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Take one last look at Saratoga and Del Mar from Eclipse Sportswire!Read More
Beautifully rated on the lead by jockey Martin Garcia, My Best Brother held off the late challenge of the 5-2 favorite, eastern invader Howe Great, to win Sunday’s 68th running of the Grade II $300,000 Del Mar Derby. Sent to the front shortly after the start of the nine-furlong test over Del Mar’s i...Read More
Saturday Del Mar Recap – Sept 1 Stalkers and closers captured the bulk of races of Polytrack. Patient types landed both turf routes carded. Victor Espinoza guided home four winners. Hat trick for Rafael Bejarano. Edwin Maldonado and Leandro Mora teamed up for two wins on the day. On the ticket front...Read More
The three-year-old championship of the 2012 Del Mar Thoroughbred racing season will be decided Sunday when ten top three-year-olds clash in the Del Mar Derby.Read More
La Jolla Handicap winner Old Time Hockey and runner-up My Best Brother came out of the race in good order and will be given every consideration to run next in the $300,000 Grade II Del Mar Derby on Sunday, September 2. The Derby, final in the three-race turf stakes series for 3-year-olds, is expecte...Read More
The mile and an eighth turf journey of the $250,000 Del Mar Derby (Grade II) was settled by the bob of 4-to-5 favorite Banned’s nose edging that of Santa Anita Derby (Grade I) winner and 4-to-1 second choice Midnight Interlude.Read More
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  • RamonDimas · this year all 3 year old horses werent that good!! · 652 days ago ·
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  • Protagonist · Banned did a great job, winning the Del Mar Derby ,as did his rider Go Go Gomez. Thanks Go Go, you really made my Sunday a nice one. As I watched you win it while I was with friends at the ITW. My one friend couldn't make up his mind and asked me for advice, I told him Banned could get the job done, with You guiding himto that win.Great Job , Congrats! · 650 days ago ·
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Glen Hill Farm’s Banned, a classy invader from the Midwest, took the lead in the stretch, lost it briefly, then came on again in the final, desperate strides to nose out Santa Anita Derby winner Midnight Interlude and win the featured Grade II $250,000 Del Mar Derby Sunday. With Garrett Gomez in the...Read More
Encouraged by the effort of Thirtyfirststreet in a third-place finish in the La Jolla Handicap on August 13, trainer Doug O’Neill will send out the Good Journey colt on Monday in a full field of nine for the $250,000, Grade II Del Mar Derby. The 1 1/8-mile event over the Jimmy Durante Turf Course us...Read More
Best Bet #-7 Banned $100 ATB
The Craig Family Trust's brilliant Twirling Candy, sent postward the prohibitive 1-5 favorite on the basis of his perfect three-for-three racing record, came through as expected Sunday in the $300,000 Del Mar Derby  but only after a stewards' inquiry pertaining to an incident leaving the clubho...Read More
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  • otbhawaiian · I was impressed at how strong that horse was but the reason the stewards gave was lame" because summer movie finished last they didnt feel a dq was necesary" · 1016 days ago ·
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  • agclarkey · The Best Horse won the race Twirling Candy is some horse to loose his stride & run off the track & then his jock gets his mind back on the job & then donkey licks the field.Summer Movie was never going to beat the winner he copped a bump along the back straight & finished a mile back.The stewards got it right as far as I could see. · 1015 days ago ·
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Jenny Craig's Candy Ride colt Twirling Candy wired the Del Mar Derby field as the 1-5 favorite to run his record to 4-for-4 for trainer John Sadler, but this victory was not without incident. Early in the run down the backstretch, Twirling Candy ducked out sharply under Joel ...Read More
Jockey Patrick Valenzuela wasn’t even involved in the nearly catastrophic incident on the backstretch, but he was as upset as anyone near the winner’s circle after the Del Mar Fiasco, make that Derby, finished on Sunday.Valenzuela was aboard the 33-1 long-shot Jairzihno, who finished second to the 1...Read More
Sunday’s pick six from Del Mar includes a trio of Stakes races and features the Grade 2 Del Mar Derby for 3-year-olds traveling nine furlongs on the turf course. Overwhelming favorite Twirling Candy has yet to be tested in his brief career and exits a sharp win in the grassy Oceanside Stakes... Read More
The undefeated Twirling Candy, another in the line of Candy Ride-sired stakes winners, leads a small but competitive group of 3-year-olds in Sunday's 66th running of the Grade II, $300,000 Del Mar Derby at 1 1/8 miles on the Jimmy Durante Turf Course.   Twirling Candy, trained by John Sadler f...Read More
"It's unlikely that he'll run at Del Mar again this meet," trainer John Sadler said this morning of Sidney's Candy, his spectacular winner of Saturday's La Jolla Handicap, the major prep for the Grade II, $300,000 Del Mar Derby on Sunday, September 5.   "That race was pretty fast, so I don't e...Read More
Trainer John Sadler reported his undefeated Oceanside Stakes winner Twirling Candy in good shape Thursday morning following the 3-year-old colt's impressive victory in Del Mar's opening-day feature.   "We'll be looking at a number of races for him," Sadler said. "If we go the traditional route...Read More
Having fallen short in both the La Jolla H. (G2) and Oceanside S. earlier in the Del Mar meet, and being winless on grass since taking a $40,000 maiden claimer at Calder last November, RENDEZVOUS (Victory Gallop) was understandably dismissed at 22-1 in Sunday's $350,000 Del Mar Derby (G2).. That fee...Read More
he Sunday Pick 6 from Del Mar includes the Grade 1 Pacific Classic, and it looks like a wide open renewal with Rail Trip, Colonel John, and Einstein the top three betting choices. Got my 5th Pick 6 conso of the meet on Saturday. Read More
Papa Clem faced plenty of hurdles during his Triple Crown campaign, and the road doesn't figure to get much easier when he makes his turf debut against a strong field in the $350,000 Del Mar Derby (gr. IIT) Sept. 6.Read More
The $1 million Pacific Classic is the main event at Del Mar on Sunday, but there will be a couple of three-year-old stars competing on the undercard. The West Coast's best sprinter, ZENSATIONAL (Unbridled's Song), will seek his third straight Grade 1 victory over older horses when he starts in the $...Read More

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View DetailsView Video09/02/12Dmr91 1/8 mT03 MDel Mar Derby-G2My Best BrotherHowe GreatBrother Francis1:46.83
View DetailsView Video09/04/11Dmr81 1/8 mT03 MDel Mar Derby-G2BannedMidnight InterludeExtensive1:47.93
View DetailsView Video09/05/10Dmr51 1/8 mT03 MDel Mar Derby-G2Twirling CandyJairzihnoRoyal F J1:46.96
View Details09/06/09Dmr61 1/8 mT03 MDel Mar Derby-G2RendezvousBattle Of HastingsAcclamation1:46.88
View Details08/31/08Dmr91 1/8 mT03 MDel Mar Derby-G2MadeoGio PontiTangled Tango1:46.68
View Details09/06/03Dmr81 1/8 mT03 MDel Mar Derby-G2Fairly RansomDevious BoySweet Return1:46.45