Danas Best © Benoit Flavien Prat and Phil D’Amato, leading jockey and trainer, respectively, thus far this summer season at Del Mar, combined talents to win the feature race Thursday with 9-5 favored Danas Best....

Harmonize © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Two of Del Mar’s most historic stakes events – the Grade I $300,000 Del Mar Oaks for three-year-old fillies and the Grade II $250,000 Del Mar...

Mokat © Benoit M AND M (MOKAT & METABOSS) EYE SWEET SATURDAY STAKES After three races in as many months against the best 3-year-old fillies in the country, trainer Richard Baltas couldn’t wait to get...

Tara's Tango © Benoit Tara’s Tango, the only Grade I winner in the line-up, having accounted for the Santa Margarita last March, put her class and versatility on display Wednesday with a come-from-behind triumph in...

STAGE IS SET FOR POWERHOUSE TVG PACIFIC CLASSIC California Chrome drew the No. 1 post position and was established as the 8-5 favorite on oddsmaker Russ Hudak’s morning line at the draw party Tuesday evening...

Sensitively © Benoit Super quick filly Sensitively, whose three-race win streak ended when she was runner-up to Shh She’s Ours in the Desert Storm Stakes at Santa Anita in late June, will try to get...

Majestic Heat (Inside) © Benoit Majestic Heat, the 3-2 betting choice piloted by Del Mar’s leading rider this summer, Flavien Prat, held on gallantly in the final strides to nose out the onrushing longshot, Tiz...

Dortmund © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club CALIFORNIA CHROME, DORTMUND PUT IN FINAL WORKS FOR CLASSIC California Chrome and Dortmund, the 1-2 finishers at the end of a heart rate-accelerating stretch duel in...

Klimt © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, a 12-time winner of the championship race of the summer season for two-year-olds, the Grade I $300,000 Del Mar Futurity,...

Hard Aces © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club PACIFIC CLASSIC UPDATE, ONE WEEK OUT: FINAL WORKS HAVE BEGUN Five candidates for the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic put in their final workouts here...