Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Question: When the Del Mar racetrack near San Diego opened in 1937, which crooner and movie star co-founded the track and personally greeted the first fans at the gate?

Answer: Bing Crosby. The singer and actor was a co-founder of the Del Mar Turf Club and served as its first president. On opening day, July 3, 1937, he stood at the gate himself to welcome the roughly 15,000 fans to the track “where the turf meets the surf.”