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“Unprecedented” Safety Record, Main Takeaway from Del Mar Meet

September 4, 2019
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All Tracks, Del Mar, horse-racing-news, Lone Star Park, Los Alamitos

Given events at Santa Anita in the spring, it was understandable that Del Mar racing secretary David Jerkens approached the track’s annual summer meet with both hope and a certain amount of trepidation. In the end, the track achieved what…

“Unprecedented” Safety Record, Main Takeaway from Del Mar Meet

September 4, 2019
Import News
All Tracks, Del Mar, horse-racing-news, Lone Star Park, Los Alamitos

Given events at Santa Anita in the spring, it was understandable that Del Mar racing secretary David Jerkens approached the track’s annual summer meet with both hope and a certain amount of trepidation. In the end, the track achieved what…

“Unprecedented” Safety Record, Main Takeaway from Del Mar Meet

September 4, 2019
Import News
All Tracks, Del Mar, horse-racing-news, Lone Star Park, Los Alamitos

Given events at Santa Anita in the spring, it was understandable that Del Mar racing secretary David Jerkens approached the track’s annual summer meet with both hope and a certain amount of trepidation. In the end, the track achieved what…

‘Adapting To The New Climate’: Jerkens Happy To Share Credit For Successful Del Mar Meet

August 31, 2019
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As the 80th Del Mar summer season approached, there was concern for, and by, Racing Secretary David Jerkens regarding producing 36 cards and keeping the track running on a five-day-a-week basis from mid-July to Labor Day. Santa Anita lost 24…

‘Adapting To The New Climate’: Jerkens Happy To Share Credit For Successful Del Mar Meet

August 31, 2019
Import News
All Tracks, Del Mar, horse-racing-news, Lone Star Park, Los Alamitos, news, paulick-report

As the 80th Del Mar summer season approached, there was concern for, and by, Racing Secretary David Jerkens regarding producing 36 cards and keeping the track running on a five-day-a-week basis from mid-July to Labor Day. Santa Anita lost 24…

‘Lower Inventory Of Horses’ Will Make Del Mar’s Five-Day Week ‘A Challenge’ For Racing Office

July 16, 2019
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Close of entries and the post position draw for Friday’s card at Del Mar were still a few hours away Tuesday morning as Executive Vice Racing Tom Robbins looked over the first two programs of the meeting. “We’re happy with…

Wellman: ‘It’s Important To Support Del Mar And California Racing’

July 15, 2019
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It will be 227 days from the December 2 end of the 2018 Fall racing season at Del Mar to Wednesday’s start of the 80th Summer season. And 227 days of absence, coupled with a winter/spring of misfortune and discontent…

Del Mar Ship And Win Program Enhanced Again; First-Race Bonus Raised To $2,500 Plus 40% Of Purse Won

April 11, 2019
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Del Mar’s highly effective “Ship and Win” program, which for the past eight years has provided substantial incentives to owners and trainers to import out-of-state horses to race locally, will be back for a ninth summer at the shore with…

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

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

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…