Ollie's Candy Winning the 2019 Clement L. Hirsch © Benoit Photo OLLIE’S CANDY DEFENDS TITLE IN SALTY CLEMENT HIRSCH SUNDAY Trainer John Sadler will send out Ollie’s Candy in pursuit of a title defense in...

Fashionably Fast Winning 2019 Cary Grant Stakes © Benoit Photo The Grade I Bing Crosby, a $250,000 test for 3-year-olds and up at six furlongs, appears likely to have nine starters Saturday when the venerable...

I'm So Anna © Benoit Photo The 67th edition of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Stakes is on the menu Saturday at Del Mar and seven 2-year-old California-bred or sired fillies have taken up the...

Honor AP © Zoe Metz Photography In a season of unusual happenings, Saturday’s Shared Belief Stakes fits right in. The 3-year-old feature – which has drawn six very interesting runners -- breaks new ground in...

Rookie Mistake © Benoit Photo Del Mar returns to racing Friday will an 11-race card highlighted by the 33rd edition of the $125,000 Real Good Deal Stakes, a seven-panel spin for California-bred 3-year-olds. The race...

Order and Law Jockey Jose Valdivia, Jr. and trainer Vladimir Cerin had them right where they wanted them. The two veterans were 0-for-the-meet – Valdivia 0-for-18 and Cerin 0-for-8. So naturally, they were due. And...

Blaine Wright © Benoit Photo FORMIDABLE FOES IN CROSBY, SHARED BELIEF DON’T FAZE WRIGHT In keeping with the tradition of the racing family into which he was born, Blaine Wright has been a successful trainer...

Canadian Ginger © Benoit Photo A single Pick Six ticket holder in Hunt Valley, MD playing an $8 base price ticket took down Del Mar’s Sunday pool to the tune of $173,912. The $8 base...

Galilean © Benoit Photo West Point Thoroughbreds and partners’ Galilean won the $125,000 California Dreamin’ Stakes by a half length Sunday at Del Mar giving rider Flavien Prat his fourth stakes victory on the young...

Maximum Security © Benoit Photo MAXIMUM SECURITY EXITS TOUGH RACE ‘GOOD’; ‘CLASSIC LIKELY NEXT Maximum Security was “good” Sunday morning, following an all-out effort for a nose victory in Saturday’s Grade II, $150,000 San Diego...