Bellable © Benoit Photo The 55th edition of the Grade II, $200,000 San Clemente Stakes Saturday is a wide-open affair. As in widddddeeeeee-open. If you like a horse, you’ll no doubt get your price. A...

THE TURF MEETS THE SURF ONCE AGAIN AT DEL MAR We’ve gone from counting down the days to counting down the hours to Opening Day of the summer meet at Del Mar. The giant grandstand,...

Peter Miller © Benoit Photo PETER MILLER RETURNS TO DEFEND HIS TRAINING TITLE AT DEL MAR Peter Miller is back at Del Mar, back doing what he loves best and back to defend his training...

Del Mar’s wagering menu for its upcoming 2022 summer racing season has a familiar look with all of the betting options from last year carried over. The only notable change in the format is the...

David Jerkens, Del Mar’s racing secretary, has announced that his initial condition book for the 2022 summer racing season at the seaside oval will go online Tuesday (5/17) afternoon. The book will cover the first...

With a twist that expands a bonus package for maidens running at Del Mar this summer, the track will enrich purse earnings by 25% for qualified runners of any age who compete in a maiden...

Norma Jean B., a double “Ship & Win” winner from 2021. © Benoit Photo Del Mar will offer its richest “Ship & Win” program yet in 2022, the 12th year the seaside track has used...

The closing day Pick Six at Del Mar Sunday returned $10,141 to 358 horse players who selected each of the final six winners on the nine-race card. The pool for the wager had started the...

Verbal © Benoit Photo Juddmonte Farm’s Verbal took his cues smartly from Jose Ortiz and closed nicely through the lane to take down the eighth edition of the Cecil B. DeMille Stakes by a half-length...

LOOKS BACK, AND AHEAD, AS DEL MAR SAYS ‘THAT’S A WRAP’ FOR 2021 The curtain comes down today on the Bing Crosby Season and, thereby, racing at Del Mar for 2021. An appropriate time, it...