Big Bend wires Dueling Grounds Derby
Union Rags Racing LLC’s Big Bend was sent off the 7-1 fifth choice in the $350,000 Dueling Grounds Derby but turned back 2-1 favorite Parlor to give jockey Drayden Van Dyke an excellent 23rd birthday […]
Drayden Van Dyke
Cambodia keeps rolling on Del Mar turf in Mabee
Cambodia proved to be the star of the distaff turf ranks at Del Mar this summer, adding Saturday’s $202,760 John C. Mabee (G2) to her Yellow Ribbon (G2) victory earlier in the meet. After accelerating […]
Munny Spunt gets Torrey Pines win via disqualification
Munny Spunt put in a game rally outside of Zapperkat in the stretch of Sunday’s $100,690 Torrey Pines Stakes (G3) at Del Mar, but came up a head short after being floated wide and bumped […]
Cambodia dons the Yellow Ribbon
Saturday’s $200,690 Yellow Ribbon (G2) was supposed to go to a War Front mare – and so it did, if not to the widely expected one. As 4-5 choice Avenge sputtered in midstretch at Del […]
Madam Dancealot upsets San Clemente; Sircat Sally suffers career-ending injury
Slam Dunk Racing’s Madam Dancealot had been well beaten in her prior two-turn attempts, but after learning to relax better, the Richard Baltas trainee surprised Sunday’s $201,035 San Clemente H. (G2) at Del Mar. Under […]
West Coast passes Travers audition in Los Alamitos Derby
Gary and Mary West’s West Coast stated his case to try the Travers (G1) after overcoming a wide trip in Saturday’s $200,690 Los Alamitos Derby (G3). Dispatched as the 2-5 favorite, the Bob Baffert sophomore […]
It Tiz Well scores in Delaware Oaks
Tommy Town Thoroughbreds LLC’s It Tiz Well lived up to her 4-5 favoritism in Saturday’s $300,125 Delaware Oaks (G3), scoring by a half-length with jockey Drayden Van Dyke aboard. The dark bay filly stalked the […]