Hard Not to Love © Benoit Photo Going in, the 50th edition of the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes looks like one of the best renewals yet of the Grade I headliner that is the premier...

Touchdown Brown at Santa Anita Park © Benoit Photo Seven California-bred youngsters will get their first taste of stakes competition Sunday at Del Mar when they hook up at five and one-half furlongs in the...

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...