This year's GI TVG Pacific Classic card will be held Saturday, Aug. 17 as part of an enhanced racing program that will feature an unprecedented five graded stakes races, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club announced Friday.
Del Mar's 29th edition of its signature race, the $1-million Pacific Classic, will headline a blockbuster program that also will offer four additional graded stakes–the $300,000 GI Del Mar Oaks, the $250,000 GII Del Mar H., the $100,000 GIII Torrey Pines S. and the $100,000 GIII Green Flash H.
“We've seen it across the country,” said DMTC President Josh Rubinstein, “that racetracks and racing fans respond very positively to 'big days.' The Triple Crown races, the Breeders' Cup programs–they put a special buzz in the air; they make the day into something that transcends the racing itself. Our plan is to bolster our premier race and make it the showcase event on a day like we've never had before at Del Mar.”
Del Mar's 36-day summer season will run from Wednesday, July 17 through Labor Day Monday, Sept. 2.
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