Master Merion © Benoit Photo Ultra consistent Master Merion, never worse than third in eight career starts, further enhanced his record Wednesday with a convincing triumph in the featured $79,340 Let It Ride Stakes, a...

Norberto Arroyo, Jr. © Benoit Photo ‘REBUILDING’ MEET FOR DEFENDING CROSBY RIDING CHAMPION ARROYO A victory aboard California Silver in the third race on closing day of the 2016 Bing Crosby meeting, his 12th of...

CLASSIC NOTES Arrogate, Collected, Mubtaahij and West Coast – All four of trainer Bob Baffert’s runners for the $6 million Classic went to the track at Del Mar for the first time Wednesday morning. They...

CLASSIC NOTES Arrogate, Collected, Mubtaahij, West Coast – Bob Baffert’s four runners – Arrogate, Collected, Mubtaahij and West Coast – all shipped from Santa Anita Park to Del Mar in the wee hours of Tuesday...

THE UNDERCARD STAKES: NOT B.C. BUT NOT A BAD PLACE TO BE Of the five races leading to the four $1 million-or-more Breeders’ Cup events on Friday, three are stakes with $200,000 purses. Three more...

Gun Runner © Eclipse Sportswire CLASSIC Arrogate/Mubtaahij/Collected/West Coast – Defending champion Arrogate signaled his readiness for the Breeders’ Cup Classic Monday with a bullet 5f work in 1:00 for trainer Bob Baffert at Santa Anita...

Del Mar Paddock © Eclipse Sportswire DAWN OF 2 B.C. (BING CROSBY MEET, BREEDERS’ CUP) HAS ‘EM BUZZING The Bing Crosby Fall season at Del Mar opens Wednesday. Friday and Saturday the Breeders’ Cup World...

Gun Runner © Eclipse Sportswire GETTING TO KNOW DEL MAR, GUN RUNNER GALLOPS TWO MILES Looking every bit the favorite that he figures to be for Saturday’s $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic, Gun Runner galloped...

Sharp Azteca © Eclipse Sportswire DEL MAR TRACK MAKES A GOOD FIRST IMPRESSION ON NAVARRO New York/New Jersey-based trainer Jorge Navarro, like many horsemen a first-time visitor to Del Mar, was among a group who...

Chad Summers and Mind Your Biscuits SUMMERS SAVORS THE DEL MAR FALL AND MIND YOUR BISCUITS Chad Summers was in the vanguard of East Coast-based trainers to arrive at Del Mar for the Breeders’ Cup...