Fighting Mad © Benoit Photo Gary and Mary West’s homebred filly Fighting Mad bolted out of the gate to the lead Sunday in the $250,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes and then never looked back, outrunning...

Thousand Words © Benoit Photo THOUSAND WORDS A BIG SURPRISE TO MOST; TO BAFFERT, NOT SO MUCH Approaching the track to greet his returning Shared Belief Stakes winner, Thousand Words, Bob Baffert couldn’t help but...

Positivity (outside) runs by Good With People © Benoit Photo Graduation Stakes DRAYDEN VAN DYKE (Positivity, winner) – “Finally got one to go my way. I was aware of that horse behind me coming away...

Collusion Illusion © Benoit Photo Rider Flavien Prat took advantage of a serious speed battle up front, dove for the rail in the stretch and pulled off a nose victory with the 3-year-old Collusion Illusion...

Governor Goteven © Benoit Photo CTBA Stakes TIAGO PEREIRA (Governor Goteven, winner) – “She broke well and then we got in a battle with the 3 (Reign of Fire). My filly was game, though, and...

Thousand Words © Benoit Photo Albaugh Family Stables and Spendthrift Farm’s Thousand Words made every pole a winner Saturday at Del Mar in upsetting the $100,000 Shared Belief Stakes by three-quarters of a length. In...

CLEMENT L. HIRSCH COULD BE ALL IN THE FAMILY IF CE CE WINS It’s not unprecedented but it is a rarity in Thoroughbred racing. An event honoring a major contributor to the sport has, among...

El Tigre Terrible © Benoit Photo Solid favorite El Tigre Terrible overcame a bit of a tardy start by running strongly late to smartly capture the $125,000 Real Good Deal Stakes for California-breds by four...

Hard Not to Love © Benoit Photo Going in, the 50th edition of the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes looks like one of the best renewals yet of the Grade I headliner that is the premier...

Touchdown Brown at Santa Anita Park © Benoit Photo Seven California-bred youngsters will get their first taste of stakes competition Sunday at Del Mar when they hook up at five and one-half furlongs in the...