Battle of Midway © Benoit Photo FLAVIEN PRAT (Battle of Midway, winner) – “Much better today. The blinkers had to help. He seemed much more focused. He did just what I asked him to do....

Paradise Woods © Del Mar Thoroughbred Club PARADISE WOODS FOLLOWS BEHOLDER PATH WITH TORREY PINES TEST The 3-year-old campaigns of champion Beholder in 2013 and Paradise Woods this year are the same – from April...

Shenandoah Queen © Benoit Photo Hronis Racing’s Shenandoah Queen, lightly-regarded at 20-1 despite the presence in the saddle of recently-inducted Hall of Famer Victor Espinoza, held off the belated challenge of odds-on favored Faithfully to...

Paradise Woods (outside) © Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Paradise Woods, brilliant winner of the Grade I Santa Anita Oaks in April but a serious disappointment as the favorite in the Kentucky Oaks May 5, returns...

Joe Talamo © Del Mar Thoroughbred Club JOE TALAMO GOES FOR TWO WITH KLIMT, DANZING CANDY Jockey Joe Talamo has a chance to, as they say in his native Louisiana, laissez les bon temps rouler...

Tink's Twirl © Benoit Photo Tink’s Twirl, second choice in the betting at 7-2, took command in the stretch under jockey Jamie Theriot and went to score a decisive triumph Del Mar’s feature race Thursday,...

Danzing Candy © Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Classy Danzing Candy will be seeking his fourth consecutive victory Saturday when he heads a deep line-up of eleven runners in the Grade II $200,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes...

Gary Stevens © Del Mar Thoroughbred Club STEVENS’ CHOICE: GIANT EXPECTATIONS OVER KOBE’S BACK Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens has been on the back of Kobe’s Back for 14 of the last 15 in...

Cupid © Benoit Photo Odds-on favored Cupid, unraced since winning the Grade I Gold Cup at Santa Anita almost three months ago, returned to action Wednesday with a workmanlike victory in the featured $81,150 Harry...

Danzing Candy © Del Mar Thoroughbred Club ELEVEN ENTERED IN SATURDAY’S PAT O’BRIEN STAKES A field of eleven was entered Wednesday in Saturday’s Grade II $200,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes, the last of five Breeders’ Cup...