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Del Mar will offer an enhanced stakes schedule for its 31-day summer meet that features 34 major races with more than half of them boosted above their 2021 purse numbers resulting in a record gross value of $8,275,000.

The summer meet at California's seaside track starts Friday and runs through Sept. 11.

Besides the major stakes, there also will be increases from $80,000 to $100,000 for all five of its overnight stakes, according to information released by the track earlier this year.

Major stakes purse raises will be in effect ranging from $25,000 to $100,000, notably including amplifications to a pair of Grade 1 offerings – the six-furlong Bing Crosby Stakes on Saturday, July 30 climbing from $300,000 to $400,000 and the filly and mare showcase that is the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes on Saturday, Aug. 6 also rising from $300,000 to $400,000.

In 2021, the shore oval's stakes schedule carried a gross value of $7,450,000. This year's additional $825,000 in purse monies means an approximate 10% increase for black type runners, making it the most lucrative stakes schedule in the shore oval's history. All told 16 major stakes are worth more money for this go-round, along with the increases for the five overnights.

The track's premier event is the Grade 1, $1,000,000 TVG Pacific Classic, which will be run for the 32nd time on Saturday, Sept. 3. The mile and one quarter for 3-year-olds and up will be bolstered once again by four additional stakes surrounding it on a rich card that undoubtedly will be the highlight of the summer season.

Along with the Classic will be a trio of Grade 2 races, all carrying $300,000 purses: the Del Mar Handicap at 11 furlongs on turf; the Del Mar Mile at eight furlongs on turf, and the Caesars Sportsbook Del Mar Derby at nine furlongs on turf. The cherry on top of the afternoon will be the $125,000 Shared Belief Stakes at a mile on the main track.

Joining the three Grade 1 headliners already mentioned are three other Grade 1 presentations in the $300,000 Del Mar Oaks on Saturday, Aug. 20; the $300,000 TVG Del Mar Debutante on Saturday, Sept. 10, and the $300,000 Runhappy Del Mar Futurity on Sunday, Sept. 11.

Additionally, the track will offer a stakes tripleheader on Saturday, Sept. 10 (TVG Del Mar Debutante, John C. Mabee Stakes, Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf) and nine other weekend dates where it has scheduled stakes doubleheaders.

Del Mar also will present its usual compliment of eight California-bred stakes, part of the Golden State Stakes Series that consists of 36 races at tracks up and down the state worth more than $4.4 million. Its stakes are the $175,000 Fleet Treat Stakes, the $175,000 Real Good Deal Stakes, the $150,000 California Dreamin' Stakes, the $125,000 CTBA Stakes, the $125,000 Graduation Stakes, the $150,000 Solana Beach Stakes, the $125,000 Generous Portion Stakes, and the $125,000 I'm Smokin Stakes.

Del Mar will open its season with a three-day weekend (Friday, July 22, 23 and 24), then have five four-day weeks (Thursday through Sunday), a five-day week (including Labor Day Monday, Sept. 5), then finish with a Friday-through-Sunday weekend (Sept. 9, 10, and 11).

The list of stakes for Del Mar's summer meet follows:

DATE	RACE / CONDITIONS	PURSE / DISTANCE
Fri. Jul 22	OCEANSIDE STAKES Three-year-olds, N/W S/S of $50,000 at 1 M o/o in 2022	$100,000 Guaranteed 1 Mile (T)
Sat. Jul 23	SAN CLEMENTE STAKES (Gr. II) Fillies, Three-year-olds	$200,000 Guaranteed 1 Mile (T)
Sat. Jul 23	Osunitas Stakes* Fillies & Mares, Three-year-olds & up, N/W S/S $50,000 at 1 M o/o since September 1	$100,000 Guaranteed 1 Mile (T)
Sun. Jul 24	COUGAR II STAKES (Gr. III) Three-year-olds & up	$125,000 Guaranteed 1 1/2 Miles
Sun. Jul 24	Wickerr Stakes* Three-year-olds & up, N/W S/S of $50,000 at 1 M o/o since September 1	$100,000 Guaranteed 1 Mile (T)
Thu. Jul 28	FLEET TREAT STAKES Fillies, Three-year-olds, Cal-Bred	$175,000 Guaranteed 7 Furlongs
Fri. Jul 29	Daisycutter Handicap* Fillies & Mares, Three-year-olds & up	$100,000 Guaranteed 5 Furlongs (T)
Sat. Jul 30	SAN DIEGO HANDICAP (Gr. II) Three-year-olds & up	$300,000 Guaranteed 1 1/16 Miles
Sat. Jul 30	BING CROSBY STAKES (Gr. I) Three-year-olds & up	$400,000 Guaranteed 6 Furlongs
Sun. Jul 31	EDDIE READ STAKES (Gr. II) Three-year-olds & up	$250,000 Guaranteed 1 1/8 Miles (T)
Fri. Aug 05	REAL GOOD DEAL STAKES Three-year-olds, Cal-Bred	$175,000 Guaranteed 7 Furlongs
Sat. Aug 06	CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' STAKES Three-year-olds & up, Cal-Bred	$150,000 Guaranteed 1 1/16 Miles (T)
Sat. Aug 06	CLEMENT L. HIRSCH STAKES (Gr. I) Fillies & Mares, Three-year-olds & up	$400,000 Guaranteed 1 1/16 Miles
Sun. Aug 07	LA JOLLA HANDICAP (Gr. III) Three-year-olds	$150,000 Guaranteed 1 1/16 Miles (T)
Sun. Aug 07	CTBA STAKES Fillies, Two-year-olds, Cal-Bred	$125,000 Guaranteed 5 1/2 Furlongs
Fri. Aug 12	GRADUATION STAKES Two-year-olds, Cal-Bred	$125,000 Guaranteed 5 1/2 Furlongs
Sat. Aug 13	SORRENTO STAKES (GR. II) Fillies, Two-year-olds	$200,000 Guaranteed 6 Furlongs
Sat. Aug 13	YELLOW RIBBON HANDICAP (Gr. II) Fillies & Mares, Three-year-olds & up	$250,000 Guaranteed 1 1/16 Miles (T)
Sun. Aug 14	BEST PAL STAKES (Gr. III) Two-year-olds	$200,000 Guaranteed 6 Furlongs
Fri. Aug 19	CTT & TOC Stakes* Fillies & Mares, Three-year-olds & up	$100,000 Guaranteed 1 3/8 Miles (T)
Sat. Aug 20	DEL MAR OAKS (Gr. I) Fillies, Three-year-olds	$300,000 Guaranteed 1 1/8 Miles (T)
Sun. Aug 21	SOLANA BEACH STAKES Fillies & Mares, Three-year-olds & up, Cal-Bred	$150,000 Guaranteed 1 Mile (T)
Sat. Aug 27	PAT O'BRIEN STAKES (Gr. II) Three-year-olds & up	$250,000 Guaranteed 7 Furlongs
Sun. Aug 28	RANCHO BERNARDO HANDICAP (Gr. III) Fillies & Mares, Three-year-olds & up	$150,000 Guaranteed 6 1/2 Furlongs
Sat. Sep 03	TVG PACIFIC CLASSIC (Gr. I) Three-year-olds & up	$1,000,000 Guaranteed 1 1/4 Miles
Sat. Sep 03	DEL MAR HANDICAP (Gr. II) Three-year-olds & up	$300,000 Guaranteed 1 3/8 Miles (T)
Sat. Sep 03	DEL MAR MILE (Gr. II) Three-year-olds & up	$300,000 Guaranteed 1 Mile (T)
Sat. Sep 03	CAESARS SPORTSBOOK DEL MAR DERBY (Gr. II) Three-year-olds	$300,000 Guaranteed 1 1/8 Miles (T)
Sat. Sep 03	SHARED BELIEF STAKES Three-year-olds	$125,000 Guaranteed 1 Mile
Sun. Sep 04	TORREY PINES STAKES (Gr. III) Fillies, Three-year-olds	$125,000 Guaranteed 1 Mile
Sun. Sep 04	GREEN FLASH HANDICAP (Gr. III) Three-year-olds & up	$150,000 Guaranteed 5 Furlongs (T)
Mon. Sep 05	GENEROUS PORTION STAKES Fillies, Two-year-olds, Cal-Bred	$125,000 Guaranteed 6 Furlongs
Mon. Sep 05	Tranquility Lake Stakes* Fillies & Mares, Three-year-olds & up, N/W S/S $50,000 at 1 M o/o since February 1	$100,000 Guaranteed 1 Mile
Fri. Sep 09	I'M SMOKIN STAKES Two-year-olds, Cal-Bred	$125,000 Guaranteed 6 Furlongs
Sat. Sep 10	JOHN C. MABEE STAKES (Gr. II) Fillies & Mares, Three-year-olds & up	$250,000 Guaranteed 1 1/8 Miles (T)
Sat. Sep 10	TVG DEL MAR DEBUTANTE (Gr. I) Fillies, Two-year-olds	$300,000 Guaranteed 7 Furlongs
Sat. Sep 10	DEL MAR JUVENILE FILLIES TURF Fillies, Two-year-olds	$100,000 Guaranteed 1 Mile (T)
Sun. Sep 11	DEL MAR JUVENILE TURF (Gr. III) Two-year-olds	$100,000 Guaranteed 1 Mile (T)
Sun. Sep 11	RUNHAPPY DEL MAR FUTURITY (Gr. I) Two-year-olds	$300,000 Guaranteed 7 Furlongs

 

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Saturday's Summer Turf Festival at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas, featuring four stakes worth $750,000, will go on as scheduled after an impasse that led to racing being cancelled on Thursday and Friday was resolved.

Terry Meyoicks, national manager of the Jockeys' Guild, texted the Paulick Report Friday evening to say that Saturday's card at Lone Star Park is “good to go,” indicating riders were satisfied they will have access to medical specialists in the event of an on-track accident.

Meyocks, officials from track owner Global Gaming Solutions, and insurance broker John Unick were among those working to resolve a problem that arose after jockey Carlos Montalvo suffered head injuries in a July 4 spill. While  he received treated at a local hospital, Montalvo said he has been unable to see a head trauma specialist or to undergo surgery because the track's $1-million insurance coverage for on-track accidents is not being honored by some medical facilities or specialists. Meyocks said some doctors wanted up-front payments for treatment rather than waiting for claims to go through.

The issue came to a head on Thursday when jockeys chose not to ride when they felt they were not getting assurances they would be able to see specialists. Friday evening's card was also cancelled while the parties worked on a solution.

Meyocks did not provide details.

Saturday's program begins at 11 a.m. CT, with the first of four stakes, the $150,000 Wasted Tears, scheduled for 12:52 p.m. That is followed by the $150,000 Chicken Fried Stakes at 1:20 p.m., the $150,000 Grand Prairie Turf Sprint Stakes at 2:15 p.m. and the $300,000 Texas Turf Classic Stakes.

While the Lone Star Park races will go on, there will be no interstate simulcasting on the Summer Turf Festival races. The Texas Racing Commission ordered Lone Star Park to shut down its interstate simulcast signal beginning July 1, saying the state could not comply with the newly created Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority. States that do not comply with the Authority are unable to conduct interstate simulcasting.

According to a report earlier this week in Horseracingnation.com, handle on Lone Star Park's races is down 87 percent since July 1.

 

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The California Horse Racing Board conducted a public meeting in Del Mar at the Del Mar Hilton on Thursday, July 14, 2022. Chairman Gregory Ferraro chaired the meeting, joined by Vice Chair Oscar Gonzales and Commissioners Brenda Washington Davis and Thomas Hudnut.

The audio of this entire Board meeting is available on the CHRB Website (www.chrb.ca.gov) under the Webcast link. In brief:

• Chairman Ferraro reported on the meeting the previous day of the Medication, Safety, and Welfare Committee convened by himself and Commissioner Hudnut. The agenda focused on efforts to protect horses and riders, including proposed regulatory amendments focusing on horses with particular profiles that research indicates are at a greater risk of injury, particularly horses returning from layoffs. To that end, the Board approved for public notice three amendments detailing extensive procedures and requirements pertaining to racing and training soundness examinations and the reporting of same. Horses that have not raced or worked for extended periods, including 2-year-olds that have never raced or worked, and certain horses coming off the Veterinarian's List, as well as certain horses arriving from jurisdictions not overseen by the CHRB, will be subject to these amended rules.

  Dr. Ferraro also reported on a discussion of a proposal to set limits on the accumulation of high-speed furlongs in works and races, again based on research at the University of California, Davis, that has determined unequivocally that excessive high-speed activity increases the risk of serious injury. Commissioner Hudnut, Chief Veterinary Dr. Tim Grande, and industry representatives pointed to the difficulties of crafting such a rule, given differences in training methods, track surfaces, horse abilities, and other variables. Dr. Ferraro said it became clear that the matter requires further study.

  Another proposed regulatory amendment would limit multiple inter-articular injections to a single joint within a certain timeframe and require diagnostics in advance of those injections. The Board directed staff to draft such a rule for future consideration.

• The Board approved the license for Golden Gate Fields to conduct a race meet that will operate from August 26 through October 2.
• The Board approved the license for the Humboldt County Fair to conduct a race meet that will operate from August 19 through August 28. Note that the final week of racing in Ferndale will overlap with the first week of racing at Golden Gate.
• The Board approved the license for the Sonoma County Fair to conduct a race meet that will operate from August 4 through August 14. This marks a return of live racing in Santa Rosa following the pandemic. In conjunction with the license, the Board approved an agreement between the Fair and the Thoroughbred Owners of California regarding entry conditions.
• The Board authorized the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association to conduct a horse sale on August 18 at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. Such sales are subject to the rules of the CHRB and the requirement for a veterinarian to oversee the health of the horses.
• The Board authorized Fasig-Tipton to conduct a horse sale on September 27 at Fairplex Park in Pomona.
• In his report to the Board, Executive Director Scott Chaney noted that equine fatalities decreased by 8 percent during the last fiscal year, from 72 to 66. This followed a decease of 50 percent in the previous two fiscal years. “As the overall numbers approach zero, each successive reduction will be more difficult, but the CHRB is committed despite this challenge,” said Chaney. “As the Board knows, the HISA safety regulations went into effect on July 1. From a substantive standpoint, stakeholders will see little change.  Logistically, there are hurdles and we are working through them in partnership with the Authority (HISA).

  “In speaking about the changes under HISA, however, I would be remiss in not acknowledging that the crop rule became less strict here on July 1,” Chaney continued.  “Thoroughbred riders may now strike overhand.  It is also not lost on me that the British Horse Racing Authority (BHA) just announced that they will no longer allow overhand striking in racing (other than for safety). It is difficult to see the BHA make a positive step forward while we, through no fault of our own, take a step backwards. I urge the Authority to reconsider their approach to crop use, and in so doing, acknowledge what is exceedingly clear to me, that the riding crop does not have a future in horse racing.”

• The Board approved a change of officers at Game Play Network, a licensed ADW.
• Public comments made during the meeting can be accessed through the meeting audio archive on the CHRB website.

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Ellis Park has increased purses for registered Kentucky-breds by $10,000 for every maiden and allowance race for the remainder of the meet.

Horses eligible for the Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund (KTDF) purse supplements now will compete for $60,000 in non-claiming maiden races, with allowance purses starting at $61,000.

The increases come from the transfer of $1 million in KTDF generated at Kentucky Downs into Ellis Park's purse account. That's on top of the $2.2 million committed earlier in purse money and KTDF by Kentucky Downs in agreements with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission's KTDF advisory committee and Ellis Park's horsemen's representative, the Kentucky HBPA.

Registered Kentucky-breds must be born in the state and sired by Kentucky stallions. Starting this month, claiming races in Kentucky are eligible for KTDF supplements for the first time.

“It's gratifying to see the tracks working together on things such as purses and racing dates to make the Kentucky circuit the strongest in America, with all participants committed to keeping purse levels high all year long in the commonwealth,” said Ellis Park racing secretary Dan Bork.

Bork added of Kentucky Downs co-managing partner Ron Winchell, a prominent horse owner and breeder: “Hats off to Mr. Winchell. He's a big-time supporter of Kentucky racing, not just his own track, and Ellis Park is a prime example. Such unprecedented arrangements between racetracks also don't happen without lawmakers such as Senator Damon Thayer and Speaker David Osborne. They all understand how vital purse levels are for the health of the industry. Everyone is stepping up.”

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