Del Mar concluded its eleventh Bing Crosby fall race meet Dec. 1 with positive aspects in all-sources deal with and subject measurement. The spotlight of the 14-day assembly was the Breeders’ Cup World Championships held Nov. 1-2.
Whole wagering rose to $165.10 million as in comparison with $153.29 million for the 13-day 2023 fall season. Discipline measurement elevated to 7.72 runners per race versus 7.43 in 2023. This 12 months’s deal with and subject measurement outcomes excluded races performed over the 2 Breeders’ Cup playing cards.
The 2024 Breeders’ Cup, the third time Del Mar has hosted the World Championships, was a rousing success with home and worldwide runners delivering a few of the 12 months’s high performances.
The nation’s premier fall season grass racing was performed over Del Mar’s Jimmy Durante Turf Course and featured the favored Autumn Turf Competition—eight graded stakes through the closing two weekends of the meet.
Del Mar continued its precedent-setting equine security protocols—now adopted by many different racing venues nationally—which as soon as once more produced one of many most secure race meets within the nation. Moreover, the Del Mar space’s popularity for superb climate once more performed to its finest, and racing was offered day by day on “quick and agency” surfaces.
“Our fall meet has grown right into a marquee presence on the nationwide racing calendar with the Autumn Turf Competition and naturally the Breeders’ Cup this 12 months and in 2025,” stated Del Mar president Josh Rubinstein. “We’re very appreciative of the continued help we obtain from homeowners, trainers, and horseplayers all through the nation.”
The monitor’s distinctive program to feed the backstretch group continued via the Bing Crosby Season. With help from the California Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Basis and the Oak Tree Racing Affiliation, Del Mar supplied free meals in a communal setting to the backstretch group every race day.
“In 2014 the Bing Crosby Meet stepped into the void left by Hollywood Park and shortly proved to be a game-changer for California racing,” stated Gary Fenton, chairman of the Thoroughbred House owners of California. “This meet boasts the second-highest common day by day deal with within the state, surpassed solely by Del Mar’s summer season meet. We admire all the DMTC staff for his or her unwavering contributions to California’s horsemen and horsewomen.”
Del Mar has once more been awarded the Breeders’ Cup in 2025. The World Championships will probably be performed Oct. 31-Nov. 1 through the fall season, set to run from Oct. 30 via Nov. 30.
Hernandez, Glatt, Augustin Win Meet Titles
For the second 12 months in a row, Juan Hernandez gained each the summer season and fall using titles at Del Mar. In contrast to previous title runs, Hernandez needed to rally late to win the Bing Crosby title with 21 wins.
Hernandez trailed Antonio Fresu and Umberto Rispoli via a lot of the autumn. However he bought scorching within the second-to-last week, profitable 5 races and grabbing the lead. He secured the title with eight victories within the closing week, 5 on closing day.
“I am very grateful to all people,” Hernandez stated. “I wish to thank the homeowners the trainers and the grooms. My agent (Craig O’Bryan); he is the one who picks the fitting horses.
“I simply get pleasure from using my horses. I attempt to do my finest in each race. That is for my household right here and in Mexico. I am simply excited and searching ahead to the subsequent meet.”
Hernandez has gained six jockey titles at Del Mar. Rispoli completed with 15 wins, Fresu with 14.
Coach Mark Glatt notched his first Del Mar title this fall, profitable 14 races, 5 higher than runner-up and defending winner Phil D’Amato. Glatt ran horses in 32 races, about half of what D’Amato got here with, and posted a 44% win fee.
Glatt’s title at Del Mar follows his first coaching title at Santa Anita Park finally 12 months’s Autumn meet. He is been coaching in Southern California since 2000.
Augustin Stables gained the homeowners’ title with 5 wins. Hronis Racing and Nick Alexander have been subsequent with 4. Godolphin, by the use of its Breeders’ Cup success, gained the earnings title with greater than $4.5 million.
This press launch has been edited for content material and magnificence by BloodHorse Workers.
