Gary and Cecil Barber’s Appealing Tale, the 6-5 favorite ridden by Joe Talamo, gamely resisted the stretch-long challenge of Wild Dude to win the Grade II $250,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes, one of two supporting features...

By Hank Wesch PLAYING THE ‘WHAT IF’ GAME FOR THE TVG PACIFIC CLASSIC We read through the press kit for the Silver Anniversary 25th running of the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic and skimmed the...

By Hank Wesch EURTON HAS LEGITIMATE SHOT FOR PAT O’BRIEN, ‘HANDICAP DOUBLE The $1 million Grade I TVG Pacific Classic will rightfully get the lion’s share of attention on Saturday. But a pair of Grade...

Bird E House, a 50-1 longshot claimed for $8,000 in his previous start, won Thursday’s seventh race under Gonzalo Nicolas to key a massive carryover of $303,229 into Friday’s Pick Six wager. Bird E House,...

By Hank Wesch GRAHAM’S TAKING A LIKING TO DEL MAR, AND VICE VERSA In March, James Graham closed the Fair Grounds meeting in New Orleans with 106 wins and his first riding title after four...

The Grade II $250,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes and the Grade II Del Mar Handicap will be supporting features on Del Mar’s 11-race program Saturday which will be highlighted by the silver anniversary running of the...

Holy Lute, winner of the 2013 El Cajon Stakes as a three-year-old, returned to the scene of his lone added-money triumph to win Wednesday’s featured $87,080 Green Flash at the abbreviated distance of five furlongs...

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...