HORSE RACING NEWS
03/16/2021
Del Mar Looking Forward to Fans Returning
With improving trends in public health data, growth in vaccination rates and the gradual relaxation of limits on attendance at sporting and performance venues in the state, Del Mar Thoroughbred Club officials are looking forward to a return of fans to the
03/04/2021
Del Mar Increases Purses for 21 of 34 Major Summer Stakes in 2021
Building on the positive news it announced last week concerning a 30% increase to overnight purses and major enhancements to its popular “Ship & Win” program, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club today released this year’s summer stakes sch
02/25/2021
Del Mar Announces Major Purse Increases for 2021 Summer Meet
Purses to Exceed $700,000 Per Day;"Ship and Win" Incentives Double
02/08/2021
$1 Million 'Wild West Bonus' Announced for Big 'Cap, Hollywood Gold Cup & TVG Pacific Classic Sweep
Santa Anita to Boost Overnight Race Purses by $15,000 on Big 'Cap Day, March 6
11/29/2020
Record Handle, Safe Racing Highlight Del Mar's Bing Crosby Season; Seaside Track Set to Host 2021 Br
The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club continued its industry-leading safety record and its increased wagering trends as its Bing Crosby Season concluded on Sunday, November 29. The five-week fall meet provided total handle of $195.9 million, an increase of
11/28/2020
2020 at Del Mar - Its Team Steps Up to Face Huge Challenges
So just up ahead – after this Sunday in fact – Del Mar will wipe its sanitized hands clean of racing in 2020. In a way, the word that fits best for that is “Amen.” But in another way, what an amazingly amazing year it has been.
11/27/2020
Rosario Returns to Site of Many Successes for Turf Festival
The 2013 racing schedule afforded jockey Joel Rosario time to ride the opening day card at Del Mar on Wednesday then move on for the start of Saratoga two days later.
11/20/2020
Chaos Theory Takes Del Mar Feature; Trainer Glatt Scores His 1,000 Win
Folks got a sample of rider Umberto Rispoli’s special talents this past summer at Del Mar when the international reinsman rode 49 winners in the 27-day meet, many of them on the turf course, and just missed being its leading rider in his first seaso
11/13/2020
Gryder Chooses To End Worldwide Career at a Starting Point
Aaron Gryder’s earliest memories of Del Mar are the times when his age was still in single digits, coming down from Los Angeles on the early Saturday morning train with his grandparents, Bill and Vern Gryder.
11/06/2020
Apprentices Pyfer, Centeno - So Much Alike, Yet So Very Different
Del Mar has a pair of young and game apprentice riders in its colony this season – Jessica Pyfer and Alexis Centeno.