Del Mar
Bing Crosby could attract as many as nine
Ronnie Betor Roy H paid $14.80 in winning the True North at Belmont Park on Friday.
DEL MAR, Calif. – The Grade 1 Bing Crosby Stakes on Saturday could have its largest field in nearly a decade if all nine projected runners start in the $300,000 race at six furlongs.
Entries were scheduled to be taken Wednesday, with a strong field expected, including Drefong, the champion sprinter of 2016. Other candidates are Big Macher, Denman’s Call, Kobe’s Back, Moe Candy, Ransom the Moon, Roy H, Solid Wager, and St. Joe Bay.
There were nine runners in the 2008 Bing Crosby. Since then, the race has drawn from five to eight runners.
The winner of Saturday’s race will receive a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Sprint here Nov. 4.
