did it again...