Del Mar Juvenile Turf Stakes Explained

Class:Grade III
Horse Race:Del Mar Juvenile Turf Stakes
Location:Del Mar Racetrack
Del Mar, California, United States
Inaugurated:2012 (as Oak Tree Juvenile Turf Stakes)
Race Type:Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Website:Del Mar
Distance:1 mile
Surface:turf
Track:left-handed
Qualification:Two-year-olds
Weight:123 lbs with allowances
Purse:$100,000 (since 2012)

The Del Mar Juvenile Turf Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds over a distance of one mile on the turf track scheduled annually in September at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. The event currently carries a purse of $100,000.

History

The inaugural running of the event was on September 5, 2012, as the Oak Tree Juvenile Turf Stakes. Del Mar added two new juvenile turf stakes to its schedule in conjunction with the Oak Tree Racing Association during their 2012 meeting. The Oak Tree Racing Association had been idle since 2010. The races, meant as stepping stones toward the two Breeders’ Cup's juvenile grass offerings, also expand the track's emphasis on its 2-year-old program.[1]

In 2015 Del Mar administration renamed the event to the Del Mar Juvenile Turf Stakes after Oak Tree Racing Association moved their meeting to the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton.[2]

In 2022 the American Graded Stakes Committee upgraded the classification of the event to Grade III.[3]

The best performance by a winner of this event in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf was in 2021 when Mackinnon finished third.

Records

Speed record:

Margins:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

YearWinnerJockeyTrainerOwnerDistanceTimePurseGradeRef
Del Mar Juvenile Turf Stakes
align=center 2024Artislas Reylu GutierrezJeff MullinsIrving Ventures, Michelle Arthur, William Meathe, Jeanne Tumanjanalign=center 1 milealign=center 1:36.53align=center $104,000align=center III[4]
align=center 2023Endlessly Juan J. HernandezMichael McCarthyAmerman Racing align=center 1 milealign=center 1:35.28align=center $101,500align=center III[5]
align=center 2022Packs A WahlopMike E. SmithJeff MullinsRed Baron's Barn & Rancho Temescalalign=center 1 milealign=center 1:35.96align=center $104,500align=center III[6]
align=center 2021MackinnonJuan J. HernandezDoug F. O'NeillERJ Racing & Dave Kenneyalign=center 1 milealign=center 1:36.24align=center $102,000align=center Listed[7]
align=center 2020Big FishDavid HofmansLegacy Ranch align=center 1 milealign=center 1:38.21align=center $102,500align=center Listed[8]
align=center 2019EncoderJohn W. SadlerHronis Racing align=center 1 milealign=center 1:35.31align=center $100,000align=center Listed[9]
align=center 2018King of SpeedJeff BondeDel Secco DCS Racingalign=center 1 milealign=center 1:36.77align=center $101,725align=center Listed[10]
align=center 2017EncumberedSimon Callaghanalign=center 1 milealign=center 1:35.90align=center $103,105align=center Listed[11]
align=center 2016Bowie's HeroRafael BejaranoPhilip D'AmatoPope, Pope Jr. & Marc McLeanalign=center 1 milealign=center 1:36.40align=center $102,760align=center Listed[12]
align=center 2015Hollywood DonBrice BlancPeter L. MillerRockingham Ranchalign=center 1 milealign=center 1:35.46align=center $101,500align=center Listed[13]
Oak Tree Juvenile Turf Stakes
align=center 2014Daddy D TCorey NakataniJohn W. SadlerHronis Racing align=center 1 milealign=center 1:36.35align=center $101,000align=center [14]
align=center 2013Diamond BachelorJulien LeparouxPatrick BianconeDiamond 100 Racing Club align=center 1 milealign=center 1:34.36align=center $100,750align=center [15]
align=center 2012Dry SummerJoseph TalamoJeff MullinsSam Britt & Michael House align=center 1 milealign=center 1:35.16align=center $100,000align=center Listed[16]
Legend:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shinar . Jack . Oak Tree, Del Mar Offer Juvenile Turf Stakes; Agreement will also bring Yellow Ribbon to seaside track for upcoming summer meet. . BloodHorse.com . July 13, 2022 . April 20, 2012.
  2. Web site: BloodHorse Staff . Five New Additions for TOBA Owners Concierge Initiative gains five new additions, boosting initiative's participants to 25. . BloodHorse.com . July 13, 2022 . June 2, 2015.
  3. Web site: Angst . Frank . Blue Grass Stakes to Return to Grade 1 Status Keeneland's top Kentucky Derby prep among three races upgraded to grade 1 for 2022. . BloodHorse.com . February 4, 2022 . January 28, 2022.
  4. Web site: 2024 Del Mar Juvenile Turf Stakes Grade 3 – (race 9) . Equibase . September 8, 2024 . September 11, 2024.
  5. Web site: 2023 Del Mar Juvenile Turf Stakes Grade 3 – (race 7) . Equibase . September 10, 2023 . September 11, 2023.
  6. Web site: 2022 Del Mar Juvenile Turf Stakes Grade 3 – (race 9) . Equibase . September 11, 2022 . September 15, 2022.
  7. Web site: 2021 Del Mar Juvenile Turf Stakes Listed – (race 8) . Equibase . September 6, 2021 . July 13, 2022.
  8. Web site: 2020 Del Mar Juvenile Turf Stakes Listed – (race 9) . Equibase . September 7, 2020 . July 13, 2022.
  9. Web site: 2019 Del Mar Juvenile Turf Stakes Listed – (race 3) . Equibase . September 1, 2019 . July 13, 2022.
  10. Web site: 2018 Del Mar Juvenile Turf Stakes Listed – (race 6) . Equibase . September 2, 2018 . July 13, 2022.
  11. Web site: 2017 Del Mar Juvenile Turf Stakes Listed – (race 5) . Equibase . September 3, 2017 . July 13, 2022.
  12. Web site: 2016 Del Mar Juvenile Turf Stakes Listed – (race 6) . Equibase . September 3, 2016 . July 13, 2022.
  13. Web site: 2015 Del Mar Juvenile Turf Stakes Listed – (race 6) . Equibase . September 5, 2015 . July 13, 2022.
  14. Web site: 2014 Oak Tree Juvenile Turf Stakes Black Type – (race 6) . Equibase . September 3, 2014 . July 13, 2022.
  15. Web site: 2013 Oak Tree Juvenile Turf Stakes Black Type – (race 3) . Equibase . September 4, 2013 . July 13, 2022.
  16. Web site: 2012 Oak Tree Juvenile Turf Stakes Listed – (race 5) . Equibase . September 5, 2012 . July 13, 2022.

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