Del Mar race results

Miss Monica (Early Voting) became the first stakes winner for her freshman sire with a runaway 6 1/4-length victory in Saturday evening's GI Del Mar Debutante. She becomes the13th Del Mar Debutante winner for Hall of Famer Bob Baffert. The 2-5 favorite, a head-turning wire-to-wire winner with an 87 Beyer Speed Figure on debut at Del Mar Aug. 9, showed a different dimension here and pressed from an outside third through an opening quarter in :21.96. She revved up three deep on the far turn, hit the front approaching the...

Trainer Jonathan Thomas has had good luck shipping to Del Mar, picking up five graded wins with Truly Quality (Quality Road), Mrs. Astor (Lookin At Lucky), and Will Then (War of Will) just in the last two years. He added another score to the mix Saturday with Observed (c, 2, Mandaloun--Overseen, by First Defence, a first graded winner for freshman sire Mandaloun (by Into Mischief). who debuted Aug. 4 at Horseshoe Indianapolis going 7 1/2 furlongs on the turf. After a handy win there, Observed shipped to Del Mar, registering...

Michael Lund Petersen's Rabeeba kicked into gear late to win the GIII Torrey Pines Stakes going away and take her lifetime record to a perfect three-for-three at Del Mar Sunday. The even-money favorite sat just behind a wall of three pacesetters in a bunched up field through fractions of :23.39 and :46.96. Tipped out three wide for running room approaching the stretch, Rabeeba was niggled on by jockey Juan Hernandez, but looked to be idling as She's No Quant asserted control in upper stretch. Rabeeba eventually found her best stride...

As a 2-year-old back in 2024, Amerman Racing homebred Test Score (Lookin At Lucky) made the trans-continental journey on Breeders' Cup weekend and charged home to just miss in the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Stakes on the championship Friday undercard. Now four, this year's GI Pegasus World Cup Turf hero earned the right to take on some of the world's heaviest hitters in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf on championship Saturday after surging home to narrowly best Atitlan (The Factor) in Saturday's GII Del Mar Handicap. Favored Gold Phoenix (Ire) (Belardo...

After the race was delayed by about 10 minutes when Little Red Feather Racing and Madaket Stables's Iron Man Cal (g, 4, Collected-Joyful Dreams, by Kitten's Joy) needed a shoe repair in the paddock, he proved he was worth the wait. The bay set all the pace in Saturday's GII Pat O'Brien Stakes at Del Mar and was not for catching. The Pat O'Brien is a 'Win and You're In' race for the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, giving the Phil D'Amato pupil a fees-paid berth to the championship race,...

It wasn't a stellar week for speed or diversity among the fastest females. None ran faster than a 95 Beyer, all ran on turf, and five of the six came from Saratoga's GII Ballston Spa Stakes. 6. SEGESTA, SAR, 8/22, GII Ballston Spa, 1 1/16 miles (turf) (VIDEO) Beyer Speed Figure-92 (5th) (m, 5, by Ghostzapper--Antonoe, by First Defence) O/B-Juddmonte (Ky). T-Chad Brown. J-Flavien Prat. On the numbers, she ran two to three lengths slower than her typical "A" performance as the 4-5 favorite and finished off the board for...

Knightsbridge (Nyquist) took it to GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Full Serrano (Arg) (Full Mast) through blazing fractions of :22.68 and :45.45 and showed no mercy in the stretch, romping in jaw-dropping fashion by 6 1/4 lengths in Saturday's 'Win and You're In' GI Pacific Classic S. at Del Mar. The 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard,' favored at even-money from his wide draw in post 11, completed the 1 1/4-mile distance in 2:01.79. Original Sin (Curlin) rallied from last for second. Full Serrano held third. Winning owner/breeder Godolphin...

Rigney Racing LLC's Tam Tam (f, 3, Medaglia d'Oro--Princess Julia, by Distorted Humor), a $975,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga buy and a granddaughter of 2005 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Folklore (Tiznow), shipped west for the GI Del Mar Oaks going 1 1/8 miles at the oceanside oval Saturday. Not only did she take home her first graded victory--in a Grade I, no less--but she became the 100th graded winner worldwide for the already legendary Medaglia d'Oro. A daylight winner of the Tepin Stakes at Churchill Downs June 27, Tam Tam...

A 'Win and You're In" Challenge Series race for the GI Prevagen Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, the GII Green Flash Handicap at Del Mar on Saturday went to Sorrento Sky (Ire) (Prince of Lir {Ire}), who punched his ticket to Keeneland for late October. The Phil D'Amato trainee had plenty of quality starts since he last got his picture taken, which was an allowance race at Santa Anita over a year and a half ago. In the '25 Green Flash, the dark bay was seventh, only beaten by two lengths....

Collecting yet another graded stakes trophy for her case, Sweet Azteca (Sharp Azteca--So Sweetitiz, by Grand Slam) took the GIII Rancho Bernardo Stakes at Del Mar for the third straight year on Sunday. The race was also part of the Breeders' Cup Dirt Dozen Bonus Series heading toward the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint, that will be run at Keeneland Oct. 31. Sweet Azteca's victory earned her an additional $15,000 toward the $30,000 entrance fee for the $1-million race. Victorious in her sole start at three for trainer...

OGLE (f, 2, Oscar Performance--Catch the Eye {GSP, $126,902}, by Quality Road) was let go at 6-1 odds for this unveiling and gave her backers a thrilling first-out victory. Off a touch slow, and left to play the caboose in the early stages, the daughter of Oscar Performance watched the action unfold in front of her through an opening quarter in :24.15 and a half-mile in :49.43. Never given a moment to breath, 4-5 favorite Let Her Fly (Twirling Candy) was pushed along by 2-1 shot Janie Not Jeanie (Mandaloun)...

As a $55,000 Indiana-bred yearling sourced from the Fasig-Tipton July sale, she may have been a bargain compared to the outsized number of seven-figure Kentucky-bred yearlings that usually grace Bob Baffert's shedrow, but Holmby (f, 2, Corniche--Candida H., by Lemon Drop Kid) sure looked like a million bucks in winning Sunday's GII Sorrento Stakes at Del Mar. The By Talla Racing LLC runner also became the first graded winner for first-crop sire Corniche (by Quality Road). Only one filly in the Sorrento came into the race with stakes experience and...