Rock Your World © Benoit Photo A delicious confrontation between two of the aces from this year’s Triple Crown events will unfold at Del Mar Sunday when Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit and Kentucky Derby/Belmont...

Hear My Prayer © Benoit Photo Holly and David Wilson’s Hear My Prayer, a filly in from Florida and making her west coast debut, tracked the early pacesetter, then fired a good shot in the...

Medina Spirit © Benoit Photo MEDINA SPIRIT SUPPLEMENTED TO SUNDAY’S SHARED BELIEF STAKES While his Kentucky Derby victory remains in limbo pending a Kentucky Horse Racing Commission ruling, the next start for Medina Spirit was...

C Z Rocket © Benoit Photo A field of 10 stout sprinters will travel seven furlongs Saturday at Del Mar in the 36th edition of the Grade II, $200,000 Pat O’Brien Stakes. The extended dash...

Miss Bigly © Benoit Photo Six fillies and mares will run a mile here Friday afternoon in the featured event of the afternoon’s eight-race card, the $80,000 Tranquility Lake Stakes. The overnight headliner honors the...

Raymundos Secret © Benoit Photo The question, much more often than not, is “Can he/she go long?’ The vast majority of American horses start out their careers sprinting, or going around one turn. The distance...

Lieutenant Dan © Benoit Photo Nick Alexander’s homebred Lieutenant Dan was just too fast for seven rivals in Sunday’s $101,500 Green Flash Handicap at Del Mar, running five furlongs on turf in :55.98. The 5-year-old...

Tripoli © Benoit Photo Trainers for the top finishers in all five stakes races on Saturday’s TVG Pacific Classic program reported their horses all came back in fine fettle from the efforts. A follow-up report...

Going Global © Benoit Photo The bay filly Going Global, handled patiently by Del Mar’s leading rider, Flavien Prat, split horses when asked at the top of the lane and raced always from her field...

Mo Forza © Benoit Photo Bardy Farm or OG Boss’ Mo Forza, swung widest through the lane and with powerful strides scored his second straight victory in the Grade II, $300,000 Del Mar Mile, scoring...