By Jim Charvat Regal Glory © Benoit Photo WEST COAST, EAST COAST SHOWDOWN IN G1 MATRIARCH SUNDAY Saving the best for last. It’s always a nice way to wrap things up. In this case it’s...

Fluffy Socks © Benoit Photo Del Mar will close up shop for the 2023 season Sunday, but first it is going to run a final nine-race card that afternoon that features a pair of nifty...

By Jim Charvat Chad Brown © Benoit Photo CHAD BROWN LEADS EAST COAST INVASION FOR G1 HOLLYWOOD DERBY They’ve traveled 3,000 miles in hopes of landing a coveted Grade I win. They hail from the...

Chad Brown © Benoit Photo For its penultimate day of sport for the 2023 season, Del Mar will offer a stakes tripleheader topped by the 83rd edition of the Grade I Hollywood Derby. The nine-furlong...

Mr Fisk © Benoit Photo Late-blooming Mr Fisk, a 3-year-old son of champion Arrogate, registered his first graded stakes victory Sunday at Del Mar as he came running strongly late to capture the 46th edition...

By Jim Charvat Phil D'Amato © Benoit Photo PHIL D’AMATO’S TRAINING ABILITY ON FULL DISPLAY IN G2 SEABISCUIT It’s not unprecedented but it is unusual when a trainer enters three horses in a race and...

The Fall Challenge came down to the final race as winner Edward Deicke went all-in with a $3,240 win bet on number 2 Miss Lizzy. Second place finisher Mike Mulvihill also had the winner but...

Easter © Benoit Photo Trainer Phil D’Amato hit the trifecta at Del Mar Saturday in the Seabiscuit Handicap. His runners finished first, second and third in the mile and one-sixteenth grass headliner, with Madaket Stable’s...

By Jim Charvat Skinner © Benoit Photo SKINNER SEEKS FIRST GRADED STAKES WIN IN SUNDAY’S NATIVE DIVER The Del Mar Turf Festival takes a day off Sunday but the stakes action continues with arguably the...

Planetario (BRZ) © Benoit Photo Red Rafa Stud’s Planetario benefitted from a heady ride by Hector Berrios and managed to hang on for a neck score Friday at Del Mar in the $201,000 Hollywood Turf...