Bast © Benoit Photo Nominations will close Friday, June 12 for Del Mar’s two premier stakes for 2-year-olds – the Grade I Del Mar Debutante for fillies and the Grade I Del Mar Futurity for...

Got Stormy © Benoit Photo Gary Barber’s Got Stormy, the 7-5 favorite ridden by Tyler Gaffalione, strengthened her claim to year-end honors as the top female runner over grass in 2019 with an authoritative victory...

Oscar Dominguez © Benoit Photo Irish-bred Oscar Dominguez, claimed for $40,000 last winter at Santa Anita, rallied from last place under a typically patient ride by Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez to win the...

Smooth Like Strait © Benoit Photo Smooth Like Strait, a 15-1 longshot piloted by Geovanni Franco, sprinted to the lead out of the gate and never looked back in scoring a wire-to-wire victory Sunday in...

Mark Casse © Benoit Photo GOT STORMY LATEST IN LINE OF EXCEPTIONAL CASSE-TRAINED FEMALES Got Stormy had her head out over the stall webbing Sunday morning, a braid in her forelock dangling down one side...

Mo Forza © Benoit Photo Providing jockey Paco Lopez with his third graded stakes victory of the afternoon, Mo Forza, the 5-2 betting choice, took advantage of a perfect trip to win the featured Grade...

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...