Defiantly © Benoit Photo Ruis Racing’s Defiantly, sent postward as the longest shot in the field at 13-1 despite the presence in the saddle of Hall of Famer Gary Stevens, rallied powerfully through the stretch...

Mario Gutierrez © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club BEJARANO OUT UNTIL NOVEMBER 26; GUTIERREZ BACK TODAY Tora Yamaguchi, agent for Rafael Bejarano, reported Saturday morning that the perennial Del Mar riding champion has...

Enola Greay © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Enola Gray, winner of five of six starts in her career, figures to be a solid favorite Sunday versus five rivals in the featured $100,000-guaranteed...

Do the Dance © Benoit Photo Do the Dance, the most lightly-regarded entrant in the race at 13-1, stepped to the front at the break under jockey Tyler Baze and held on resolutely in the...

Rafael Bejarano © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club BEJARANO, GUTIERREZ OUT OF OPENING DAY LINEUP Standout veteran riders Rafael Bejarano and Mario Gutierrez will miss today’s opening program of the third Bing Crosby...

Camino Del Paraiso © Benoit Six talented three-year-olds will match strides Saturday in the featured $75,000-added Let It Ride Stakes at one-mile over Del Mar’s infield Jimmy Durante Turf Course. Post time for the first...

Nuovo Record © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club JAPANESE IMPORT NUOVO RECORD GETS THE ‘RED CARPET’ TREATMENT The original plan was for Nuovo Record, a five-year-old Japanese-bred grand daughter of Sunday Silence, to...

Sobradora Inc © Benoit Photo Del Mar’s third Fall Thoroughbred racing season, named in honor of track co-founder Bing Crosby when it was inaugurated two years ago, begins Friday with a nine-race Veterans Day holiday...

David Jerkens © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club RACING SECRETARY JERKENS SEES MEET RETURNING TO 2014 FORM In theory, having the 2015 Bing Crosby meeting open on the Thursday before the Breeders’ Cup...

Beholder BREEDERS’ CUP ‘HANGOVER’ A GOOD BUZZ FOR CROSBY III The hangover from last weekend’s Breeders’ Cup XXXIII at Santa Anita still lingers in all areas of the Southern California racing circuit. It’s to be...