Del Mar's 66th Racing Season - California's Coolest Races

The 66th racing season of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club horse races parades to the post beginning July 19, Wednesday, through September 6, 2006 Wednesday. Get daily free DelMar racing picks and betting tips from expert handicappers, DelMar odds, DelMar news, race entries and race results.

"Where the surf meets the turf", the track opened in 1937 when Bing Crosby, along with friends Jimmy Durante and Pat O'Brien set out to follow a horse racing dream. They built a nice little race track where they could go crazy horse betting all day and get crazier partying and hobknobbing all night, right in the middle of sunny California.

In 1938, legendary horse Seabiscuit helped immortalize the Del Mar Racetrack when it won in an epic race against Ligaroti.

Del Mar 2006 race meet opens with Oceanside Stakes on July 19 and will close with the $250,000 DelMar Futurity (Gr. II) on Labor Day.

Del Mar is to California what Saratoga is to New York. From a quaint race track started by Hollywood legend Bing Crosby and his high-profile gang in 1937, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club today is among America’s best attended race tracks.

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