Del Mar has reason to celebrate its stellar summer meet

OK, maybe it wasn’t as dramatic as a Hail Mary, but what Del Mar management and horsemen pulled off this summer was nothing short of a near-miraculous feat.
Zero fatalities during 36 days of live racing?
On the heels of 30 catastrophic injuries at Santa Anita?
Yes, the entire crew at Del Mar, leading with trackmen Dennis Moore and Leif Dickinson, and including racing officials Tom Robbins and David Jerkens, deserve a ton of thanks from the industry nationwide for what they accomplished the