Bookies Luck © Benoit Photo Bookies Luck, overlooked in the betting at 14-1 after finishing eighth in the Graduation Stakes, took command turning for home and cruised to a handy triumph Friday in the featured...

Bowies Hero © Benoit Photo The summer season’s three-year-old championship will be on the line Sunday in the 73rd running of the Grade II $250,000 Del Mar Derby at a mile and one-eighth over the...

Run Away © Benoit Photo NINE ENTERED FOR CLOSING DAY $300,000 GRADE I FUTURITY A field of nine was entered Friday for Monday’s $300,000 Grade I Del Mar Futurity, the traditional Closing Day feature as...

Watch This Cat © Benoit Photo Watch This Cat, with Rafael Bejarano in the saddle, was the swiftest of the swift Thursday as she led from wire-to-wire to win Del Mar’s feature, a five-furlong sprint...

Spectator © Benoit Photo A most attractive stakes doubleheader – the Grade I $300,000 Del Mar Debutante and the Grade II $200,000 John C. Mabee Stakes – will be the featured highlights of a strong...

Gabrielleelizabeth © Del Mar Thoroughbred Club GUILLOT AIMS TO WORK LONG SHOT VOODOO IN DEBUTANTE Trainer Eric Guillot sat on a bale of hay near where his two fillies for upcoming stakes were stabled and...

Spiced Perfection © Benoit Photo Dare to Dream Stable’s Spiced Perfection, unraced since breaking her maiden on opening day, July 19, of Del Mar’s summer season, wore down odds-on favored Show It N Moe It...

Continental Divide © Benoit Photo Promising two-year-old colts Continental Divide and Smokem will renew their burgeoning rivalry Friday when they tangle for the third time as part of a nine-horse field of California-bred youngsters in...

Just a Smidge © Benoit Photo EIGHT ENTERED IN SATURDAY’S GRADE I $300,000 DEL MAR DEBUTANTE A field of eight was entered Wednesday in Saturday’s $300,000 Del Mar Debutante, the race that determines the 2-year-old...

Munny Spunt (Outside) © Benoit Photo Munny Spunt, claimed for $25,000 June 30 at Santa Anita, gave her new owners a quick return on their investment as she was awarded victory Sunday in the $100,000...