Horse Racing News by Claire Novak

Juvenile fillies looking for a free ride to the Breeders' Cup will line up Sept. 7 in the $150,000 Pocahontas Stakes at Churchill Downs, one of four stakes on opening day of the Louisville racetrack's inaugural 12-day September meet.

The $150,000 Iroquois Stakes attracted a full field of 12 quality 2-year-olds for Sept. 7 at Churchill Downs, with a trip to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile on the line.

Silver Max ran legitimate fractions early and had plenty left to finish up late in the $245,000 Bernard Baruch Handicap Aug. 31 at Saratoga Race Course, streaking wire-to-wire over yielding ground for his second graded-stakes score in a row.

Godolphin Stables' Alpha sprung a wire-to-wire upset in the $750,000 Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 31, winning for the first time since he took the 2012 Travers Stakes last August in a dead heat with Golden Ticket.

Trainer Eric Guillot has filed a complaint with the New York State Gaming Commission alleging that jockey Luis Saez carried an electronic device when he won the Aug. 24 Travers Stakes aboard Will Take Charge.

John Oxley's versatile Uncaptured, who has won on dirt and synthetic surfaces in the U.S. and Canada, heads a field of 10 3-year-olds entered in the $350,000 Smarty Jones Stakes at Parx Racing on Labor Day, Sept. 2.

Corfu and Wired Bryan, who put on quite a performance in the Aug. 11 Saratoga Special Stakes, are back for a rematch Sept. 2 in the $300,000 Three Chimneys Hopeful Stakes on the Labor Day card at Saratoga Race Course.

Successful Dan and Paynter, two horses who have overcome great physical difficulties to continue their racing careers, head a deep edition of the $750,000 Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 31.

Will Take Charge and trainer D.Wayne Lukas rallied from off the pace to run down huge long shot Moreno to win the $1,000,000 Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.

Jockey agents and trainers on both coasts were left scrambling the morning of Aug. 24 as news broke that jockey Joel Rosario would be sidelined for six weeks with a fractured bone in his left foot.