21DLM002_SummerProgramCover_ Trim_4.125x8.625__Bleed_4.375x8.875 HOME OF THE 2021 BREEDERS’ CUP JULY 16 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2021 DelMarRacing.com 21DLM002_Summer Program Cover.indd 1 6/10/21 2:00 PM DEL MAR THOROUGHBRED CLUB Racing 31 Days • July 16 - September 6, 2021 Day 23 • Thursday August 26, 2021 First Post 2:00 p.m. These are the moments that make history. Where the Turf Meets the Surf Keeneland sales graduates have won Del Mar racetrack opened its doors (and its betting six editions of the Pacific Classic over windows) on July 3, 1937. Since then it’s become West the last decade. Coast racing’s summer destination where avid fans and newcomers to the sport enjoy the beauty and excitement of Thoroughbred racing in a gorgeous seaside setting. CHANGES AND RESULTS Courtesy of Equibase Del Mar Changes, live odds, results and race replays at your ngertips. 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SEPTEMBER RESPONSIBLE GAMBLING YEARLING SALE IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW HAS A GAMBLING PROBLEM PLEASE CALL 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) SALE BEGINS SUNDAY, SEPT. 13 SÍ USTED CONOCE ALGUN QUI TIENE UN PROBLEMA DE Learn More at TheWorldsYearlingSale.com APOSTAR POR FAVOR LLAME 1-800-426-2537. 3 August 26, 2021 TODAY’S RACING MENU How to Place a Bet US Races Race Time US Races Race Time International Races Race Time Saratoga 1 10:05 Indiana Downs 1 12:25 Woodbine 1 10:10 Belterra Park 2 10:05 Arlington Park 1 12:25 Woodbine 2 10:38 Placing a bet at a teller window is easy, have your Delaware Park 1 10:15 Arlington Park 2 12:51 Woodbine 3 11:07 cash (or voucher!) ready and follow these steps: Belterra Park 3 10:35 Indiana Downs 2 1:01 Woodbine 4 11:36 Saratoga 2 10:41 Arlington Park 3 1:23 Woodbine 5 12:10 RACETRACK NAME AND RACE NUMBER Delaware Park 2 10:45 Indiana Downs 3 1:35 Woodbine 6 12:42 Belterra Park 4 11:05 Arlington Park 4 1:54 Woodbine 7 1:14 DOLLAR AMOUNT AND TYPE OF WAGER Delaware Park 3 11:15 Indiana Downs 4 2:11 Woodbine 8 1:46 PROGRAM NUMBER OF THE HORSE(S) YOU PICK Saratoga 3 11:15 Arlington Park 5 2:24 Belterra Park 5 11:35 Indiana Downs 5 2:44 For example that pretty gray lly you had your Delaware Park 4 11:45 Arlington Park 6 2:54 eyes on: Del Mar, Race 4, $2 to win on #5. The teller Saratoga 4 11:49 Indiana Downs 6 3:17 will hand you your ticket (don’t lose it). Belterra Park 6 12:05 Arlington Park 7 3:26 Be sure to double check your bet, then it’s time to Delaware Park 5 12:15 Indiana Downs 7 3:45 watch the race! Saratoga 5 12:21 Evangeline Downs 1 3:50 Belterra Park 7 12:35 Arlington Park 8 3:55 Delaware Park 6 12:45 Indiana Downs 8 4:13 Saratoga 6 12:55 Evangeline Downs 2 4:17 Belterra Park 8 1:05 Evangeline Downs 3 4:44 RACING TERMS Delaware Park 7 1:15 Evangeline Downs 4 5:11 Blinkers Headgear worn by a horse to focus its vision and Saratoga 7 1:29 prevent distractions Delaware Park 8 1:45 Furlong A furlong equals 220 yards or 1/8 mile Del Mar 1 2:00 Inquiry Investigation by the stewards of a foul or violation that Saratoga 8 2:05 may have occurred during the running of a race Delaware Park 9 2:15 The track handicapper’s estimate of the probable odds Del Mar 2 2:30 Morning Line for each horse at post time Saratoga 9 2:39 Paddock The area where horses are brought to be saddled and Del Mar 3 3:00 mounted by their jockeys prior to a race Canterbury Downs 1 3:12 Scratch A horse that has been withdrawn from a race Saratoga 10 3:13 Del Mar 4 3:30 Canterbury Downs 2 3:42 WIN ODDS PAYOFF Del Mar 5 4:00 1/1 $4.00 3/2 $5.00 Canterbury Downs 3 4:12 Del Mar 6 4:30 8/5 $5.20 9/5 $5.60 Canterbury Downs 4 4:42 2/1 $6.00 5/2 $7.00 Del Mar 7 5:00 $8.00 $9.00 Del Mar 8 5:30 3/1 7/2 4/1 $10.00 9/2 $11.00 Races appear in the program in the following order: 5/1 $12.00 6/1 $14.00 Del Mar races – Northern California races – Out-of-State races, – International races. 8/1 $18.00 10/1 $22.00 4 5 Thursday, August 26 Del Mar Bottom Line By Brad Free Brad Free has been handicapper, reporter and columnist for 12:30 PM GATES OPEN Daily Racing Form since 1992. A native of Southern California, 2 PM FIRST POST Free previously covered horse racing for the Pasadena Star- 8 RACES News, The National and The Racing Times. Free wrote the popular DRF text “Handicapping 101,” worked as broadcaster for TVG and Santa Anita, and has served as track linemaker. ONLINE HANDICAPPING CONTEST 2021 SUMMER • DMTC.COM/CONTEST SHARPEN YOUR SKILLS WITH A FREE TO PLAY ONLINE CONTEST HANDICAPPING A FEATURE THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2021 BEST BET: RACE 8, CHASINGSERENDIPITY RACE EVERY DAY OF THE DEL MAR SUMMER SEASON TO EARN TICKETS TO #BC21. RACE ONE MITIGATION can win SoCal’s first dirt route of the season for maiden VISIT DMTC.COM/EVENTS FOR MORE INFO fillies, based on her promising fourth-place debut in a sprint. She raced midfield, made a little move on the turn, and went evenly. She ran like a filly that wants more distance. She gets it, stretching Today’s Groups from five and one-half furlongs to a mile. Trainer John Shirreffs is STRETCH RUN GRILL CELEBRITY SUITES AT&T 858 THERAPEUTICS, INC. 4-for-7 with second-start maiden stretch-outs on dirt (all ages) the JR286 HSBC past two years. CENSORSHIP could start favored after an improved NATHAN MEDINA AFTER TAX CONTENT SQUARE, INC. runner-up finish in her second start. She finished more than five WEALTH MGMT. BUSINESS FINANCE CAPITAL ROTARY CLUB OF FALLBROOK TOM’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION lengths clear of third, will enter with the field’s top figure and a route THOMPSON BUILDING MATERIALS pedigree. DESERT DAWN finished third in her debut, a long way WOMEN’S COUNCIL OF REALTORS IL PALIO behind CENSORSHIP, but ‘DAWN is likely to improve second time SAN DIEGO ASSOC. HEALTH CLUBHOUSE UNDERWRITERS out. HAUTE LADY is another second-time starter eligible to improve ALPINE V.F.W POST 9578 ACG-SD off her fourth-place debut. EXCEL HOTEL GROUP CASINO ACCOMMODATIONS FALLBROOK VFW 1924 PARKER COMMERCIAL OASIS TRAVEL STC TRAFFIC, INC. LUXURY SUITES RACE TWO THE LIBERTY COMPANY INSURANCE CHERRY HAWK STABLES BROKERS ROSENQUIST makes his California debut in a modest maiden-50 turf VETERAN’S MEMORIAL PADDOCK VIEW PATIO route. He would have faced several of these on Aug. 8, but he was an ASSOCIATION PARRON HALL - CAROLYN’S RETIREMENT PARTY also-eligible and did not start. The third-place finish by ROSENQUIST CLUBHOUSE TERRACE TURF CLUB last out was solid. It was June in Kentucky, first for trainer Bill Morey LA COSTA GLEN BAYSHIRE MIKE’S STAHMER GROUP following a $47k purchase at a horses-of-racing-age sale. Now listed PEGA/PALOMAR INSURANCE UBS SAN DIEGO as a first-time gelding, proven at the nine-furlong distance, he can PSI WAAA mow them down late. TIZ TACT TOE ran well in the aforementioned SEISMIC GROUP SILICON VALLEY BANK Aug. 8 race, runner-up behind the odds-on favorite while making his SNELL & WILMER first start in three months. ‘TOE could vie for favoritism based on that runner-up finish in which he defeated three others in this field. SKYROOMS ETHOS WEALTH MANAGEMENT MOORE STREET WISE prepped finishing third in Northern California, BBSI and drops in for a tag for his second U.S. start. ME B BUBBA T is R+L CARRIERS DPR CONSTRUCTION first-time tag. RADIO PIONEERS. RESERVE TODAY DMTC.COM/GROUPSALES OR CALL 858-792-4234 6 7 Del Mar Bottom Line DMTC EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK RACE THREE VANDER KELEN returns from a long layoff with solid works and established form last year vs. rivals similar to these $16k claiming sprinters. His trainer’s comebackers are typically ready to fire. Mark daren sparks Glatt is 6-for-12 since June with horses returning from layoffs of six months or more. BIBLEMAN was claimed from a last-place finish ESTAURANT OST R H for $32k last month, and drops in for half the price. His runner-up finish two back for $25k would make him tough.