#The Big Wam

Note: A couple of items to start. Northern California invaders are 0-16 on the dirt, 1-14 on the turf for a total of 1-30. Churchill Downs and Gulfstream Park horses are 0-10 on the turf. Jockey Diego Herrera is 0-14 and now 0-51 the last 2 years at Del Mar. FIRST RACE: 2-5-8-9 SECOND RACE: 8-1-3-2 THIRD RACE: 1-2-4-11 FOURTH RACE: 7-1-8-2 (BEST…

Regal Glory, shown winning the 2021 Matriarch at Del Mar, takes on male rivals in Saturday's Grade I Fourstardave at Saratoga. Benoit photo, courtesy of Del Mar Turf Club Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Turf racing at Saratoga, Del Mar and Churchill Downs tops the weekend agenda, with a pair of Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" slots up for grabs. A third…

G1 RUNHAPPY FUTURITY, G1 TVG DEBUTANTE BEGIN TO TAKE SHAPE The Del Mar racing office has released a list of probables for next weekend's Grade 1 stakes races to decide the champion 2-year-olds of the soon-to-conclude summer meet and set the stage for the run to the Breeders' Cup in November at Keeneland. Six fillies are probable for Saturday's TVG…

DEL MAR, Calif.- Young California-bred (or sired) colts and geldings will step on center stage Friday at Del Mar in the feature event on an eight-race program - the $125000 Graduation Stakes. The differentiation between horses bred in the state or those who were foaled elsewhere but are by a California sire is a key factor in the 71st edition of…