Defunded shrugs off poor start in Native Diver
When 7-10 favorite Defunded left the gate not just slowly in Sunday’s Native Diver (G3), but awkwardly with a sideways hop, backers might have felt that their wallets would be defunded. […]
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Defunded, Newgrange square off in Native Diver
The Native Diver (G3) at Del Mar could be billed as a clash of former stablemates: Defunded and Azul Coast, still with Bob Baffert, and barn alum Newgrange. […]
Speed Boat Beach aces turf test in BC WAYI Speakeasy; Ce Ce back on song
Speed Boat Beach, champion Ce Ce, up-and-coming Midnight Memories, and dirt marathoner Heywoods Beach won stakes at Santa Anita Sunday. […]
Speakeasy offers BC Juvenile Turf Sprint berth; Ce Ce defends Chillingworth title
Santa Anita’s opening weekend bonanza continues with four stakes on the Sunday program – the Speakeasy (a Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In”), Zenyatta (G2), Chillingworth (G3), and Tokyo City Cup (G3). […]
Gold Phoenix, Hong Kong Harry, Slow Down Andy prevail on Del Mar turf
In town to ride the sublime Flightline in the Pacific Classic (G1), Flavien Prat also turned a graded turf double aboard Gold Phoenix in the Del Mar H. (G2) and Hong Kong Harry in the Del Mar Mile (G2). […]
Heywoods Beach outlasts Tizamagician in Cougar II; Irideo surprises Strait-less Wickerr
At Del Mar on Sunday, Heywoods Beach dethroned 9-10 favorite Tizamagician in the Cougar II (G3), and Irideo pulled a $65 upset in the Wickerr S. after the big scratch of Smooth Like Strait. […]
Smooth Like Strait tops Wickerr; Tizamagician returns to defend Cougar II title
The $125,000 Cougar II (G3) is Del Mar’s Sunday feature, but the real headline act comes one race later in the $100,000 Wickerr S. […]
Lone Rock, Going Global bolster resumes on Breeders’ Cup Saturday undercard
Breeders’ Cup Saturday kicked off with a pair of rich undercard stakes featuring some of the most accomplished non-Breeders’ Cup starters in the country. […]
Princess Grace tops Goldikova on BC undercard
Four open stakes will be contested on the Breeders’ Cup undercards Friday and Saturday at Del Mar. Here’s a look at what’s on tap: Friday Golden Mile—Race 2 (3:25 p.m. ET) The $150,000 Golden Mile, […]
Tripoli accelerates to victory in Pacific Classic
Finishing powerfully from just off the pace, Tripoli notched his first stakes win in Saturday’s $1 million Pacific Classic (G1) at Del Mar. The four-year-old colt rallied to overhaul pacesetter Tizamagician, scoring by a 1 […]