Master Piece © Benoit Photo The veteran gray Chilean-bred Master Piece found a hole at the three-eighths pole and rolled on home from there to capture the 49th running of the Eddie Read Stakes Sunday...

Royal Ship © Benoit Photo Fox Hill Farms and Siena Farm’s Royal Ship stayed close to the leaders on the backside, then when Hall of Famer Mike Smith let him roll approaching the far turn...

American Theorem © Benoit Photo Rustin Kretz’s American Theorem swooped widest and fastest of all Saturday in the 77th edition of the Grade I Bing Crosby Stakes at Del Mar and outran eight rivals to...

Twilight Gleaming © Benoit Photo It was an old-fashioned throw down between two extra fast Thoroughbreds Friday at Del Mar – the gray mare Leggs Galore and the young bay filly Twilight Gleaming. They hooked...

Beyond Brilliant © Benoit Photo Sunday’s 49th edition of the $250,000 Eddie Read Stakes has proven a popular nine-furlong spin on the Jimmy Durante Turf Course, drawing the maximum number of runners with 11 and...

Fun to Dream © Benoit Photo Trainer Bob Baffert cut one loose Thursday afternoon at Del Mar and a young lass named Fun to Dream ran off and hid from a field of 3-year-old California-bred...

Twilight Gleaming © Benoit Photo Del Mar’s Friday feature will be a dandy dash of five furlongs on its Jimmy Durante Turf Course which has drawn seven fillies and mares. The race is the Daisycutter...

Heywoods Beach © Benoit Photo Rider Ramon Vazquez sat second to odd-on race favorite Tizamagician in the 12-furlong Cougar II Stakes Sunday at Del Mar, then surged late and held off his classy rival for...

Phil D'Amato ALL’S WELL AT D’AMATO BARN SUNDAY FOLLOWING ‘CLEMENTE SWEEP Trainer Phil D’Amato was a happy camper Sunday morning at Del Mar. His quartet of 3-year-old fillies all came out of their efforts in...

Bellabel © Benoit Photo Trainer Phil D’Amato entered four fillies in the $203,500 San Clemente Stakes at Del Mar Saturday, then watched three of them run one, two, three in the Grade II headliner led...