Grade III race | |
Location |
Del Mar Racetrack Del Mar, California, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1976 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile (8 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $100,000 |
The Torrey Pines Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early September at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. Offering a purse of $100,000, the Grade III stakes is for three-year-old fillies and is run over a mile on Polytrack synthetic dirt.
The Torrey Pines Stakes was inaugurated in 1976 and was run as a restricted overnight stakes from then to 2004.
It began as an 8 1/2 furlong race but in 1997 was shortened to 8 furlongs (1 mile).
This race was upgraded from ungraded to a Grade III for its 2014 running.
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