Mucho Unusual © Benoit Photo 2019 George Krikorian’s homebred Mucho Unusual, who has been facing high-line graded stakes company for the past year, drops into a seemingly ideal spot against state-bred runners in Saturday’s $125,000...

Smooth Like Strait © Benoit Photo Cannon Thoroughbreds’ Smooth Like Strait used his speed to good advantage Sunday and scored a handy victory in the 80th running of the Grade III La Jolla Handicap for...

Maximum Security galloping Saturday BAFFERT LAUDS ‘MAXIMUM’ WORKOUT FOR TVG PACIFIC CLASSIC Maximum Security worked 6 furlongs in 1:12.80 at 6:30 a.m. today, an exercise that drew a rave review from Hall of Fame trainer...

Bodhicitta (GB) © Benoit Photo Calvin Nguyen’s Bodhicitta, a filly on the rise, came running late to get up by a whisker and take honors in the Grade II Yellow Ribbon Handicap at Del Mar...

Weston © Benoit Photo Chris Drakos and Ryan Hanson’s Weston got up in the final stride to triumph in the 50th running of the Grade II Best Pal Stakes for 2-year-olds at Del Mar Saturday....

Storm the Court (right) in the 2019 Breeders' Cup Juvenile © Benoit Photo JUVENILE CHAMP STORM THE COURT TRIES TURF IN SUNDAY’S LA JOLLA The burgeoning but eventful, to say the least, career of Storm...

My Girl Red © Benoit Photo Erich Brehm’s homebred filly My Girl Red showed speed from the start and won the 52nd edition of the Grade II Sorrento Stakes for juvenile fillies by four and...

Storm the Court Eight 3-year-olds will test their mettle over a mile and one-sixteenth Sunday on the Del Mar greensward in the 80th edition of the La Jolla Handicap. The Grade III stakes carries a...

Beau Recall © Benoit Photo YELLOW RIBBON IS, AND ISN’T, A SLAM DUNK FOR BEAU RECALL Nick Cosato, a former jockey agent who is now head of the Slam Dunk Racing partnership organization, was introduced...

Beau Recall (inside) © Benoit Photo Slam Dunk Racing or Medallion Racing’s Beau Recall, who was up by a whisker to win last year’s Yellow Ribbon Handicap, has come back to Del Mar to try...