Mother Mother, a $450,000 KEESEP yearling, came home a resounding winner of her debut at Del Mar Sunday to becoming the newest ‘TDN Rising Star.’ The dark bay filly, sent off the 3-5 favorite, battled on the front through fractions of :22.16 and :46.08. She was inching clear in upper stretch as Tapwater (Tapit), last

Sunday’s GI Coaching Club American Oaks was billed as a showdown between heavy-hitting 3-year-old fillies Monomoy Girl (Tapizar) and Midnight Bisou (Midnight Lute), but when the gates opened, the fleet-footed Monomoy Girl took the lead and never looked back, posting a decisive three-length victory over her GISW rival. The win continued a flawless 2018 campaign

Hronis Racing’s MGISW Accelerate (Lookin At Lucky), scratched from Saturday’s GII San Diego H.–which was ultimately won in dominant fashion by his undefeated stablemate Catalina Cruiser (Union Rags)–worked five furlongs Sunday in a sharp :59.60 beneath exercise rider Juan Leyva. As of Sunday morning, Sadler said the colt will be pointed to a start in

Rockingham Ranch and David Bernsen’s GSW and GISP sprinter Bobby Abu Dhabi (Macho Uno–Wadena, by Saint Ballado) died of a sudden cardiac event during training Sunday morning at Del Mar, falling abruptly and throwing jockey Victor Espinoza to the track. Espinoza was taken to Scripps La Jolla Hospital with a fracture of the C-3 vertebra

Monmouth Park hit the halfway mark of its 2018 meet Saturday and reported across-the-board gains in handle and attendance. Despite poor weather for most of the month of May that saw 73% of turf races moved to the main track, Monmouth’s live handle rose 8% ($11,513,732 total), total handle increased 10% ($94,574,544 total) and attendance