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12/01/2024

Longshot Sacred Wish Takes Matriarch as Del Mar Fall Season Comes to a Close

Outsider Sacred Wish got a Hall of Fame ride by Hall of Famer John Velazquez Sunday at Del Mar and came away a neck best in the 44th edition of the $300,000, Grade I Matriarch Stakes as the shore track’s 11th Bing Crosby Season came to a close.

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12/01/2024

Hernandez Strikes Again, Wins Riders Title; Glatt Top Trainer

For the second year in a row, jockey Juan Hernandez has won both the summer and fall riding titles at Del Mar. Unlike past title runs, Hernandez had to rally from behind late in the season to win the Bing Crosby Season title with 21 wins. 

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12/01/2024

Handle and Field Size Increase at Del Mar's Fall Meet

Del Mar concluded its 11th Bing Crosby fall race meet Sunday with gains in all-sources handle and field size. The highlight of the fall session was the Breeders’ Cup World Championships held on November 1 and 2.

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11/30/2024

Formidable Man Proves Best in GI H'Wood Derby at Del Mar

Mr.-Mrs. W.K. Warren, Jr.’s Formidable Man outfooted 10 rivals Saturday at Del Mar in the 84th edition of the Grade I Hollywood Derby, a nine-furlong crucible on the Jimmy Durante Turf Course. The soph colt by City of Light had shown a fondness for

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11/29/2024

Equibase: The Keeper of Racing's Treasure Trove of Information

It’s a Tuesday morning in late November and you have the day off. Not much is going on. You do a few chores around the house, maybe run up to the store for a few groceries but by 11 a.m. your day is free to do whatever you want. Being a horse player

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11/22/2024

J Eric Kruljac: The Breeding and Training of a Champion

It’s the summer of 2023 and The Chosen Vron is about to run in the biggest race of his life. The son of the late sire Vronsky had just spent the last year dominating the Cal-bred ranks, winning seven races in a row, all stakes, both on the dirt and

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11/15/2024

Finding a Piece of Heaven on the Back of a Horse: The Story of a Career Exercise Rider

Making a career riding horses can be difficult. Aside from the physical wear and tear on your body there are not a lot of good paying horse riding jobs out there. The lack of opportunity wrapped around the early morning hours combined with the demand on o

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11/08/2024

Song of Shadows Best in Friday Del Mar Feature

CM Racing’s 4-year-old filly Song of Shadows did what a fast horse should do in the sprint feature at Del Mar Friday – she made every pole a winner -- and in the process proved best over six rivals by a length and a quarter at the end of a fiv

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11/02/2024

Sierra Leone Outduels Fierceness to Win $7 Million Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic

Peter Brant, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Westerberg and Brook Smith’s Sierra Leone ($15.80) charged into contention exiting the far turn and then outdueled Fierceness through the lane to prevail by 1 ½ lengths to win the

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11/02/2024

Flavien Prat Wins Bill Shoemaker Award

Flavien Prat, who guided two horses to Breeders’ Cup victories Nov. 1-2 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club during the World Championships, won the 22nd Bill Shoemaker Award as the outstanding jockey of the event. 

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