Del Mar Thoroughbred Club will conduct its 78th summer racing season beginning Wednesday, July 19 led by a strong core of veteran racing officials. A pair of gentlemen who are scions of two exceptional racing...

2016 Del Mar Debutante Winner Union Strike © Benoit Del Mar Stall Applications are Due By Thursday The deadline for stall applications for the 2017 Del Mar summer race meeting is Thursday, June 1. The...

Miss Temple City, the 8-5 favorite under Edgar Prado, gamely held off the late challenge of an onrushing Roca Rojo to win the Grade I $300,000 Matriarch Stakes for older fillies and mares on closing...

Miss Temple City © Benoit Photo EDGAR PRADO (Miss Temple City, winner) – “The trick with her is to get her to settle early. We got a good spot early and in the first eighth...

Zindaya schooling at Del Mar © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club FOLLOWING THE BROWN DERBY COULD IT BE A BROWN MATRIARCH? In the wake of a 1-2 finish from three starters in Saturday’s...

Lightly-raced Annals of Time, under a brilliant ride by East Coast star Javier Castellano, darted through a narrow opening in midstretch and overhauled stablemate Beach Patrol nearing the wire to win the Grade I $300,000...

MIKE SMITH (Vale Dori, winner) – “I was surprised to find out how much horse I had. I gave her one little bit of encouragement and she just threw me in the back seat. She’s...

Time and Motion © @tl_webb twitter ‘CALIFORNIA GIRL’ TIME AND MOTION A MAJOR MATRIARCH THREAT Having spent her entire nine-race career at East Coast venues, 3-year-old filly Time and Motion boarded a plane in New...

Miss Temple City © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Del Mar’s third fall Bing Crosby Thoroughbred racing season concludes Sunday, featuring a star-studded field of older fillies and mares in the Grade I...

Rye © Benoit Photo Providing jockey Kent Desormeaux and trainer Bill Morey with their third victories of the afternoon, 9-2 shot Rye swept to the lead in the stretch and went on to score a...