2008 Del Mar Horse Race Meet Begins
Monday, July 14th, 2008
The horse racing continues after the Triple Crown series with Del Mar.
Dubbed as ‘’where the surf meets the turf,’’ the 2008 Del Mar race meet opens with the Oceanside Stakes and will close with the anticipated $250,000 Del Mar Futurity, running until September 3.
Del Mar horse racing is the biggest event in California. From an old-fashioned race track started by Hollywood legend Bing Crosby and his high-profile gang in 1937, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club today is among America’s best attended race tracks.
The Del Mar 2008 Race Meet comes a week ahead of the Saratoga 2008 race meet.
The track has a one mile main dirt track and a seven furlong turf course. The track runs during the summer at the Del Mar Fairgrounds and can stable more than a thousand horses.
In early 2007, Del Mar Thoroughbred Club installed a new Polytrack surface for a price of approximately 9 million dollars. On July 18, 2007, Jon Court became the first jockey to win a race on the new Polytrack surface.
The track races, stretching from July to September, presents the following graded stakes races; Grade 1 Bing Crosby Breeders’ Cup Handicap, Del Mar Debutante Stakes, Del Mar Futurity, Del Mar Oaks, Eddie Read Handicap, John C. Mabee Handicap and the…
Kentucky Contenders battle it out Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007
Nobiz Like Showbiz is the favorite to win the $350,000 Fountain of Youth (gr. II) Stakes 1 1/8 mile at Gulfstream Park on Saturday.
The top three finishers from the Holy Bull Stakes - Nobiz Like Shobiz, Drums of Thunder, and Scat Daddy - go head-to-head on Saturday, March 3 for the $350,000 Fountain of […]
Kentucky Derby Contenders: Hard Spun favorite at Oaklawn Park
Friday, February 16th, 2007
With the Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park on Monday, many will be watching Kentucky Derby contender Hard Spun closely.
With a 4 for 4 record, Hard Spun has been compared to other Oaklawn favorites like Smarty Jones, Afleet Alex, and Lawyer Ron. Like Afleet Alex, Hard Spun won his first two career races at Delaware Park, […]
Odds to win 2007 Kentucky Derby
Tuesday, February 13th, 2007
As Kentucky Derby season looms closer, Bodog has posted future odds for the Kentucky Derby contenders.
There is a record 450 horses nominated for the Kentucky Derby this year. Of these, Bodog offers the odds on 47 of the top contenders including, Nobiz Like Shobiz, Street Sense, Circular Quay and Hard Spun along […]
Early Kentucky Derby contenders: Nobiz Like Shobiz is curent Kentucky Derby favorite
Thursday, February 8th, 2007
It seems it is never too early to start looking for the Kentucky Derby winner, and that lone three-year-old that has a chance of moving on and winning the Triple Crown. We have not seen a horse sweep the Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes since Affirmed in 1978.
We can hope, although our Triple Crown fantasy […]