Author Archives: Today's Racing Digest

Dr. Schivel: One to Watch In Next at Del Mar

His Del Mar record is stellar. As a 2-year-old in 2020, he broke his maiden in August and won the Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity in September. In 2021, he captured the Grade 1 Bing Crosby and lost a heartbreaker by a nose as my top choice in the BC Sprint. He is training steadily […]

Chismosa: One to Watch In Next at Del Mar

A perfect 3-for-3 record at Del Mar last summer stamps her as a bonafide horse for course. Two of her wins were CA-bred stakes victories (CTBA, Generous Portion). She was third in the Melair and second in the Great Lady M (G2) in her last two stakes starts. She worked five panels in 1:00.80 at […]

Irideo (ARG): One to Watch In Next at Del Mar

This South American transplant had success at Del Mar last summer. He won the Wickerr Stakes in July and rallied for the place in the Del Mar Mile (G2) in September. In his last two starts at Santa Anita, he completed the exacta in the American Stakes (G3) and Shoemaker Mile (G1). His most recent […]

Warrens Candy Girl: One to Watch In Next at Del Mar

This CA-bred daughter of Clubhouse Ride is trained by Craig Lewis and she clearly likes the Del Mar turf course. She broke her maiden at the seaside oval in a state bred turf route in 2021, and won another flat mile turf affair later that year in the fall. Last summer, she rallied to win […]

Elm Drive: Watch if Moves to Turf In Next Start

She captured the Sorrento (G2) at Del Mar as a juvenile in 2021, and I really like her form this year. She won the Monrovia (G3) in April and scored again in the Mizdirection in May. Last time in the Great Lady M (G2) on the Fourth of July at Los Al, she dueled with […]

The 4 Highest Fast Figs Picks The Top 3 Finishers In the 2023 Kentucky Derby

Fast Figs continues to prove it’s consistency in being able to isolate the top contenders even at the highest levels of racing.  In this year’s Kentucky Derby, the top 4 Fast Figs included the top 3 finishers.  Fast Figs takes into account not only the expected speed and performance of a horse but also the […]