Triple Crown champion American Pharoah recorded his first work over the new Del Mar dirt surface on Saturday. With trainer Bob Baffert looking on, jockey Martin Garcia guided the Pioneerof the Nile…
With one the summer’s marque race meetings — Del Mar — now getting underway, I did some digging and have unearthed a slew of statistical nuggets that I hope handicappers will find…
Trainer Bill Mott holds a nice hand of three-year-olds heading into the late summer/fall campaign. Speighster and Japan are at the head of the class, both posting impressive victories in recent months,…
On a weekend where the surf’s up at Del Mar and a calm before the Saratoga storm, here’s some longer-priced horses I’ll be taking a look at around the world on Saturday.…
Sunset Glow is hoping “third time’s the charm” as she seeks a return to the winner’s circle in Sunday’s $200,000 San Clemente H. (G2) at Del Mar. The Wesley Ward pupil has…
Del Mar opened Thursday with an exciting 10-race card and a new dirt track that received rave reviews. The opener offered a trio of two-turn races on the turf course, which was…
Two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan returned to the worktab Friday for the first time after suffering a non-displaced fracture at the bottom of the cannon bone in his right front…
Soul Driver, a 4 1/2-length winner of the Singletary S. at Santa Anita last out on June 20, ran down pacesetter Forest Blue to take Thursday’s opening day feature at Del Mar,…
We’ll know more about how to play the new dirt surface at Del Mar, but going into opening day of the summer meeting I see no reason to treat perceived wagering opportunities…
By Dick Powell Del Mar opens up on Thursday and Saratoga opens next Friday. Just in time with all the bad news piling up. MAIN SEQUENCE (Aldebaran) has been retired after racing…
Look, all the kids cereal in the world wouldn’t be able to sugarcoat my performance in #Let8Ride through the first two weeks of the contest. My top picks haven’t been close, and…
Del Mar concluded an eight-year synthetic run last fall and reverts back to a dirt main track for the 2015 summer meet. No one knows exactly how the new track will perform…
A hundred thousand dollars more than last year’s purse, the prestigious Meadowlands Pace presents the best of the glamour-boy pacing division on a huge stakes card, July 18. All eyes are on…
Midnight Storm dominated his stakes debut last year when capturing the Del Mar Derby (G2) wire-to-wire, and on Saturday the Philip D’Amato trainee returns to the site of that victory when taking…
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah arrived at Del Mar in the wee hours of Tuesday morning but was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed during a meet-and-greet with the media later on. According to the…