Journey Home © Benoit Photo DEL MAR DEALS WITH UNUSUAL, NOT UNPRECEDENTED, WEATHER ISSUES The first storm that hit on Saturday afternoon deposited nearly three-quarters of an inch of rain on the track, Del Mar...

Ring Weekend (outside) © Benoit Photo Eastern-based trainer H. Graham Motion and jockey Drayden Van Dyke collaborated to sweep Del Mar’s stakes doubleheader on a rainy afternoon Saturday, winning the Grade III $100,000 Jimmy Durante...

Journey Home © Benoit Photo DRAYDEN VAN DYKE (Journey Home, winner) – “Man, I had a lot of horse today. Way more horse than I could use. She was just full of run. I really...

Miss Temple City © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club MISS TEMPLE CITY, ISOTHERM WORK FOR GRADE I STAKES Miss Temple City and Isotherm put in final workouts Saturday for the Grade I Matriarch...

Midnight Storm © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Del Mar’s four-day Thanksgiving Holiday weekend of top-level stakes action concludes Sunday with a doubleheader, the $100,000 Cecil DeMille for two-year-olds at one mile on...

Texas Ryano © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Warren Williamson’s Texas Ryano, who trailed Ashleyluvssugar in three straight stakes races this year, gained a measure of revenge on his rival Friday with a...

Arles (right) nosed out at the wire © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club MOTION HAS THREE TO MAKE IMPACT IN TWO STAKES SATURDAY Arles nearly got the stable of H. Graham Motion off...

With Honors © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Del Mar will feature an attractive stakes doubleheader Saturday, presenting the Grade III $100,000 Jimmy Durante Stakes for two-year-old fillies and the Grade II $200,000...

Nuovo Record © Benoit Photo Nuovo Record, the first Japanese-bred Thoroughbred to ever win* at Del Mar, made a triumphant debut at the seaside track Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, with an exciting nose victory over even-money...

O’NEILL’S MENU: TURKEY TODAY, STAKES THE NEXT TWO Trainer Doug O’Neill will be spending his Thanksgiving Day in the traditional American way, tailored slightly to a man of his profession. “I’ll be in Santa Monica...