FERNANDO PEREZ (My Fiona, winner) – “Yes, she was a little green. When she got bumped, she didn’t quite know what to do. But by the end of the race she was running very well....

By Hank Wesch ANOTHER BIG OPENING OF ANOTHER BIG SUMMER SHOW Opening day of the 75th summer racing season drew an on-track crowd of 42,021 and a total handle of $14,858,277. Down slightly from 2013...

Waterford Stable's classy Summer Front, runner-up to the sensational Obviously in the recent Shoemaker Mile at Santa Anita, is the likely favorite Sunday in the 41st running of the Grade I $300,000 Eddie Read Stakes...

Glen Hill Farm’s Enterprising, the 5-2 favorite ridden by Hall of Famer Mike Smith, rallied from last place to win the featured $$116,700 Oceanside Stakes on opening day of the 2014 Del Mar summer racing...

MIKE SMITH (Enterprising, winner) – “I’m not sure how he was affected by those gate issues (when two different horses broke through the gate prior to the start). It’s unsettling for everyone in the race....

Twelve evenly-matched three-year-old fillies will tangle Saturday (July 19) in the 45th running of the Grade II $200,000 San Clemente Handicap at one mile on the infield Jimmy Durante Turf Course. A prelude to the...

By Hank Wesch EVERYTHING, ESPECIALLY HORSES, IN PLACE FOR OPENER Del Mar is literally a moving annual experience for the horsemen and horses on the Southern California thoroughbred racing circuit. And the horsemen, especially the...