30% Increase To Del Mar Summer Stakes Purses Led By $250,000 Boost To Pacific Classic Sponsored by:
Del Mar has boosted overnight and stakes purses by 30% for the 2021 summer meeting
Building on the positive news it announced last week concerning a 30% increase to overnight purses and major enhancements to its popular “Ship & Win” program, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif., released this year s summer stakes schedule showing a similar healthy increase of 30% to its major stakes compared to the 2020 racing season.
In 2020, the track presented 32 major stakes worth $5,175,000. For this year there will be two additional stakes and total purses will be $6,750,000, a value increase of 30%.