United turned in one of the most surprising efforts at the Breeders’ Cup last year, finishing only a head behind eventual Horse of the Year Bricks and Mortar in the 1 1/2-mile Turf (G1) at odds of 51-1. On Saturday, the 5-year-old rides a three-race win streak into the $200,000 Del Mar H. (G2), which offers the winner an expenses-paid berth into the 2020 Breeders’ Cup Turf at Keeneland in November. […]
Close finishes were the flavor of the afternoon at Del Mar, with margins of a neck or less determining the outcome of two graded stakes races on the Saturday card. The first tight battle came […]
The first winner for freshman sire Texas Red, My Girl Red is now his first stakes heroine too after drawing off in Friday’s $150,500 Sorrento Stakes (G2) at Del Mar. The 9-10 favorite not only […]
Beau Recall is back to defend her title in Saturday’s $150,000 Yellow Ribbon H. (G2) at Del Mar and is likely to inherit the favorite’s role after reports that Jolie Olimpica would scratch from the […]
Friday’s $150,000 Sorrento Stakes (G2) serves as a stepping stone to the Del Mar Debutante (G1), but only two of the seven entrants are early nominees to the track’s marquee race for 2-year-old fillies. The […]
Gary and Mary West’s homebred Fighting Mad stormed her way into the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) with another front-running display in Sunday’s $250,500 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1) at Del Mar. Following up on her […]
A former star on the Road to the Kentucky Derby reestablished his credentials with an upset victory in Saturday’s Shared Belief S. at Del Mar, prevailing at the expensive of a heavy favorite who arguably […]
Capitalizing on a destructive pace battle involving more than half the field, 19-10 favorite Collusion Illusion unleashed a perfectly-timed rally to secure a narrow victory in Saturday’s $251,500 Bing Crosby (G1) at Del Mar. The […]
Although only six entered Sunday’s $250,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1) at Del Mar, the select cast furnishes several intriguing storylines in the “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1). Defending champion […]
Del Mar hosts a double feature Saturday with the $100,000 Shared Belief Stakes, a Road to the Kentucky Derby series prep, and the $250,000 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1), a “Win and You’re In” Breeders’ Challenge prep for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) at Keeneland in November. […]
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