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Del Mar: Field Sizes Drop With Rain, But Meet ‘Finishing Especially Strong’

December 2, 2018
Import News
All Tracks, Del Mar, Los Alamitos

Entering the final week of the Del Mar meeting, the racing office could anticipate average field size numbers for the fall meeting to be close to the outstanding 8.5 of 2017. Then rains hit Thursday and carried over into Friday.…

Drenching Rain Forces Races Off Turf At Del Mar For First Time In Three Years

November 29, 2018
Import News
All Tracks, Del Mar, Los Alamitos

A quarter-inch of rain drenched the track early Thursday morning and with forecasts for even stronger storms to hit 90 minutes to an hour before first post, track officials decided to close the main surface to training and move four…