PRAT’S ON THE MOVE – ON THE TRACK AND COAST TO COAST Flavien Prat, the riding champion four of the last five years, has mounts booked for all 10 races as Del Mar opens its...

Campaign © Benoit Photo Six well-seasoned racehorses with large, full lungs will run a testing mile and one half at Del Mar Sunday in the 70th edition of the Cougar II Stakes. The race carries...

John Sadler TO START, SADLER SETS SIGHTS ON STAKES WHERE HE’S HAD SUCCESS Two stakes wins for John Sadler at the 2020 summer meeting boosted his Del Mar total to 78 over his 43-year training...

Royal Ship © Benoit Photo The Brazilian-bred 5-year-old Royal Ship has found his footing on dry land of late and could take a lot of beating at Del Mar Saturday as he heads a field...

Dream Shake © Benoit Photo DREAM SHAKE GETS CLASS BREAK FOR FIRST TURF TRY IN OCEANSIDE Since breaking his maiden in February, Dream Shake has had monthly assignments in Grade I or Grade II stakes...

Peter Miller ‘SURREAL’ 2020 IN REAR VIEW, A ‘REAL’ DEL MAR SUMMER HAS APPEAL Peter Miller won a fourth Del Mar summer season training title in 2020, equaling the number of fall crowns for him...

New takes on a pair of Del Mar betting favorites are on tap for the 2021 Del Mar racing season which breaks from the gate on Friday, July 16. The track’s Pick Six, long a...

Viadera (inside) © Benoit Photo Trainer Chad Brown has a reputation as an excellent trainer, a superior grass horse trainer and a very special trainer of fillies and mares. If you need testimony on that,...

Beer Can Man © Benoit Photo The 2-year-old colt Beer Can Man made his West Coast debut a winning one when he tracked the leaders early, then fired late to capture the seventh edition of...

Domestic Spending and Jose Hernandez © Benoit Photo AN INSIDE VIEW OF BROWN’S TURF FESTIVAL EQUINE ALL-STARS A week or so ago, Jose Hernandez and a couple of stable hands were sent west by mega...