Record crowd kicks off Del Mar meet

There was a smile on 45,309 faces and a winner (or two, in the case of a dead heat in the seventh race) in all 10 races, as the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club opened its 71st season Wednesday.

Nobody wore a wider smile than track President Joe Harper after 45,309 fans jammed the premises of the coastal track to better the record of 44,907 set opening day last year.

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