Honor A.P. © Benoit Photo C R K Stable’s Honor A.P. went through his final Kentucky Derby prep Saturday at Del Mar at 12:45 in the afternoon on a bright, sunny day over a fast...

Tallien and Matt Chew © Zoe Metz Photography By Mac McBride He didn’t think he’d ever do it, but now he knows he will. Matt Chew, a man born and bred to be a racetracker,...

John Lies © Benoit Photo John Lies, a seasoned race caller who has worked at Del Mar since 2007 in different capacities, will take over the mic for the final four days of the current...

Maximum Security © Benoit Photo Heavily favored Maximum Security walked his beat in solid fashion Saturday at Del Mar as he came away a three-length winner of the Grade I, $500,000 TVG Pacific Classic. He...

Maximum Security © Benoit Photo Maximum Security, a winner of nine of 11 starts and nearly $12-million in purses, a remarkably talented and unfortunately star-crossed colt, a runner who – despite his enviable record –...

The Del Mar Paddock on Pacific Classic Day 2019 © Benoit Photo By Hank Wesch If the bars in Del Mar were fully open and heavily patronized as usual this TVG Pacific Classic Week (oh,...

Del Mar will offer the "Pacific Classic Betting Challenge" on Saturday, August 22, which is TVG Pacific Classic Day at the seaside oval when five graded stakes will be presented on a stellar 11-race card....

Honor A.P. © Benoit Photo C R K Stable’s Honor A.P. worked an impressive five furlongs at 12:45 p.m. today at Del Mar covering the distance in :59.40 under Hall of Fame rider Mike Smith....

Juan Hernandez (left) and Ricardo Gonzalez © Benoit Photo By Hank Wesch In Phase I there was one. A summer ago, Abel Cedillo, a successor to Russell Baze as dominating rider in Northern California, left...

Dan Smith By Mac McBride Dan Smith has left the building. Quietly. In a way, that’s not surprising. He spent a career – at the racetrack and at Del Mar – doing what a good...