Del Mar Futurity

Del Mar Futurity
Grade I race
LocationDel Mar Racetrack
Del Mar, California, United States
Inaugurated1948
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Race information
Distance7 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds
WeightColts & Geldings, 123 lbs.
Fillies, 120 lbs.
Allowances
Purse$300,000 since 2012[1]

The Del Mar Futurity is a seven-furlong American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. A Grade I event since 2007, the race is open to two-year-old horses and offers a purse of $300,000.[1]

In 1971, it was run in two divisions on Turf. From 2007 to 2014, it was run on Polytrack synthetic dirt.

Bob Baffert has trained a record 14 horses to wins in the race, including seven straight from 1996 to 2002 and four straight from 2021 to 2024.

  1. ^ a b "Del Mar Futurity Profile". Equibase. Retrieved 6 September 2016.