The Del Mar Futurity is a seven-furlong American

Thoroughbred horse race Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport – flat racing and jump racing, the latter known as National Hunt racing in ...

held annually at Del Mar Racetrack in

Del Mar, California Del Mar (; Spanish for "Of the Sea") is a beach town in San Diego County, California, located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. Established in 1885 as a seaside resort, the city incorporated in 1959. The Del Mar Horse Races are hosted on the ...

. A Grade I event since 2007, the race is open to two-year-old horses and offers a purse of $300,000. In 1971, it was run in two divisions on Turf. From 2007 to 2014, it was run on Polytrack synthetic dirt. No trainer has more Del Mar Futurity wins than

Bob Baffert Robert A. Baffert (born January 13, 1953) is an American racehorse trainer who trained the 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah and 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify. Baffert's horses have won a record six Kentucky Derbies, seven Preakne ...

's 14, seven in consecutive years.

Records

Speed record: * 1:20.99 – Cave Rock (2022) (Dirt) * 1:21.48 –

American Pharoah American Pharoah (foaled February 2, 2012) is a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the American Triple Crown and the Breeders' Cup Classic in 2015. He was the 12th Triple Crown winner in history, and in winning all four races, became the first h ...

(2014) (Polytrack) Most wins by a jockey: * 6 – Bill Shoemaker (1954, 1958, 1971–1974) Most wins by a trainer: * 16 –

(1996–2002, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022) Most wins by an owner: * 5 –

Golden Eagle Farm John C. Mabee (August 21, 1921 – April 24, 2002) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder whom ''About.com'' called "a California racing icon." A native of Seymour, Iowa, as a young man of twenty, John Mabee moved to San Diego, ...

(1990, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998)

Winners

References

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