#Jimmy Durante Stakes

Largent, shown winning the 2020 Fort Lauderdale Stakes, returns from an 11-month layoff to contest Saturday's Tropical Turf at Gulfstream Park and could be considered for the Grade 1 Pegasus Turf with a good effort. Photo by Ryan Thompson, courtesy of Gulfstream Park Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A potential prep for the Pegasus World Cup Turf in Florida, a…

Edwin Maldonado / 6 John Velazquez / 6 TRAINERS / WINS Philip D'Amato / 14 Bob Baffert / 7 Doug O'Neill / 6 George Papaprodromou / 6 Peter Miller / 5 Saturday • $400000 Grade I Hollywood Derby, 3-year-olds, 1 1/8 miles (turf) • $100000 Grade III Jimmy Durante Stakes, 2-year-old fillies, 1 mile (turf) • $100000 Stormy Liberal Stakes, 3-year-olds and…

On the final Saturday of its Bing Crosby Season, Del Mar will offer a stakes tripleheader topped by the Grade 1, $400000 Hollywood Derby, a turf battle deluxe that has drawn an overflow field to the seaside track north of San Diego, Calif. Also on tap for the big afternoon will be the Grade 2, $250000 Seabiscuit Handicap for 3-year-olds and up on…

With the Road to the 2022 Kentucky Derby paused until Jan. 22, fillies take the spotlight Saturday. Under the Stars (8-5) leads a field of six lined up for the Grade 2, $200000 Santa Ynez Stakes. Post time from Santa Anita is 7:06 p.m. EST, with TVG showing the seven-furlong sprint for 3-year-old fillies. The Santa Ynez pays out Road to the 2022…

Regal Glory winds up her career with a victory in Sunday's Grade I Matriarch at Del Mar. Benoit photo, courtesy of Del Mar Turf Club Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Mind Control and Regal Glory wound up their careers with Grade I victories a continent apart in weekend racing, while the another name popped up on the "Road to the Roses" Kentucky Derby 2023…

Notes & Quotes From G1 Hollywood Derby: Speaking Scout (Speaking Scout wins the G1 Hollywood Derby / Benoit Photo & Courtesy of the Del Mar Turf Club) From the Del Mar Media Team: Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners' Speaking Scout fired a big shot in the lane and came away a Grade I stakes winner for the first time when he clicked by three-quarters of a…

The calendar has turned to December with plenty of other sports going on (including World Cup soccer added to the mix), but Team Tuley continues to look for value at tracks from coast to coast. I'm joined by my regular contributors Ed Sehon (aka Mr. Ed from his Saratoga and Keeneland columns here at VSiN.com/horse-racing/) and Rampart race and…

Graded Stakes on the turf at Del Mar is where I would dream to have a horse run; if you know, I could afford a thoroughbred racehorse. The (G3) Jimmy Durante Stakes will be taking place this Saturday from Del Mar Racecourse and is carded as Race 7, going to post at 6:30 pm (ET). This graded stakes affair will be on the turf course, with the prize…

A trio of stakes races, headed by the 82nd edition of the Grade 1, $400000 Hollywood Derby, will highlight a special racing card Saturday at Del Mar on the penultimate day of the sport for the 2022 Bing Crosby Season. Also on the nine-race program will be the 32nd running of the Grade 3, $100000 Jimmy Durante Stakes for 2-year-old fillies and the…

Tezzaray winning last year's Grade 3 Jimmy Durante Stakes by a nose was a headline writer's dream - but somehow we all missed it. Durante may be best known to racing fans as the namesake for this race and the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club's grass course (the street that fronts the racetrack is also named for him), but those who remember his days in…

Saturday's $200000, Grade 2 Santa Ynez Stakes at Santa Anita Park is a seven-furlong sprint which showcases some pretty good 3-year-old fillies who may end up on the Road to the Longines Kentucky Oaks in a month or two when they stretch out to two turns. Six fillies are entered, and five of those won their most recent races while the other was…