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 Racetrack 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.
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