Tags: Horse Race, Race.
The Clement L. Hirsch Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run each year at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar California. The race is open to filles and mares age three and up willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on Polytrack synthetic dirt. The race is no longer run under handicap conditions.It was first run as the Chula Vista Handicap in 1937 as a five and one-half furlong race for two-year-olds bred in California and was won by a horse owned by singer Bing Crosby.