Tag: Del Mar Futurity

By Mike Farrell Essential Quality took another step on the road to Horse of the Year. Firenze Fire turned savage in the Forego (G1), and Bob Baffert came up smelling the roses on both coasts. …

By Margaret Ransom The $200,000 Best Pal Stakes (G2) at Del Mar on Saturday is the first graded stakes of the year for 2-year-olds racing in Southern California, — a race named for the California-bred …

By Margaret Ransom Monday’s $300,000 Runhappy Del Mar Futurity (G1) marks closing day of the prestigious summer racing season at Del Mar, but before heading back north, eight juveniles will square off over seven furlongs …

The $350,000 Hopeful Stakes (GI) and the $300,000 Del Mar Futurity (GI) mark the end of the spectacular summer racing meetings at both Saratoga and Del Mar, respectively. And, this year, both of these Labor …

Monday’s $300,000 Del Mar Futurity (GI) marks closing day of the prestigious summer racing season at Del Mar and, before getting out of town and heading back North, nine juveniles will square off over seven …

Kaleem Shah’s Klimt officially claimed his spot as the West Coast’s leading contender for the Nov. 5 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (GI) after capturing Saturday’s $300,345 Del Mar Futurity (GI), the closing-day feature of the 2016 …

Whoever wins Saturday’s $200,000 Best Pal Stakes (GII) has some big shoes to fill: firstly, for who the race is named after and, secondly, last year’s winner (Nyquist) went on to earn championship status — …