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...

Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Williams' Unusually Green, the 8-5 favorite piloted by Del Mar's leading rider, Rafael Bejarano, rallied in the stretch to win today's feature, a mile and one-sixteenth contest for California-bred horses...

By Hank Wesch MIKE STIDHAM SET TO DOUBLE UP IN OAKS Trainer Mike Stidham looked to be double tough in the upcoming back-to-back turf stakes for three-year-old fillies, Friday’s $80,000 Sandy Blue and Saturday’s Grade...

DP Racing’s stretch-charging Prize Exhibit, an English-bred filly trained by Jim Cassidy, will seek her third consecutive stakes victory Saturday in the 59th running of the Grade I $300,000 Del Mar Oaks, championship event of...

Pretty N Cool, the 2-5 favorite under jockey Martin Garcia, confirmed her status as favorite for the Grade I $300,000 Del Mar Debutante on September 5 with a convincing victory in Wednesday’s featured $200,000 Sorrento...

By Hank Wesch SCRATCHES REDUCE FIELD TO SIX FOR TODAY’S SORRENTO The withdrawal of Sooner Time and Stays In Vegas reduced the field to six for today’s $200,000 Grade II Sorrento Stakes, the major stepping...