Del Mar Mile Stakes

The Del Mar Mile Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years and older run over a distance of one mile on the turf held annually in August at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. The event currently carries a purse of $150,000.

Del Mar Mile Stakes

Class	Grade II
Location	Del Mar Racetrack Del Mar, California, United States
Inaugurated	1987 (as Del Mar Budweiser Breeders' Cup)
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Del Mar
Race information
Distance	1 mile (8 furlongs)
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds and older
Weight	Base weights with allowances: Older: 126 lbs 3YOs: 122 lbs
Purse	$300,000 (2021)

History

The event was inaugurated on September 2, 1987, with additional sponsorship from Budweiser and the Breeders' Cup at a distance of as a one-mile race on the dirt track and was won by the 9:1 shot Good Command, who was ridden by United States' Racing Hall of Fame jockey Chris McCarron in a time of 1:354⁄5.^[1] The following year the event was by Precisionist, the 1985 U.S. Champion Sprint Horse who had come out of retirement after an unsuccessful stud career.^[2]

For the third running the event had been classified as Grade III^[3] and the next year in 1990 a Grade II, the current classification.^[4]

Budweiser continued sponsorship until 1995 and the Breeders' Cup until 2006.^[3] After sponsorship ceased the event was renamed by the Del Mar administration to Del Mar Mile Handicap.^[3]

In 2005 the event was moved from the dirt track to the turf.^[4]

In 2021 the conditions of the event were changed from a handicap to a stakes allowance.^[3]

Records

Speed record:

• 1 mile (turf): 1:32.10 - Obviously (IRE) (2012)
• 1 mile (dirt): 1:33.40 - On The Line (1989)

Margins:

• 5 lengths - Old Trieste (1998)

Most wins:

• 2 - El Corredor (2000, 2001)
• 2 - Obviously (IRE) (2012, 2013)
• 2 - Mo Forza (2020, 2021)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - Hal J. Earnhardt (2000, 2001)
• 2 - Anthony Fanticola & Joseph Scardino (2012, 2013)
• 2 - Bardy Farm & OG Boss (2020, 2021)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 4 - Chris McCarron (1987, 1988, 1995, 1998)
• 4 - Flavien Prat (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 4 - Bob Baffert (2000, 2001, 2002. 2023)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Distance	Time	Purse	Grade	Ref
Del Mar Mile Stakes
2024	Conclude	4	Hector Berrios	Bob Baffert	Little Red Feather Racing, Sterling Stables & Marsha Naify	1 mile	1:34.05	$302,500	II	[5]
2023	Du Jour	5	Flavien Prat	Bob Baffert	Natalie J. Baffert & Debbie Lanni	1 mile	1:33.82	$302,500	II	[6]
2022	Hong Kong Harry	5	Flavien Prat	Philip D'Amato	Scott Anastasi, Jimmy Ukegawa, Tony Valazza	1 mile	1:33.15	$302,000	II	[7]
2021	Mo Forza	5	Flavien Prat	Peter Miller	Bardy Farm & OG Boss	1 mile	1:35.03	$300,000	II	[8]
Del Mar Mile Handicap
2020	Mo Forza	4	Flavien Prat	Peter Miller	Bardy Farm & OG Boss	1 mile	1:33.27	$152,000	II	[9]
2019	Prince Earl	4	Geovanni Franco	Philip D'Amato	Old Bones Racing Stable & Todd Marshall	1 mile	1:33.13	$201,755	II	[10]
2018	Catapult	5	Drayden Van Dyke	John W. Sadler	Woodford Racing	1 mile	1:33.40	$202,760	II	[11]
2017	Blackjackcat	4	Kent J. Desormeaux	Mark Glatt	Al & Saundra S. Kirkwood	1 mile	1:34.06	$200,345	II	[12]
2016	Midnight Storm	5	Rafael Bejarano	Philip D'Amato	A Venneri Racing & Little Red Feather Racing	1 mile	1:33.92	$200,000	II	[13]
2015	Avanzare	5	Gary L. Stevens	Thomas F. Proctor	Donato Lanni & John F. Youngblood	1 mile	1:35.22	$201,250	II	[14]
2014	Tom's Tribute	4	Mike E. Smith	James M. Cassidy	Braly Family Trust	1 mile	1:33.75	$250,500	II	[15]
2013	Obviously (IRE)	5	Joseph Talamo	Mike R. Mitchell	Anthony Fanticola & Joseph Scardino	1 mile	1:32.64	$200,000	II	[16]
2012	Obviously (IRE)	4	Joseph Talamo	Mike R. Mitchell	Anthony Fanticola & Joseph Scardino	1 mile	1:32.10	$200,000	II	[17]
2011	Caracortado	4	Joseph Talamo	Michael Machowsky	Blahut Racing & Lo Hi Racing	1 mile	1:34.24	$200,000	II	[18]
2010	Enriched	5	Joel Rosario	Doug F. O'Neill	W.C. Racing, Neil Haymes & Westside Rentals.com	1 mile	1:34.83	$190,000	II	[19]
2009	Ferneley (IRE)	5	Joel Rosario	Ben D. A. Cecil	Silver Springs Stud Farm	1 mile	1:33.11	$238,000	II	[20]
2008	Whatsthescript (IRE)	4	Garrett K. Gomez	John W. Sadler	Tommy Town Thoroughbreds	1 mile	1:32.40	$328,000	II	[21]
2007	Crossing The Line (NZ)	5	Garrett K. Gomez	John W. Sadler	Doubledown Stable & Mike MacQuoid	1 mile	1:32.59	$322,000	II	[22]
Del Mar Breeders' Cup Handicap
2006	Aragorn (IRE)	4	Corey Nakatani	Neil D. Drysdale	Ballygallon Stud	1 mile	1:32.68	$374,000	II	[23]
2005	Three Valleys	4	Pat Valenzuela	Robert J. Frankel	Juddmonte Farms	1 mile	1:32.21	$338,000	II	[24]
2004	Supah Blitz	4	Victor Espinoza	Doug F. O'Neill	Kagele Brothers & Mark Lieb	1 mile	1:35.14	$250,000	II	[25]
2003	Joey Franco	4	Pat Valenzuela	Darrell Vienna	Jerry Frankel	1 mile	1:35.70	$178,000	II	[26]
2002	Congaree	4	Mike E. Smith	Bob Baffert	Stonerside Stable	1 mile	1:36.34	$250,000	II	[27]
2001	El Corredor	4	Victor Espinoza	Bob Baffert	Hal J. Earnhardt	1 mile	1:35.24	$250,000	II	[28]
2000	El Corredor	3	Victor Espinoza	Bob Baffert	Hal J. Earnhardt	1 mile	1:35.05	$178,000	II	[29]
1999	Hollycombe	5	Gary L. Stevens	J. Paco Gonzalez	John Toffan	1 mile	1:35.46	$195,100	II	[30]
1998	Old Trieste	3	Chris McCarron	Mike Puype	Cobra Farm Inc.	1 mile	1:35.35	$186,200	II	[31]
1997	Benchmark	6	Eddie Delahoussaye	Ronald W. Ellis	Pam & Martin Wygod	1 mile	1:35.57	$206,700	II	[32]
1996	Dramatic Gold	5	Kent J. Desormeaux	David E. Hofmans	Golden Eagle Farm	1 mile	1:34.78	$205,650	II	[33]
Del Mar Budweiser Breeders' Cup Handicap
1995	Alphabet Soup	4	Chris McCarron	David E. Hofmans	Ridder Thoroughbred Stable	1 mile	1:34.33	$164,650	II	[34]
1994	Lykatill Hil	4	Eddie Delahoussaye	Art Sherman	William J. Zellerbach	1 mile	1:34.01	$152,200	II	[35]
1993	Region	4	Corey Nakatani	Richard E. Mandella	Claiborne Farm	1 mile	1:34.98	$169,600	II	[36]
1992	Reign Road	4	David R. Flores	Jay M. Robbins	Jack Kent Cooke	1 mile	1:35.29	$182,000	II	[37]
1991	Twilight Agenda	5	Kent J. Desormeaux	D. Wayne Lukas	Moyglare Stud Farm	1 mile	1:34.00	$206,950	II	[38]
1990	Stalwart Charger	3	Roberto M. Gonzalez	Alcides Pico Perdomo	Sidney B. Factor	1 mile	1:34.60	$206,500	II	[39]
1989	On the Line	5	Laffit Pincay Jr.	D. Wayne Lukas	Eugene V. Klein	1 mile	1:33.40	$205,400	III	[40]
1988	Precisionist	7	Chris McCarron	John W. Russell	Fred W. Hooper	1 mile	1:34.60	$148,900		[2]
1987	Good Command	4	Chris McCarron	Gary F. Jones	Prestonwood Farm	1 mile	1:34.80	$153,750		[1]

Legend:
  Dirt   Turf

See also

List of American and Canadian Graded races

External links

• 2020 Del Mar Media Guide