The Del Mar Debutante Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race restricted to two-year-old fillies run each year in early September at Del Mar Race Track in Del Mar, California. A Grade I event since 1996, the Debutante is raced on Polytrack synthetic dirt at a distance of seven furlongs and offers a purse of $250,000.
Inaugurated in 1951 at a distance of six furlongs, in 1974 the race was changed to a one mile event then in 1993 to its current seven furlongs. The Del Mar Debutante Stakes was raced in two divisions in 1984.
Stakes Race | Grade | Purse |
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Eddie Read Stakes | I | $300,000 |
San Clemente Handicap | II | $150,000 |
Cougar II Handicap | III | $125,000 |
San Diego Handicap | II | $200,000 |
Bing Crosby Stakes | I | $250,000 |
Sorrento Stakes | III | $150,000 |
Clement L. Hirsch Stakes | I | $300,000 |
Best Pal Stakes | II | $150,000 |
La Jolla Handicap | II | $150,000 |
John C. Mabee Stakes | II | $250,000 |
Del Mar Oaks | I | $250,000 |
Rancho Bernardo Handicap | III | $150,000 |
Del Mar Mile | II | $200,000 |
Del Mar Handicap | II | $200,000 |
Pacific Classic Stakes | I | $1,000,000 |
Pat O'Brien Stakes | I | $250,000 |
Del Mar Debutante | I | $250,000 |
Del Mar Derby | II | $250,000 |
Palomar Handicap | II | $150,000 |
Del Mar Futurity | I | $250,000 |