Horse Racing News by Jack Shinar

A return to firm turf should help Jeranimo June 29 as the 7-year-old goes for a repeat victory in the $300,000 Shoemaker Mile at Betfair Hollywood Park.

One of the better sprints of the 2013 season is on tap in the $250,000 Triple Bend Handicap.

There's no doubt he's the best horse in the race, but can reigning Horse of the Year Wise Dan overcome his 128-pound impost in the $150,000 Firecracker Handicap

Maryland shipper London Lane, ignored at odds of 50-1, charged from the rear down the center of the track to land the $300,000 Colonial Turf Cup in a shocker June 22 at Virginia's Colonial Downs.

There was no catching California-bred Doinghardtimeagain, who ran away with the $150,000 Hollywood Oaks.

Close Hatches became Juddmonte Farms' newest grade I winner when she captured the $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes June 22 at Belmont Park.

Grade 3 winner Channel Lady carries top weight of 124 pounds into the $100,000 Edward P. Evans All Along Stakes on the evening of June 22 at Colonial Downs in New Kent, Va.

Iotapa, runner-up to Beholder in the Santa Anita Oaks and coming off a win in the listed Railbird Stakes, is among the favorites for the $150,000 Hollywood Oaks June 22 at Betfair Hollywood Park.

In the first major stakes for 3-year-olds following the Triple Crown, favored Verrazano was a romping winner of the $148,500 Pegasus Stakes June 16 after his main challenger, Itsmyluckyday, was pulled up on the Monmouth Park backstretch.

Teamed with Gary Stevens for the first time, stalking Byrama drew off in the stretch to become a Grade 1 winner in the $250,000 Vanity Handicap June 15 at Betfair Hollywood Park.