Achiever’s Legacy, dismissed at 9-1 as the longest shot in a four-horse field of two-year-old fillies, rallied in the stretch to win the $100,000 Desi Arnaz Stakes Sunday under apprentice jockey Drayden Van Dyke. Always...

By Hank Wesch McCARTHY RELISHES FIRST DEL MAR AND FIRST GRADED STAKES WIN “I’ve been around plenty of nice, graded stakes horses, but this is the first winner on my own. I’m very excited.” Those...

A day-long series of upsets, including a surprise victory Saturday by 17-1 outsider No Problem in the featured $100,000 Bob Hope Stakes, has triggered a massive three-day carryover of $599,483 into Sunday’s Pick Six at...

By Hank Wesch HOPE GETS CHANGE WHEN FAVORITE SCRATCHES Prime Engine, the 3-1 morning line favorite for Saturday’s $100,000 Grade III Bob Hope Stakes, was scratched Saturday morning, necessitating a revision of the lineup and...

For the second consecutive racing day, there were no perfect tickets in the Pick Six Friday at Del Mar. Thus, Saturday’s nine-race program at the seaside oval will feature a Pick Six carryover of $147,102,...

By Hank Wesch STAKES NOMINATIONS: PREVIEWS OF COMING ATTRACTIONS Think of stakes nominations lists as racing’s counterpart to movie trailers. They provide information about the players, stimulate thought regarding general plotlines and can pique the...

Talented Joe Talamo, 24-year-old native of New Orleans, notched victory number 1,500 with an upset triumph in Thursday’s fourth race at Del Mar and then put the icing on the cake with a wire-to-wire success...

By Hank Wesch CALIFORNIA CHROME NOMINATIONS THE MOST PLEASANT OF SURPRISES Trainer Art Sherman made his way to the racing secretary’s office in the Del Mar stable area Wednesday morning with a purpose in mind....

Reddam Racing’s More Complexity, the 7-2 second choice under jockey Mario Gutierrez, collared Sweet Marini with less than a sixteenth of a mile remaining and went on to score a half-length victory in Sunday’s featured...

By Hank Wesch PEDROZA’S BACK RUNNING, AND AMONG THE EARLY LEADERS Posting the first riding triple of a Bing Crosby Season on Saturday, veteran Martin Pedroza finds himself with a share of the lead in...