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08/29/2021

Del Mar Shifts First Post from 2 to 1:30 P.M. for Final Three Days

Anticipating an earlier sunset and wanting to be sure that all of its races could be run under optimal conditions during the Labor Day weekend, Del Mar Thoroughbred Club announced today that it has moved up its first post on the upcoming Saturday, Sunday

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08/28/2021

My Summer at Del Mar: It's All About the People, People

Editor’s Note: Jake Rome, a California boy who is going into his third year at the University of Wisconsin, was one of four college interns at Del Mar this summer. The journalism and communications arts major was asked to write the classic back-to-s

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08/27/2021

Charlie McCaul: The Racetrack Called and He Found a Home

The name – thick Irish that it is – is Charles Gerard McCaul. But if you’re like everyone else at a racetrack in Southern California, you simply know him as “Charlie.”

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08/21/2021

Del Mar Sets Single-Day Wagering Mark of $36,024,030 Saturday

Del Mar established a new single-day betting mark Saturday when $36,024,030 was wagered on its 11-race TVG Pacific Classic Day card smashing the old mark of $25,870,431 set on TVG Pacific Classic Day in 2018.

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08/21/2021

Tripoli Pulls Off Surprise Saturday in $1 Million TVG Pacific Classic

Hronis Racing’s Tripoli saved all the ground under Tiago Pereira, shifted off the rail and around front running Tizamagician turning into the straight and registered a surprise length and a quarter tally in Saturday’s 31st edition of the Grade

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08/21/2021

Stauffer Crushes Final Race Exacta to Win $180,000 Pacific Classic Betting Challenge

Vic Stauffer, from Hot Springs, AK, hit a $100 race 11 exacta that paid more than $45,000 to blast into the lead. Stauffer bested 115 total entries with a final bankroll of $55,820.

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08/21/2021

Astronaut Launches an Upset in Del Mar Handicap Saturday

John M.B. O’Connor’s Astronaut returned $50.00 for a $2 wager at Del Mar Saturday when he captured the Grade II, $302,500 Del Mar Handicap Presented by The Japan Racing Association by half a length.

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08/21/2021

Del Mar Sets Single-Day Wagering Mark of $36,005,613 Saturday

Del Mar established a new single-day betting mark Saturday when $36,005,613 was wagered on its 11-race TVG Pacific Classic Day card smashing the old mark of $25,870,431 set on TVG Pacific Classic Day in 2018.

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08/20/2021

Hall of Famers Mandella, Smith a Powerful Combo for Royal Ship

Royal Ship schooling Thursday at Del Mar © Zoe Metz Photo

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08/19/2021

$1 Million TVG Pacific Classic Saturday Draws Contentious Field of Nine

The Grade I, $1,000,000 TVG Pacific Classic will be presented for the 31st time Saturday as the featured attraction on an 11-race program that offers four other graded stakes and nearly $2.5 million in purse money. The “Classic” will be run at

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