Union Strike © Benoit Union Strike, second in her career debut July 31, broke her maiden in style Saturday with an upset victory in the featured Grade I $300,000 Del Mar Debutante for two-year-old fillies....

Bowies Hero © Benoit RAFAEL BEJARANO (Bowies Hero, winner) – “The race came up just the way I hoped. I loved my position. On the turn, I swung him out and asked him and he...

Chasing Aces © Benoit Del Mar’s 77th summer season of Thoroughbred racing will be climaxed Monday* with a vintage renewal of the Grade I $300,000 Del Mar Futurity, the seven-furlong contest for two-year-olds which has...

Trojan Nation © Benoit BIG WEEKEND FOR TROJAN NATION: PEOPLE TODAY, HORSE TOMORROW Trojan Nation, the term for the legions of USC sports followers, will be fired up and focused late this afternoon when the...

Mo Soul © Benoit Mo Soul, overlooked in the wagering at 20-1, outbattled 13-10 favored California Diamond in the stretch to win the $150,345 I’m Smokin Stakes for California-bred two-year-olds Friday at Del Mar. With...

Sobradora Inc © Benoit Del Mar’s action-packed Labor Day Holiday weekend of Thoroughbred racing continues Sunday with another stakes doubleheader featuring two highly-competitive Grade II events, the $200,000 John C. Mabee Stakes for older fillies...

John Sadler © Benoit SADLER COULD STRIKE AGAIN WITH MORGANITE IN DEBUTANTE In retrospect the results weren’t that surprising. But the stages on which trainer John Sadler pulled off upsets to record two of his...

Tiz A Kiss © Benoit Cicero Farms’ Tiz a Kiss, benefiting from a well-timed ride by jockey Kent Desormeaux, asserted herself in the stretch to win Del Mar’s feature race Thursday, a one-mile contest over...

Champagne Room © Benoit Del Mar kicks off its three-day Labor Day Holiday weekend of racing Saturday with a stakes double-header, spotlighting top two-year-old fillies in the Grade I $300,000 Del Mar Debutante and their...

Tom Ables © Zoe Metz at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club NO. 1 AZTEC FAN ABLES IS ALSO A FAVORITE SON OF DEL MAR The gang of photographers jockeying for position near the starting gate for...