Horse Racing News by Brisnet

Unplaced in five starts dating back to the Grade 1 United Nations in July 2011, multiple Grade 1 winner Teaks North was understandably not much of a hot commodity on the tote in the January 19 Florida Sunshine Millions Turf at Gulfstream Park.

Speaking over the phone from South Florida Thursday morning, trainer Chad Brown confirmed that Normandy Invasion would be coming to New Orleans for the Grade 2 Risen Star at Fair Grounds on February 23.

Four of the nine entrants in Saturday's Grade 3, $200,000 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields have been nominated to the Triple Crown series …

Kentucky Derby hopeful Palace Malice will make his stakes debut in the Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds on February 23, according to Cot Campbell, Dogwood Stable President.

Jacks or Better Farm's Fort Loudon ended a couple of losing streaks when prevailing by a half-length in Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship.

Saturday's Grade 1, $300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap was billed as a clash of titans, and so it proved when Phipps Stables' homebred Point of Entry engaged 2011 Kentucky Derby-winning champion Animal Kingdom in a rousing stretch duel.

Joseph Bucci's Honorable Dillon made his stakes debut a winning one with a workmanlike score under Joe Rocco Jr. in Saturday's Grade 2, $150,000 Hutcheson at Gulfstream Park.

Stud TNT's Old Tune was making her U.S. debut in Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Endeavour at Tampa Bay Downs and not only scored but did so in a stakes-record time of 1:39.30.

The seven-furlong Hutcheson is now viewed more as a race for up-and-coming sprinters and milers rather than as stepping stone to the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth and Grade 1 Florida Derby.

Fiftyshadesofhay flew home in the stretch of Saturday's Grade 3, $100,000 Santa Ysabel at Santa Anita to take her first stakes victory in impressive fashion under jockey Rafael Bejarano.