Wickerr

Former Name(s):
1989 - 2008:   Wickerr Handicap
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What the Nation is saying about the Wickerr ...

Royally-bred Calimonco, a full brother to 2004 champion juvenile filly Sweet Catomine, held on gamely in the final strides to nose out John Johny Jak and win Wednesday’s featured $92,040 Wickerr Stakes for older Thoroughbreds. Calimonco, an under-achieving son of Storm Cat and Sweet Life whose most ...Read More
Wednesday’s Pick 6 from Del Mar includes a carryover of more than $239,000. The feature race is the $85,000 Wickerr Stakes for 3-year-olds and up traveling a flat mile on the turf course and morning line favorite Blue Chagall is the defending champ. Partly cloudy skies are expected with a high tempe...Read More
Five-year-old, 33-race veteran Quindici Man isn’t the best-mannered horse in the stable. But that doesn’t change the level of respect that trainer Craig Lewis has for the runner he has entered in the 22nd Wickerr Stakes, featured event when racing resumes on Wednesday. “He’s a really nice horse. Giv...Read More
Benefitting from a perfect trip fashioned by jockey David Flores, longshot Blue Chagall charged to the lead in the upper stretch and went on to win the featured $80,300 Wickerr Stakes in convincing style today.   Stalking the pace while racing in fourth place on the rail, the 11-1 Blue Chagall ...Read More
Thursday’s pick six from Del Mar is an all-synthetic sequence featuring five sprints and one route. I got another 5 out of 6 home on Wednesday, and that marks the 3rd time at the current 6-day old meet at Del Mar for that feat. Let’s see if we can get over the hump and nail all six today...Read More
Nine of the 10 older horses entered in Wednesday's $75,000 Wickerr Stakes show experience in graded stakes races, several with extensive work at racing's top levels.   The Wickerr will be run at a mile on the Jimmy Durante Turf Course and the horse for the course is the Ben Cecil-trained Fernel...Read More
Any doubts about Colonel John's fitness for a comeback after a seven-month racing hiatus, or concerns about his first turf start, were dispelled about midway down the Del Mar stretch in yesterday's $91,970 Wickerr Handicap. At that point, the 2008 Santa Anita Derby and Travers Stakes winner separate...Read More
Now that was impressive. Colonel John crushed the Wickerr Stakes in 1:32.77, his first start since December and first start on grass. Breeders' Cup Mile, or Breeders' Cup Classic? Read More

Race Results & Past Performances

Date(Descending)
Tr
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Sf.
$
Cnd
Race
1st
2nd
3rd
Time
View Details07/27/11Dmr71 mileT03+ MWickerr CalimoncoJohn Johny JakVictory Pete1:34.07
View Details07/28/10Dmr71 mileT03+ MWickerr Blue ChagallAggie EngineerGallant Son1:34.19
View DetailsView Video07/31/09Dmr81 mileT03+ MWickerr Colonel JohnBecruxFerneley1:32.77
View Details07/26/08Dmr71 mileT03+ MWickerr One UnionAwesome GemDark Islander1:34.09