Beholder © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club BEHOLDER GOES BACK TO WORK, FIVE FURLONGS IN 59 FLAT Defending TVG Pacific Classic champion Beholder breezed five furlongs in 59 seconds Wednesday morning under Gary...

Sobradora Inc © Benoit Sobradora Inc, unbeaten in four starts in her native Argentina, made an auspicious United States debut Sunday as she scored an upset triumph under jockey Rafael Bejarano in the featured $80,035...

Dortmund © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club ‘CHROME, DORTMUND GIVEN PENULTIMATE CLASSIC WORKOUTS California Chrome worked four furlongs in :47.80 at Los Alamitos and Dortmund five furlongs in :59.20 here Sunday morning, leaving...

Champagne Room © Benoit MARIO GUTIERREZ (Champagne Room, winner) – “Peter (trainer Peter Eurton) is good with riders. He doesn’t say too much. He just says ‘Ride your race.’ I had a good trip from...

California Chrome © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club CLASSIC UPDATE: TWO WEEKS OUT, THE BUILD-UP HAS BEGUN With the $1 million Grade I TVG Pacific Classic, the signature event of the summer meeting,...

SIBLING REVELRY FOR DESORMEAUXS WITH MISS SOUTHERN MISS Circumstances have prevented the Desormeaux brothers, Hall of Fame jockey Kent and trainer J. Keith, from combining forces with 2-year-old filly Miss Southern Miss for her first...

CHAMPAGNE ROOM BUBBLES UP AS SORRENTO THREAT On paper, it looks like a quantum step up, sending a maiden race runner-up out for a second career start in a $200,000 Grade II Stakes. But trainer...

Monster Bea © Benoit Del Mar Thoroughbred Club will present an attractive stakes doubleheader Saturday, shining the spotlight on the Grade II $200,000 Sorrento Stakes for two-year-old fillies and the Grade III $150,000 La Jolla...

Green With Eddie © Benoit For the third consecutive year, the owner-trainer-jockey combination of J. Paul Reddam, Doug O’Neill and Mario Gutierrez won Del Mar’s $100,000 Graduation Stakes as 6-5 favored Green With Eddie easily...

Bob Baffert © Benoit BAFFERT TAKES THE FOURTH ON HIS INITIAL THOROUGHBRED GOAL Making the transition from Quarter Horse to Thoroughbred trainer in the late 1980s and early ‘90s, Bob Baffert had one initial goal....