Del Mar

A late pick 3 and late double will be offered this summer at Del Mar with a 15% takeout. The late pick 3 will have a $3 minimum, and the late double will have a $5 minimum.

Speaking with horsemen July 8, Del Mar officials laid out the plans in the event Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents or any other law enforcement entity attempt to "raid" the premises.

Roel Dill will become Del Mar's new chief financial officer. Ann Hall has been named executive vice president, chief operating officer, and Lynn Wright has been promoted to executive vice president, chief accounting officer.

Iconic race caller Trevor Denman has announced his retirement after 40 years on the job at Del Mar. Denman will be succeeded at the seaside track by veteran track announcer Larry Collmus.

A pair of Del Mar programs that its horsemen and horsewomen have found to be especially popular, "Ship & Win" and the Maiden Dirt Bonus, again will enhance Del Mar's summer meet purses when racing resumes July 18.

For its 86th summer season, Del Mar is planning a $7,825,000 stakes program that provides 38 opportunities for a piece of its distinctive black type headed by the iconic track's piece de resistance—the $1 million Pacific Classic (G1) Aug. 30.

Del Mar is planning across-the-board increases to its overnight purse schedule from its top allowance offerings all the way down to the maiden claiming ranks for its upcoming summer racing season that kicks off July 18.

Jonathan Thomas sent out three graded stakes winners in one week for Augustin Stables to complete a stellar Del Mar Turf Festival.

Del Mar concluded its 11th Bing Crosby fall race meet Dec. 1 with gains in all-sources handle and field size for the 14-day meeting.