First Peace sat in the garden behind three frontrunners for the mile trip of the $103,000 Wickerr Stakes Sunday, then pounced on the far turn and came away smartly in the lane under Hall of Famer Mike Smith to take honors in the turfer by a length and a quarter.

AG Bullet © Benoit Photo UMBERTO RISPOLI (Ag Bullet, winner) – “We (he and trainer Richard Baltas) talked and tried to figure out the best distance for this filly. This was good today. The trick...

Salesman has been tabbed the 5/2 morning line favorite for the 73rd running of the Grade III Cougar II Stakes at Del Mar Thursday.

Jockey Juan Hernandez is looking forward to another summer meet at Del Mar and why wouldn’t he. He’s in search of his fifth riding title at Del Mar and if it weren’t for arch-nemesis Flavien Prat he would have more.

Iscreamuscream © Benoit Photo Little Red Feather Racing, Hundley, Jr. or Naify et al’s Iscreamuscream made every pole a winner in the 57th edition of the Grade II San Clement Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on...

Formidable Man © Benoit Photo UMBERTO RISPOLI (Formidable Man, winner) – “It went good today. I’ve done well in this race before (this is his third win in it) and things went well today. He...

Opening Day at Del Mar is always a special occasion.

The popular Jimmy Durante Turf Course will be put to good use Sunday at Del Mar as six of the 11 events on the second day of the summer meet will be contested on the greensward. Among that half dozen are the day’s two features – the $100,000 Osunitas Stakes and the $100,000 Wickerr Stakes.

Medoro is the filly to beat in the G2 San Clemente. She’s undefeated after four starts and has already won on Del Mar’s Jimmy Durante Turf Course, breaking her maiden here last December.

It looks like another full house on the backside at Del Mar as horsemen and women from around the country descend on the seaside oval this summer.