Home Cooking © Benoit Photo A stakes tripleheader – highlighted by the 72nd running of the Grade I, $300,000 Del Mar Debutante for 2-year-old fillies – is on tap for Saturday at Del Mar, the...

Kangaroo Court © Benoit Photo Eight California-bred juveniles will test their tenacity over six furlong Friday at Del Mar in the 33rd running of the I’m Smokin Stakes, a race named for a wickedly fast...

Chismosa © Benoit Photo Jaime Renella’s Chismosa became the first horse at the Del Mar summer meet to score a triple when she won the $125,000 Generous Portion Stakes on the Labor Day Monday card....

G1 RUNHAPPY FUTURITY, G1 TVG DEBUTANTE BEGIN TO TAKE SHAPE The Del Mar racing office has released a list of probables for next weekend’s Grade 1 stakes races to decide the champion 2-year-olds of the...

Lieutenant Dan © Benoit Photo Nick Alexander’s homebred Lieutenant Dan waited and waited for room on the turn for home in the five-furlong Green Flash Handicap Sunday at Del Mar, then fired big when the...

Midnight Memories © Benoit Photo Pegram, Watson and Weitman’s Midnight Memories cruised along on an easy lead early in the one-mile Torrey Pines Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Del Mar Sunday. But then she was...

THE MORNING AFTER FOR TVG PACIFIC CLASSIC WINNER FLIGHTLINE It was a busy morning at Barn K on the backside at Del Mar. That’s where trainer John Sadler keeps his horses, though only one in...

Bob Traynor, from Oceanside, CA, finished in first with a final bankroll of $15,800, enough to claim victory over 150 total entries. His prizes include $45,500 and a $10,000 Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) entry....

Gold Phoenix © Benoit Photo Jockey Flavien Prat climaxed a four-victory afternoon, which included a brilliant win aboard unbeaten Flightline in the Grade I, $1 million Pacific Classic, with a narrow triumph in the Grade...

Slow Down Andy © Benoit Photo Reddam Racing’s homebred Slow Down Andy did just that in a field of nine 3-year-olds, setting slow and steady fractions from the start to the top of the lane,...