Flavien Prat PRAT, VELAZQUEZ FLY IN FOR PACIFIC CLASSIC DAY The quality of the jockey colony at Del Mar will tick-up a notch this weekend with the arrival of two riders flying in to ride...

Connie Swingle © Benoit Photo Trainer Phil D’Amato has one of the most active stables at Del Mar. He’s just a bit shy of having run 100 horses at the meet through its first 25...

Lieutenant Dan © Benoit Photo Two very different, but very interesting, stakes races will highlight the Sunday Labor Day Weekend card at Del Mar. The first test brings out 3-year-old fillies, seven of them in...

Juan Leyva © Katie Jones MEET THE MAN WHO RIDES FLIGHTLINE FOR A LIVING You’re a true horseman when every time you see a quality horse you wonder ‘What would it be like to ride...

Hot Box © Benoit Photo There is a simple formula in horse racing that will put you in the winner’s circle quicker than two shakes of a lamb’s tail. Be faster than the other horses,...

PACIFIC CLASSIC DRAW ELICITS DIFFERENT RESPONSES FROM TRAINERS The post position draw for Saturday’s G1 TVG Pacific Classic at Del Mar was not racked with the same tension you might find at another 1 ¼...

Good With People © Benoit Photo Eight older horses will run for an $84,000 purse Thursday at Del Mar in a five-furlong turf dash that appears to be highly competitive. In addition to those already...

Edgeway © Benoit Photo The classy mare Edgeway tied her running shoes tight Sunday at Del Mar, and it was a good thing she did. The extra-fast New Mexico filly Slammed put her to the...

Flavien Prat © Benoit Photo PRAT TO RIDE FLIGHTLINE IN TVG PACIFIC CLASSIC NEXT WEEKEND Trainer John Sadler has confirmed that jockey Flavien Prat will return to Del Mar next weekend to ride Flightline in...

Laurel River © Benoit Photo Juddmonte’s Laurel River, a lightly raced 4-year-old who had never won a stakes race before, looked every bit of a stakes winner Saturday at Del Mar when he powered between...