Del Mar Juvenile Turf Stakes

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Del Mar Juvenile Turf Stakes
Grade III race
Location Del Mar Racetrack
Del Mar, California, United States
Inaugurated2012 (as Oak Tree Juvenile Turf Stakes)
Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Website Del Mar
Race information
Distance1 mile [CONVERT]
Surfaceturf
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds
Weight123 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.

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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 [2] after Oak Tree Racing Association moved their meeting to the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. [3]

In 2022 the American Graded Stakes Committee upgraded the classification of the event to Grade III. [4]

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
2023EndlesslyJuan HernandezMichael McCarthyAmerman Racing1 mile1:35.28$101,500III [5]
2022Packs A Wahlop Mike E. Smith Jeff Mullins Red Baron's Barn & Rancho Temescal1 mile1:35.96$104,500III [6]
2021MackinnonJuan Hernandez Doug F. O'Neill ERJ Racing & Dave Kenney1 mile1:36.24$102,000Listed [7]
2020Big Fish Victor Espinoza David Hofmans Legacy Ranch1 mile1:38.21$102,500Listed [8]
2019Encoder Flavien Prat John W. Sadler Hronis Racing1 mile1:35.31$100,000Listed [9]
2018King of Speed Gary L. Stevens Jeff BondeDel Secco DCS Racing1 mile1:36.77$101,725Listed [10]
2017Encumbered Mario Gutierrez Simon Callaghan Reddam Racing 1 mile1:35.90$103,105Listed [11]
2016Bowie's Hero Rafael Bejarano Philip D'AmatoPope, Pope Jr. & Marc McLean1 mile1:36.40$102,760Listed [12]
2015Hollywood Don Brice Blanc Peter L. Miller Rockingham Ranch1 mile1:35.46$101,500Listed [2]
Oak Tree Juvenile Turf Stakes
2014Daddy D T Corey Nakatani John W. Sadler Hronis Racing1 mile1:36.35$101,000 [13]
2013Diamond Bachelor Julien Leparoux Patrick Biancone Diamond 100 Racing Club1 mile1:34.36$100,750 [14]
2012Dry Summer Joseph Talamo Jeff MullinsSam Britt & Michael House1 mile1:35.16$100,000Listed [15]

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