Kenton Road © Benoit Photo On an afternoon of boxcar payoffs, one very savvy and/or very lucky gambler rang the bell for a $119,107 payoff in the Pick Six Sunday as Del Mar closed out...

True Valour © Benoit Photo DAY 5 MURTAGHS EXPLORE NEW GROUND WITH EDDIE READ ENTRANT John Patrick and Orla Murtagh left their five children back home in Ireland to journey to a place they’d never...

Hoppertunity, who at the relatively advanced Thoroughbred age of seven continues to win races in top company while adding to his bankroll of almost $4.7 million, will carry highweight of 125 pounds Wednesday in the...

Catalina Cruiser © Benoit Photo With the original line-up of ten entrants cut in half by scratches, Hronis Racing’s lightly-raced but talented Catalina Cruiser took full advantage to score an easy front-running victory in the...

War Heroine © Benoit Photo San Clemente Stakes (Grade II) TYLER BAZE (War Heroine, winner) – “She’s an extremely fast filly; extremely fast. But it isn’t so much about the speed, it’s about how they’re...

2018 Del Mar Handicap DAY 4 ITSINTHEPOST, HUNT RENEW RIVALRY IN SUNDAY’S EDDIE READ There was a three-race series, from late summer into the fall of last year, in which Itsinthepost and Hunt battled to...

Fahan Mura, a four-year-old filly who’s found a home competing over the grass in California, scored her fifth victory in as many starts Friday in the Golden State as she led from wire-to-wire to win...

SPOUSE OR SHEIK? BAFFERT STAYS STRESS FREE TRAINING FOR BOTH The question regarding Saturday’s Grade II $200,000 San Diego Handicap was one only Bob Baffert was qualified to ponder. “Is it a bigger stressor to...

Hunt © Benoit Photo Irish-bred Hunt, acclaimed champion grass horse of the 2017 Del Mar summer meeting after triumphs in the Eddie Read Stakes and Del Mar Handicap, returns to the seaside track to seek...

Moonshine Memories © Benoit Photo Moonshine Memories, who gained initial prominence by winning the Grade I Del Mar Debutante last summer, showed her quality again Thursday in scoring a hard-fought triumph over Steph Being Steph...