FOR BAFFERT, THE 2-YEAR-OLD STAKES HITS JUST KEEP ON COMIN’ With the victory by Mucho Gusto in Saturday’s Grade III $100,000 Bob Hope Stakes, coming five days after the win by Chasing Yesterday in the...

Mucho Gusto © Benoit Photo Heavily favored Mucho Gusto showed speed from the gate, repelled several challenges along the way and reported home a length and a half winner of the $100,000 Bob Hope Stakes...

Escape Clause © Benoit Photo ESCAPE CLAUSE GOES TO RED CARPET HOPING TO SCORE A 10 Escape Clause, the Canadian filly who extended her win streak to nine in the opening day Kathryn Crosby Stakes...

Kodiak West © Benoit Photo Gainesway Stable and Naify’s Irish-bred Kodiak West, a three-year-old filly trained by Hall of Famer Neil Drysdale and ridden by Drayden Van Dyke, proved strongest in the stretch Friday to...

Edwards Going Left © Benoit Photo Nine California-bred Thoroughbreds with a preference for sprinting, including the defending champion, Edwards Going Left, will match quickness Sunday in the $100,000 Cary Grant Stakes at seven furlongs over...

Instilled Regard © Benoit Photo EAST COAST INVADERS DOT NOMS LIST FOR GRADED TURF STAKES Nominations for the eight graded stakes to be contested over the final two weeks of the meeting closed Thursday. And...

King Abner © Benoit Photo Jockey Tyler Baze sent King Abner to the lead departing the gate and they never looked back, winning Del Mar’s feature race Thursday by seven and one-quarter lengths. King Abner,...

Sparky Ville © Benoit Photo Sparky Ville, a two-time winner, including the Sunny Slope Stakes last month at Santa Anita, will face five two-year-old rivals Saturday in the Grade III $100,000 Bob Hope Stakes at...

Mucho Gusto © Benoit Photo BAFFERT’S BOB HOPE HOPES DIMINISHED BY ONE Saturday’s $100,000 Grade III Bob Hope Stakes – the first of nine graded stakes on the fall racing at Del Mar schedule –...

Holland Road © Benoit Photo With no perfect tickets in Monday’s Pick Six, Thursday’s eight-race program will have a Pick Six carryover of $45,215. Post time for the first race will be 12:30 p.m. with...