Del Mar’s summer racing season ends this weekend with a reminder that the horses will be back at the North San Diego County track in a big way very soon.

On Sunday, closing day, the $300,000, Grade I Del Mar Futurity offers some of California’s precocious 2-year-olds their first major stepping stone to the $2 million, Grade I Breeders’ Cup Juvenile on day 1 of the Oct. 31-Nov. 1 Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar.

The Futurity is one of four races at Del Mar this week with implications for the Breeders’ Cup’s 2-year-old races, the others being Saturday’s $300,000, Grade I Del Mar Debutante for fillies and $100,000 Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf, and Sunday’s $100,000, Grade III Del Mar Juvenile Turf.

The three-day racing week begins, appropriately, with another 2-year-old stakes, the $100,000 I’m

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