Richard Mandella and Gary Stevens cracking jokes at the TVG Pacific Classic draw at Del Mar BEHOLDER DRAWS POST NINE, MADE 5-2 TVG PACIFIC CLASSIC FAVORITE Two-time Eclipse Award winner Beholder drew post position No....

Two-time Eclipse Award champion Beholder is the 5-2 morning line favorite to become the first female thoroughbred to win Del Mar’s signature race of the summer season, the Grade I $1 million TVG Pacific Classic,...

Taris and jockey Gary Stevens win the Grade III Rancho Bernardo Handicap. Taris, a classy daughter of Flatter, and Chati’s On Top, a four-year-old Old Topper filly, shared the glory Sunday as they scored victories...

By Hank Wesch AMERICAN PHAROAH BREEZES FOUR FURLONGS IN :47.60 Triple Crown champion American Pharoah breezed a half-mile in :47.60 under rider Martin Garcia Sunday morning at Del Mar with an estimated 800 people looking...

Triple Crown champion American Pharoah worked a half-mile in :47.60 under rider Martin Garcia Sunday morning at Del Mar with an estimated 800 people looking on from the grandstand. Trainer Bob Baffert and owner Ahmed...

Kentucky-bred Sharla Rae responded to the deft handling of James Graham in the final sixteenth to outfinish longshot Her Emmynence and clinch the three-year-old filly championship of the summer season with a victory in the...

By Hank Wesch PACIFIC CLASSIC UPDATE, FINAL EDITION, ONE WEEK OUT On both sides of the country, workouts over a three-day period that started Friday have nominees for the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic a...

Seven older fillies and mares will match speed Sunday in the 44th running of the Grade III $100,000 Rancho Bernardo Handicap at six and one-half furlongs over Del Mar’s main track. Co-featured on the ten-race...

Highly-regarded since the start of her career last winter but somewhat of a disappointment in stakes company, Warren B. Williamson’s Curlin’s Sox performed to early expectations Friday with a romping triumph in the featured $87,400...

By Hank Wesch OAKS FAVORITE PRIZE EXHIBIT PROVES A GEM FOR CASSIDY A few weeks before the Breeders’ Cup last fall at Santa Anita, Deron Pearson purchased a 2-year-old, English bred and raced filly named...