Count Again © Benoit Photo The 50th running of the Eddie Read Stakes will take place at Del Mar Sunday, going as Race 9 on an 11-race card. The day also will offer a “mandatory”...

Big Pond © Benoit Photo George Krikorian’s homebred Big Pond fired through the lane Thursday at Del Mar and came away a one-length winner of the 38th edition of the Fleet Treat Stakes for 3-year-old...

Dr. Schivel © Benoit Photo Del Mar will present a dandy doubleheader of stakes offerings Saturday featuring the $400,000, Grade I Bing Crosby Stakes and the $300,000, Grade II San Diego Handicap. They will go...

By Jim Charvat Doug O'Neill © Benoit Photo DOUG O’NEILL HAS HOT HAND COMING INTO FLEET TREAT STAKES Trainer Doug O’Neill is off to a hot start at Del Mar this summer. The 55-year old...

Twilight Gleaming © Benoit Photo Nine turf sprinters – older female type -- will match up Friday at Del Mar in the annual renewal of the Daisycutter Handicap, an overnight test carrying a $100,000 purse...

Order and Law © Benoit Photo The veteran ridgling Order and Law proved best by two and a quarter lengths under veteran rider Kent Desormeaux in capturing Sunday’s feature Cougar II Stakes, a Grade III...

By Jim Charvat Geaux Rocket Ride © Benoit Photo HASKELL WINNER MAY GO NEXT IN G1 FANDUEL PACIFIC CLASSIC In a year where the handicap division appears up for grabs, a performance like the one...

Ceiling Crusher © Benoit Photo The quick 3-year-old filly Ceiling Crusher, who has been nothing short of exceptional in her brief four-race career so far, has found another ideal spot to strut her stuff Thursday...

Anisette © Benoit Photo Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ Anisette, making her second U.S. start and only her fifth overall, put in a powerful late run under Umberto Rispoli and zoomed away to a two and a...

By Jim Charvat Phil D'Amato © Benoit photo D’AMATO RIDING WAVE OF CONSECUTIVE TRAINING TITLES A lot goes into being a successful Thoroughbred trainer. You have to be good with the horses. You have to...