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2008 Del Mar Horse Race Meet Begins

Jeffdstuff — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:36:50 +0000

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

Jeffdstuff — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:23:54 +0000

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

Jeffdstuff — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:52:21 +0000

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 [...]

Odds to win 2007 Kentucky Derby

Jeffdstuff — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:51:25 +0000

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 with a [...]

Early Kentucky Derby contenders: Nobiz Like Shobiz is curent Kentucky Derby favorite

Jeffdstuff — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:23:16 +0000

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 [...]

Barbaro or Bernardini? 2006 Eclipse Awards Odds

Jeffdstuff — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:02:14 +0000

The main dilemma for voters in this years Eclipse Awards will come down to this… Who should be the champion 3-year-old, Barbaro or Bernardini? Barbaro was a national hero, who won the Kentucky Derby by the largest margin in 50 years before his career came to an abrupt and horrifying end in the Preakness. His [...]

Discreet Cat ready to run Cigar Mile at Aqueduct

Jeffdstuff — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 07:38:26 +0000

Discreet Cat is set to run the Cigar Mile this Saturday at Aqueduct and has warmed up by breezing five furlongs in 59 seconds during his training at Belmont this past Sunday. The undefeated Discreet Cat famously backed out of the Breeders’ Cup Classic and set his sights on the Cigar Mile which is the [...]

2006 Breeders’ Cup Winners

Jeffdstuff — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 02:11:26 +0000

Invasor upsets favorite Bernardini to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic. What’s next? Horse of the Year? Just over 75,000 horse racing fans were on hand to take in the Breeders’ Cup at Churchill Downs. Brother Derek set the pace, but it wasn’t fast enough for Argentina-bred Invasor, who blew past Bernardini in the stretch and [...]

2006 Breeders’ Cup Odds & Predictions

Jeffdstuff — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 13:32:44 +0000

Well, the wait is finally over. The Breeders’ Cup World Championship begins tomorrow and practically every racing fan in the world will tune in to watch the best horses vie for the coveted title of world champion – in each of the respective eight races. In the Classic, prominent names like Bernardini, David Junior, and [...]

Bernardini the even-money favorite for Breeders’ Cup Classic

Jeffdstuff — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:25:59 +0000

Preakness Stakes winner Bernardini, taking a six-race winning streak into Saturday’s event, has drawn the No. 3 post position for the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic in Kentucky. The eight races of the 2006 Breeders’ Cup will be contested Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, with the 13-horse, 1 1/4-mile Classic the highlight of a [...]