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...

Conclude © Benoit Photo Little Red Feather Racing, Madaket Stables and Brereton Jones’ Conclude, a Kentucky-bred son of 2017 Pacific Classic winner Collected, scored a smart length and a quarter victory in the Caesars Sportsbook...

Kiss Today Goodbye © Benoit Photo The 72nd edition of the Cougar II Stakes has lured seven long-winded older horses out of their barns for a testing test of a mile and one-half around the...

Juan Hernandez © Benoit Photo TOP JOCK JUAN HERNANDEZ SET SIGHTS ON ANOTHER RIDING TITLE The last time we saw jockey Juan Hernandez at Del Mar he was on the wrong end of a heartbreaking...

Anisette (GB) © Benoit Photo First Friday’s Ceasars Sportsbook Oceanside Stakes had a gateful of runners for its mile on the turf. Now Saturday’s $200,000 San Clemente – run under similar conditions though limited to...

SUMMER STAKES SCHEDULE MIRRORS 2022 Del Mar’s lucrative stakes schedule kicks off Friday with the traditional Opening Day feature, the $100,000 Caesars Sportsbook Oceanside, a one mile test for 3-year-olds on the Jimmy Durante Turf...