Next Shares © Benoit Photo Rallying on the rail into and through the stretch, 26-1 longshot Next Shares and jockey Jose Valdivia, Jr., won the Grade II $200,000 Seabiscuit Handicap Saturday. When the leading horses...

Zuzanna © Benoit Photo Claimed for $8,000 in September of 2018, Zuzanna, the longest shot in the field of older fillies and mares at 23-1, climaxed her rise to prominence with a surprise victory in...

Alms © Benoit Photo Godolphin’s Alms, a solidly-backed second choice at 5-2, made it three-for-three in her brief career with a convincing triumph in the Grade III $100,000 Jimmy Durante Stakes for two-year-old fillies Saturday....

Toinette © Benoit Photo TOINETTE SHOULDERS LOCAL HOPES IN SUNDAY’S MATRIARCH The odds delineate the situation for Neil Drysdale-trained Toinette in Sunday’s Grade I $300,000 Matriarch Stakes, the culmination of the seven-stakes “Turf Festival” that...

Royal Trump © Benoit Photo Applying the finishing touches to a Pick Six carryover of $125,176 into Del Mar’s Saturday racing program, Royal Trump, the longest shot in the field at 34-1, rallied to win...

Toinette © Benoit Photo Del Mar concludes its 2019 Bing Crosby fall racing season with a stakes tripleheader Sunday, topped by a contest of national significance, the Grade I $300,000 Matriarch Stakes on the grass...

Neptune's Storm © Benoit Photo HAVING WEATHERED THE WORST, IT’S BACK TO RACING An unusually strong series of storms dropped three inches of rain combined Wednesday and Thursday on Del Mar, validating the decision made...

Mo Forza © Benoti Photo Featuring the Grade I $300,000 Hollywood Derby as the headliner of a ten-race program Saturday, Del Mar will present a bonanza of stakes events on the final weekend of the...

Got Stormy © Breeders' Cup SHIPPERS ADD INTRIGUE TO GRADE I STAKES ON THE FINAL WEEKEND Chad Brown, No. 1 trainer in America by money earnings, has shipped five horses for the final weekend stakes...

Fashionably Fast © Benoit Photo Scoring his fourth consecutive victory, even-money favored Fashionably Fast resisted the stretch challenge of Oliver to register a half-length triumph in the featured $100,000 Cary Grant Stakes Sunday at Del...