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Opening Day is an exciting day at the track. The Turf Club is a fashion event with women in designer couture and fabulous hats, while men are required to wear either sports jackets or suits. Outside the Turf Club, locals and tourists pack the track wearing beach attire.
Located directly on the Pacific Ocean, the track has a one-mile main dirt track and a seven-furlong turf course. In early 2007, a new $9 million Polytrack surface was installed. There is stabling for more than 1,000 horses.
The Del Mar Fairgrounds
During the off-season, the site of the race track, The Fairgrounds, is home to many attractions including horse shows, trade shows, concerts, and the famous Del Mar Fair, which draws over 750,000 people from mid-June through early July.
Del Mar Beaches
“You’d catch ‘em surfin’ at Del Mar”(lyric from Beach Boys’ hit “Surfin’ USA)”
Del Mar City Beach is a sunbather’s paradise, suitable for swimming, body surfing, boardsurfing, surf- fishing, strolling jogging, frisbee, and paddleball. A grassy play area, Seagrove Park, sits on the short bluffs overlooking the beach from the south end. The park, coastal walkway, and beach are separated from town by railroad tracks.
Beyond Del Mar City Beach lies the mouth of the San Dieguito River, which is dry at low tide, and the Del Mar Bluffs City Park. A steep wooden staircase laden with sand leads to a spectacular overlook from the top of the bluff. The 360-degree panorama encompasses the ocean, the racetrack and the town.
Here you will find Dog Beach (known as North Beach by the locals), a haven for dogs and their owners. According to Del Mar Dog Laws; dogs are allowed off leash north of 29th Street Beach to just north of the rivermouth from the day after labor day to June 15th. Between June 16th and Labor Day dogs are allowed in the same area but are required to be on leashes. Owners are asked to clean up after their dog.
To the north, straddling Del Mar and neighboring Solana Beach, is Seascape Shores, a sandy stretch of beach reachable from stairways near the 500 and 700 blocks of South Sierra Avenue. These beaches are popular with locals and tourists and, in season, you might catch trainers working their horses on the beach.
To the south, Torrey Pines State Beach is a coastal beach just south of Del Mar and north of La Jolla. A quintessential Southern California beach, it is at the bottom of 300-foot sandstone cliffs. At the south end of the beach, the Torrey Pines State Reserve offers hiking trails with magnificent ocean views and the rare Torrey Pine trees.
For divers, the reefs just outside the surf zone are teeming with beautiful local sea life, such as urchins, local fish, Pacific spiny lobster, rock scallops and abalone. For even better diving, the San Diego-La Jolla Underwater park starts at the southern border of Del Mar and ends at Point La Jolla off the La Jolla Cove with warm water and excellent visibility.
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