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...

Stellar Wind (inside) © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club FOUR RIVALS ENTERED TO FACE BEHOLDER IN CLEMENT L. HIRSCH Champion Stellar Wind and three other older fillies and mares were entered Wednesday morning...

Hard Aces © Benoit Hronis Racing’s Hard Aces, winless in nine starts since capturing the 2015 Gold Cup at Santa Anita, outfought a tenacious Quick Casablanca to win the Grade III $100,000 Cougar II Handicap...

Patriots Rule © Benoit California Dreamin’ Stakes JOE TALAMO (Patriots Rule, winner) – “She broke well and I had a beautiful trip. I got over to the fence and tried to save all I could....

Hard Aces © Zoe Metz for Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Cougar II Handicap (Grade III) SANTIAGO GONZALEZ (Hard Aces, winner) – “The pace was slow and that was good for me and my horse. He...

California Chrome and Victor Espinoza © Benoit ‘CHROME HEADS HOME FIT FOR A TVG PACIFIC CLASSIC FIGHT TO COME California Chrome came out of Saturday’s scintillating and narrow victory over Dortmund in the San Diego...