Back in May Del Mar announced that it was bringing back the popular "Ship and Win" promotion for its 2012 meet. Simply stated, the program was designed to entice owners and trainers to bring out-of-state horses to Southern California to compete by offering monetary rewards. Every horse that started at Del Mar this year after having run its previous race out of state would receive a flat $1000 appearance fee. In addition, such horses would also receive a 25% bonus to any purse money earned in non-stakes races.
A total of 137 horses started at Del Mar this year after having run their previous race outside California; an increase of 28% over last year's 107. By my count, a total of twelve non-stakes (repeat: non-stakes) races were won this year at Del Mar by horses who had run their last prior race out of state. For those curious, listed below are the dozen imports who beat the local heroes at Del Mar this Summer:
DATE/RACE #...........HORSE.........................TRAINER....................PREVIOUS RACETRACK
July 19 Race 7............Lindz Winz..................Barry Abrams....................Belmont Park
July 20 Race 3............Blushing Martha...........Doug O'Neill......................Belmont Park
July 20 Race 5............Arabian Storm.............John Sadler........................Turf Paradise
July 21 Race 5............Shadow Runner...........Michael Machowsky...........Calder Race Course
August 3 Race 1.........Gal Has to Like It.........Craig Dollase.....................Calder Race Course
August 8 Race 8.........Wishing Gate...............Thomas Proctor.................Arlington Park
August 11 Race 4.......Bronze Fox..................Vann Belvoir......................SunRay Park
August 19 Race 1.......Tiz Gianni.....................John Shirreffs....................Sunland Park
August 23 Race 7.......Zimmer........................Patrick Byrne....................Churchill Downs
August 25 Race 9.......Appealing Resume.......Ed Moger, Jr......................Emerald Downs
August 30 Race 4.......Allura..........................Dan Hendricks...................Belmont Park
August 30 Race 7.......Royal Encounter..........Mike Mitchell.....................Sam Houston Park
Peace and Love,
Jimbo
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