At the Spa © Benoit Photo With equal parts courage and fine horsemanship, rider Tyler Baze and his filly At the Spa squeezed through the tightest of holes on the rail in the stretch, then...

Maxim Rate © Benoit Photo A stakes doubleheader – featuring the Grade II, $200,000 Best Pal Stakes and the Grade II, $200,000 Yellow Ribbon Handicap – will provide some extra spice to an enticing Saturday...

Smash Ticket © Benoit Photo SORRENTO IS A STEP UP FOR FAVORED SMASH TICKET AND NINE RIVALS One inference from the wire-to-wire, five-length victory Smash Ticket produced in a maiden race here on July 17...

Smash Ticket © Benoit Photo Eleven promising juvenile fillies will face the starter Friday at Del Mar and run six furlongs in the 53rd edition of the Sorrento Stakes. The Grade II, $200,000 headliner will...

At the Spa © Benoit Photo Young female horses – all of them having first seen light of day in The Golden State – will further their education at Del Mar Thursday afternoon when they...

Shedaresthedevil © Benoit Photo Flurry Racing Stables, Qatar Racing Limited or Big Aut Farms’ Shedaresthedevil walked her beat Sunday at Del Mar and came away a handy three and one-quarter length winner of the Grade...

Dr. Schivel © Benoit Photo GLATT STANDS ALONE WITH SUCCESSIVE CROSBY WINS BY 3-YEAR-OLDS A year after winning the Grade I, $300,000 Bing Crosby Stakes with 3-year-old Collusion Illusion, trainer Mark Glatt did it again...

Dr. Schivel © Benoit Photo Red Baron’s Barn, Rancho Temescal, William Reeves and partners Dr. Schivel, a 3-year-old taking on seven salty older rivals, made the lead in midstretch, then hung extra tough late to...

Shedaresthedevil © Benoit Photo SPECTRE OF SHEDARESTHEDEVIL LOOMS OVER SUNDAY’S HIRSCH Shedaresthedevil departed Del Mar in September of 2019 after competing in two stakes races for 2-year-old fillies. The daughter of Daredevil had finished third...

None Above the Law © Benoit Photo Downstream Racing’s gray stretch runner None Above the Law found a perfect spot just behind the leaders early, then pounced at the quarter pole and won in the...