Afleet Ascent © Benoit Photo The $75,000-added Let It Ride Stakes, a one-mile contest over the infield Jimmy Durante Turf Course, will match seven three-year-olds Saturday, launching a three-day weekend of Thoroughbred racing action climaxed...

Escape Clause © Coady Photography CANADIAN FILLY PUTS EIGHT-WIN STREAK ON LINE IN KATHRYN CROSBY The eight straight wins on the past performance sheet for Escape Clause would catch the eye of any handicapper. The...

Miss Southern Miss © Benoit Photo Del Mar Thoroughbred Club begins its fifth season of fall racing Friday, spotlighting older fillies and mares in the $75,000 Kathryn Crosby Stakes at one mile over the infield...

RACING OFFICE TAKES THE FIFTH (FALL SEASON) STANDING ON PRECEDENT The seal will be broken on the fifth edition of fall racing at Del Mar come Friday afternoon. It is another chapter in a saga...

Accelerate © Benoit Photo DEL MAR’S SUMMER STARS SHINED BRIGHTLY AT BREEDERS’ CUP 2018 The brilliance of horses and horsemen on display during the Del Mar summer racing season carried over in a large measure...

Game Winner © Benoit Photo Gary and Mary West’s Game Winner provided trainer Bob Baffert with an amazing fourteenth success in the Grade I $300,000 Del Mar Futurity Monday with a length and one-half triumph...

Summering © Benoit Photo DRAYDEN VAN DYKE (Summering, winner) – “This is sweet; to win a stakes in these silks (Glen Hill Farm, where he got his start riding for trainer Tom Proctor) makes this...

DAY 36 MILLER, DEL MAR SET TO WRAP UP AN EXCEPTIONAL SEASON The question, frequently asked of horsemen and Del Mar Thoroughbred Club personnel at this time of year, was put to trainer Peter Miller....

Ride a Comet © Benoit Eastern invader Ride a Comet, third in the Hall of Fame Stakes at Saratoga a month ago, made an auspicious West Coast debut Sunday with an impressive come-from-behind victory in...

King of Speed © Benoit Photo GARY STEVENS (King of Speed, winner) – “My 100th stakes win at Del Mar. Wow. I hope I can get number 101 a little later (he rides Majestic Eagle...