Whisk (inside) © Benoit Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ Whisk, hustled to the front in the opening strides by jockey Tyler Baze, held on gamely near the wire to win the feature race Thursday at Del Mar,...

Masochistic © Benoit California-bred flash Masochistic, a sprinter capable of sheer brilliance when he’s on his game, figures to be a solid favorite versus only four rivals Saturday in the Grade II $200,000 Pat O’Brien...

Shared Belief © Benoit HOLLENDORFER HAS FAVORITE IN RACE RENAMED FOR ONE OF HIS OWN Jerry Hollendorfer trained and was part owner of Shared Belief. The Hall of Fame conditioner charted a campaign in which...

Soi Phet (Left) Magic Mark © Benoit Photo Soi Phet, an 11-10 favorite, and Magic Mark, a 10-1 outsider in the betting, shared honors Wednesday as they won divisions of the featured Harry F. Brubaker...

Masochistic © Benoit MASOCHISTIC CASTS BIG SHADOW OVER SMALL O’BRIEN FIELD Masochistic, one of the top sprinters in the country in 2015, made a strong return to racing after a nine-month layoff in an allowance...

Shared Belief © Benoit Eleven promising three-year-olds will clash at a flat mile on the main track Friday in the $100,000 Shared Belief Stakes at Del Mar. The race, formerly called the El Cajon Stakes,...

Midnight Storm © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Classy Midnight Storm, whose affection for Del Mar’s infield Jimmy Durante Turf Course goes back to his victory in the 2014 Del Mar Derby, scored...

California Chrome leaving for Los Alamitos © Hank Wesch Twitter ‘CHROME GIVEN A CHAMPIONS SENDOFF HEADING HOME TO LOS AL To celebrate California Chrome’s victory in Saturday’s $1 million TVG Pacific Classic, trainer Art Sherman...

Ashleyluvssugar © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Masterfully-rated on the lead by Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens, 5-2 favored Ashleyluvssugar held on desperately in the final strides to nose out rallying Metaboss...

Harmonize © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Larkin Armstrong’s Harmonize, a highly-regarded Eastern invader trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott and piloted by Junior Alvarado, outfinished Decked Out and Kent Desormeaux in...