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Del Mar Adjusts Friday Card First Post Time

| 12:20 pm

Updated: August 8, 2023 at 12:25 pm

The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club kicked off it's annual summer season Friday, July 15, 2016 to the delight of thousands of fans and visitors. The seaside track in Del Mar, CA races Wednesday through Sunday through and including Labor Day Monday, Sept. 5, 2016. Accelerant and jockey Santiago Gonzalez (second from left) won the first race of the meet and returned $17.80 to his backers. ©Benoit Photo

Del Mar will move up its first post time from 4p.m. to 3:30p.m for Aug. 11. The adjustment has been put in place with consultation from the Southern California jockey colony and with approval by the California Horse Racing Board. The shift in post time will provide for better viewing conditions–due to sunlight–for riders. The modification to first post on Friday, should allow the final race on the card to finish at approximately 7 p.m. (PT)