Extra Hope © Benoit Photo Last year in a four-horse field in the Native Diver Stakes, Jay Em Ess Stable’s Extra Hope tracked C R K Stable’s Midcourt from second place all the way around...

Mark Glatt © Benoit Photo GLATT TAKES BUSINESSLIKE APPROACH TO MILESTONE 1,000th WIN Asked if the countdown days to the milestone win – from 990 to 1,000 – were nerve-wracking or business-as-usual, trainer Mark Glatt...

Richard Mandella MANDELLA DOUBLES DOWN IN SATURDAY’S NATIVE DIVER STAKES Richard Mandella won the Native Diver Handicap seven times from 1983-2003. But he hasn’t saddled the winner of the event since. Not in its seven...

Galilean © Benoit Photo West Point Thoroughbreds, Denis Barker and William Sandbrook’s Galilean will attempt to win the seventh stakes race of his brief career Sunday when he takes on nine rivals in the seventh...

Midcourt winning 2019 Native Diver Stakes © Benoit Photo C R K Stable’s Midcourt, the defending champion in Saturday’s $100,000 Native Diver Stakes, looms as the one to catch and the one to beat in...

Red Flag © Benoit Photo The million dollar yearling Spielberg went off as the odds on favorite, but it was Red Flag – who ‘only’ cost $220,000 at the same Kentucky sale – flying home...

Tyler Baze BAZE MAKING WAVES FOLLOWING RETURN TO SO CAL CIRCUIT HOME Halfway through Saturday’s fourth race, a mile $25,000 claimer on the main track, jockey Tyler Baze and his mount Pubilius Syrus, the 5-2...

Astute © Benoit Photo LNJ Foxwoods’ Astute, a chestnut filly by sprint champion Speightstown who fetched $425,000 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale last year, had all of her speed Saturday at Del Mar as...

Jessica Pyfer © Benoit Photo APPRENTICE JESSICA PYFER’S FIRST DEL MAR WIN IS A FAMILY AFFAIR Jessica Pyfer’s win aboard Summer Love in Friday’s second race was a multi-layered joy for the 22-year-old apprentice rider....

Musawaat (white blinkers) surges to win Friday’s feature by a nose © Benoit Photo The veteran gelding Musawaat responded to a pair of blinkers for the first time in his career and a handy ride...