Bob Baffert © Benoit BAFFERT TAKES THE FOURTH ON HIS INITIAL THOROUGHBRED GOAL Making the transition from Quarter Horse to Thoroughbred trainer in the late 1980s and early ‘90s, Bob Baffert had one initial goal....

Stellar Wind (outside) and Beholder in the Gr I Clement L Hirsch Stakes © Benoit BEHOLDER LOSS LEAVES MANDELLA WITH A CLASSIC DECISION TO MAKE Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella was calm and, to...

Stellar Wind (outside) © Benoit In a stunning upset, Hronis Racing’s Stellar Wind, the Eclipse Award winner as champion three-year-old filly of 2015, outran 1-9 favored Beholder in the stretch to win the featured $300,000...

Beholder winning the 2015 Clement L Hirsch Stakes © Zoe Metz Del Mar Thoroughbred Club BEHOLDER HAS A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW – HER OWN IN 2015 Following the seven-length victory by Beholder in the...

You're Late © Benoit Placed in a perfect stalking position by jockey Stewart Elliott, You’re Late pounced on the front-runners turning into the stretch and drew off to an impressive victory in the featured $100,000...

Subtle Indian © Zoe Metz ONE DEL MAR STAKES NOTCHED, DIODORO EYES TWO IN THREE DAYS Trainer Robertino Diodoro watched on television from Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minnesota, as Patriots Rule provided him with his...

Lord Nelson Schooling © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Spendthrift Farm’s classy Lord Nelson, recent winner of the Grade I Triple Bend Stakes at Santa Anita, will attempt to continue building on his...

Stellar Wind Schooling at Del Mar © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club INSIDE STORY: BEHOLDER, STELLAR WIND 1-2 FOR CLEMENT L. HIRSCH Trainers generally abhor the No. 1 post position for major stakes...

Beholder © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Three-time Eclipse Award champion Beholder, well on her way to recognition as one of the truly outstanding female runners of all time, will seek her ninth...

Gold Rush Dancer © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Gold Rush Dancer, a 14-1 longshot piloted by Flavien Prat, rallied on the far outside entering the stretch to take command and then held...