The Rancho Bernardo Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Del Mar Race Track in Del Mar, California. It is open to fillies and mares age three and up and raced at a distance of six and one-half furlongs on Polytrack. A Grade III event, it offers a purse of $150,000. As of 2008, it is a Breeders' Cup "Win And You're In" event, qualifying the winner to run in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.
Since inception the race has been contested at various distances and surfaces. Quicken Tree won this race in 1967
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 |