Masochistic © Benoit MASOCHISTIC CASTS BIG SHADOW OVER SMALL O’BRIEN FIELD Masochistic, one of the top sprinters in the country in 2015, made a strong return to racing after a nine-month layoff in an allowance...

Shared Belief © Benoit Eleven promising three-year-olds will clash at a flat mile on the main track Friday in the $100,000 Shared Belief Stakes at Del Mar. The race, formerly called the El Cajon Stakes,...

Midnight Storm © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Classy Midnight Storm, whose affection for Del Mar’s infield Jimmy Durante Turf Course goes back to his victory in the 2014 Del Mar Derby, scored...

California Chrome leaving for Los Alamitos © Hank Wesch Twitter ‘CHROME GIVEN A CHAMPIONS SENDOFF HEADING HOME TO LOS AL To celebrate California Chrome’s victory in Saturday’s $1 million TVG Pacific Classic, trainer Art Sherman...

Ashleyluvssugar © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Masterfully-rated on the lead by Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens, 5-2 favored Ashleyluvssugar held on desperately in the final strides to nose out rallying Metaboss...

Harmonize © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Larkin Armstrong’s Harmonize, a highly-regarded Eastern invader trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott and piloted by Junior Alvarado, outfinished Decked Out and Kent Desormeaux in...

PLAYING THE ‘WHAT IF’ GAME FOR THE TVG PACIFIC CLASSIC We read through the press kit for the 26th running of the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic and skimmed the record book (to save you...

Frenzified © Benoit DP Racing’s English-bred Frenzified, third and second in two middle-distance grass races this summer, stretched out to a mile and three-eighths, a distance she obviously appreciated, and scored an impressive triumph Friday...

Midnight Storm © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Classy and speedy Midnight Storm, a winner of four of five starts over the seaside grass course, including victories in the 2014 Del Mar Derby...

Dalmore © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club BEYOND THE BIG THREE, CLASSIC HOPES ABIDE FOR OTHERS The odds, from morning line to expected final flash, are that one of three horses – Beholder,...