Horse Racing News by Brisnet

Pressed all the way on a fast pace, favored Glorious View refused to give way in the stretch in her stakes debut, capturing the $200,000 Vagrancy Handicap May 18 at Belmont Park.
Glencrest Farm LLC's Disposablepleasure went off as the 6-5 favorite and did not disappoint in Saturday's Grade 3, $200,000 Sixty Sails Handicap at Hawthorne while paying $4.40, $2.60 and $2.20 to her backers.
Jean Everest, John O'Brien, Danny Valdez and Michelle Turpin's Chips All In ran down even-money favorite Obviously in Saturday's Grade 3, $100,250 San Simeon at Santa Anita to earn his first graded victory.
Hronis Racing's Lady of Shamrock prevailed as the 1-5 favorite in Saturday's Grade 2, $150,000 Santa Barbara Handicap, but only after the stewards demoted the first-past-the-post Viva Carina.
Champion Australian mare Black Caviar has been officially retired by trainer Peter Moody and her owners. The announcement was made at a press conference held at Moody's Caulfield Racecourse stable in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Jockey Rosie Napravnik has accepted the Kentucky Derby mount on Louisiana Derby runner-up Mylute.
Oaklawn Park president Charles Cella often has a smile on his face on the track's closing day, when crowds in excess of 60,000 typically congregate for the Arkansas Derby.
Exactly six months later at the same venue, in Saturday's Grade 1, $300,000 Jenny Wiley, Centre Court overhauled the front-running Daisy Devine and drew off by two lengths.
Turtle Bird Stables' Cluster of Stars moved her record to a perfect five-for-five when taking Saturday's Grade 2, $190,000 Distaff Handicap at Aqueduct.
Anita Cauley's homebred On Fire Baby closed out her sophomore campaign in the Acorn at Belmont Park in late May, but on Friday the Smoke Glacken miss returned to competition with a hard-fought half-length victory in Apple Blossom Handicap.
 
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