Del Mar News & Notes

[PJMIII]

Pick six carryovers totaling $389K into Friday's card

A challenging pick six sequence Thursday at Del Mar busted all players after five legs and resulted in a mere three having 5 of 6, and produced carryovers into Friday's card of $252,572 in the general pool and an additional $136,518 in the single-ticket jackpot.

http://www.drf.com/news/del-mar-pick-si ... idays-card

[Sparrow Castle]

Garcia escapes serious injury in workout spill

...Garcia was aboard the unraced 2-year-old filly Vitality, a daughter of Smart Strike who was nearing her career debut for trainer Bob Baffert. She had worked five furlongs in company in 59.40 seconds before she was stricken. She had to be euthanized on the track, a rare fatality during a Del Mar season that has been largely free of catastrophic injuries.

Vitality was owned by Juddmonte Farms, which purchased Vitality as a yearling for $330,000 last September at Keeneland...

http://www.drf.com/news/garcia-escapes-serious-injury-workout-spill

[Sparrow Castle]

Jeremy Balan‏Verified account @BH_JBalan
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This is a significant decrease from 17 last year during the summer meeting.

Jeremy Balan‏Verified account @BH_JBalan
CHRB equine medical director Rick Arthur reports there were 6 equine fatalities at Del Mar this summer (4 racing, 1 training, 1 other).

[BaroqueAgain1]

It seems like Del Mar had better luck than Saratoga, which, last I read, had 18 fatalities?

[Sparrow Castle]

Del Mar enjoys strong - and safe - meeting

One year after a summer season that was one of the most difficult in the track’s history, Del Mar bounced back this summer with a meeting that was up in handle, featured high-quality racing, had robust field size, and, most importantly, had a terrific safety record.

The track reported handle was up by 5.1 percent from a year ago for the 36-day season, which ended Monday, to an average of more than $12.5 million per day. Daily average ontrack attendance was 13,240, a dip of 1.5 percent.

Del Mar averaged 8.6 runners per race, well above the 8.3 average of a year ago, a significant feat racing five days per week on a circuit that usually races four days per week, and at times went down to three days per week during the elongated Santa Anita season.

http://www.drf.com/news/del-mar-enjoys-strong-and-safe-meeting

[PJMIII]

Baltas basks in warmth of first Del Mar training title

Richard Baltas was beaming Tuesday morning over winning his first training title at Del Mar, one he had to share with Phil D’Amato, who won the final race of the meet to pull into a tie with Baltas at the top of the standings with 18 wins each.

http://www.drf.com/news/baltas-basks-wa ... ning-title