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Del Mar Mile Handicap

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Inaugurated
  
1987

Surface
  
Turf

Distance
  
1 mile (8 furlongs)

Location
  
Del Mar Racetrack Del Mar, California, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Website
  
Del Mar Thoroughbred Club

The Del Mar Mile Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the end of August at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. The Grade II event is open to horses age three and up willing to race one mile on the turf.

Inaugurated in 1987, the Del Mar Mile Handicap was contested on dirt from 1987 through 2004.

Records

Speed record:

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

    • Most wins:

  • 2 - El Corredor (2000, 2001)
  • 2 - Obviously (2012, 2013)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - Hal J. Earnhardt (2000, 2001)
  • 2 - Anthony Fanticola & Joseph Scardino (2012, 2013)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 4 - Chris McCarron (1987, 1988, 1995, 1998)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 3 - Bob Baffert (2000, 2001, 2002)

    • References

    Del Mar Mile Handicap Wikipedia
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