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Del Mar Ready For Bing Crosby Season Friday

Entries were drawn Tuesday for the eight-race Friday card that kicks off the 13-day Bing Crosby Season at Del Mar, the track said in a release Wednesday afternoon.

This year's stakes schedule is very similar to last year. Out of 15, nine are graded. Over $2 million in purse money will be up for grabs over the course of the four-week meet, including the GI Hollywood Derby on Saturday, Dec. 2 and the GI Matriarch S. on Sunday, Dec. 3.

“Where we're laid out on the calendar is perfect,” Del Mar racing secretary David Jerkens said. “Mark Casse is sending a small string. Graham Motion. Wesley Ward has a few horses here. Obviously, the Breeders' Cup has just wrapped up but based on past history we've received quite a bit of an influx from the Chad Brown and Christophe Clement barns back east.”

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Collmus Returns to Call Del Mar’s Fall Meet

Race caller Larry Collmus will return for the third time, calling the majority of Del Mar's upcoming Bing Crosby Season, which runs from Nov. 11 through Dec. 4. John Lies will handle the mic for the first weekend, Nov. 11-13.

“We're so fortunate that we again can call on the services of a first-class announcer like Larry,” said Del Mar's president and COO, Josh Rubinstein. “Not only does he do an exceptional job for us in the announcer's booth, but he's a plus for our side on the social media scene as well. He brings good energy to the position and, besides, he just loves being here.”

Collmus has served as NBC's caller for both the Triple Crown and Breeders' Cup races since 2011 and will now have called the three most recent fall sessions, as well as the 2020 summer season.

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Del Mar Ends Season on High

Del Mar rounded out its 2021 racing calendar Dec. 5 with the conclusion of its eighth Bing Crosby Season following its successful fall and summer meets. Between them, the pair totaled a combined final wagering mark of $943.49 million, a record for the seaside oval. Among highlights this season, the oval saw the return of racing fans, healthy purses in addition to hosting another record-setting Breeders' Cup. Also in 2021, a single horse was injured catastrophically in the 426 races and 3,552 starters that performed during the two meets.

Total handle for the four-week, 13-day fall session was $171.58 million. The fall meet average daily handle was a record $13.19 million, which was 1.0% higher than the record average daily handle posted last year.

The Breeders' Cup–held at Del Mar Nov. 5 and 6–had a common-pool handle of $183,260,127, a two-day record for the championship event. When Del Mar last hosted the Breeders' Cup in 2017, it posted a then-record handle of $166,077,486. The new mark is 10.4% higher than that.

Del Mar's wagering in 2021 totaled $943.49 million, 21.3% higher than the previous record of $778.97 million set in 2017 the last time Del Mar hosted the Breeders' Cup.

“I am exceptionally proud of our team and seeing all their hard work come to such wonderful fruition over the course of the two seasons,” said Del Mar Thoroughbred Club's CEO, Joe Harper. “We put on a helluva Breeders' Cup show once again; we were at our best for the best. And we're safe, very safe. That's just the best of all.”

The track's Ship & Win program featured 67 new runners who came to town this fall under the program with six of them making a second start during the Bing Crosby Season. In total, 1,885 “S&W” runners have come to California since the program was put in place 11 years ago.

The track's fall riding leading rider was Juan Hernandez with 17 firsts from 79 mounts during the 15-day (counting the Breeders' Cup) session. It is his first riding title at Del Mar. Top trainer honors went to Phil D'Amato, who registered 15 firsts from 52 starters. It is his first fall riding championship, but his third at the track overall.

Racing will return to Del Mar July 22 for the track's 83rd summer season.

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Livingston Enjoying Extended Stay At Del Mar

Barbara Livingston, chief photographer for the Daily Racing Form and a six-time Eclipse Award winner, opted for an extended Del Mar stay for the entire Bing Crosby Season after making the trip West for Breeders' Cup Week.

She had reasons other than it's sunny Southern California rather than New York City and “Where the Turf Meets the Surf” instead of Aqueduct where … well, there's also thoroughbred racing.

“I came out here for Cigar's race (1996 Pacific Classic) where he lost to Dare And Go, so that was sad,” Livingston recounted recently. “Then I came out for the Breeders' Cup (in 2017), and just the Breeders' Cup.

“So I wanted to come out and stay for a while this time. I know it's just the Bing Crosby meet, but it's still pretty spectacular. I can't get enough of this place.”

Racing fans have likely been aware of Livingston's work since 1971 when she first started aiming her camera and indulging a passion for horses, the people around them, horse racing, and the history and daily happenings regarding them all.

The general public got introduced to Livingston during Kentucky Derby week in 2017 when CBS sent a crew and correspondent Don Dahler for a story that wound up on the network's “Evening News” and other shows. Livingston has vision problems that she overcomes with the aid of special lenses in her cameras, enabling her to capture images that can fascinate and delight.

“Every day I wake up happy to come here (racetrack), every day I come home happy that I was here,” Livingston told Dahler at the end of piece. “Every night I go to sleep and I can't wait to get back here.”

The photos she takes during her Del Mar stay are destined for places on internet sites that bear her name or perhaps another book displaying her talents.

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