Horse Racing News by Myra Lewyn

Rosie Napravnik, fifth-leading jockey in North America by earnings in 2013, rode five winners Sept. 18 on the 13-race card at Kentucky Downs to emerge as the leading rider at the all-turf meet in Franklin, Ky.

In a highly anticipated clash, Moonlight Cloud easily wore down elite sprinter Lethal Force and stormed to a Deauville course record August 4 in winning the Larc Prix Maurice de Gheest for a third time.

Itsmyluckyday, who was pulled up on the backstretch during the running of the June 16 Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park, is expected to miss four months of training with a slight fracture of the ilium [part of the pelvis].

Godolphin Racing's Dawn Approach battled Toronado in the closing stages of the St. James's Palace Stakes and narrowly won in a thrilling finish June 18 at Royal Ascot.

Sole Power wore down 11-4 favorite Shea Shea in the closing strides and won the King's Stand Stakes by a neck June 18 at Royal Ascot.

Declaration of War burst between horses and charged down the center of the track to win the Queen Anne Stakes June 18 at Royal Ascot while U.S.-based Animal Kingdom failed to settle and faded out of contention.

Champion mare Black Caviar easily extended her unbeaten streak to 25 wins in as many starts April 13 as she ran 10 overmatched opponents off their feet in the $1 million Darley T. J. Smith Stakes at Royal Randwick.

Trainer Mike de Kock summed up undefeated Soft Falling Rain's less than ideal trip to a tremendous victory in the $1 million Godolphin Mile

Black Caviar took her unbeaten record to 23 victories Feb. 16 at Flemington Racecourse in Australia when winning her comeback from a long layoff in record time in the race named in her honor, the Black Caviar Lightning Stakes.

Khalid Abdullah's Frankel captured the QIPCO Champion Stakes in brilliant and dramatic fashion on Oct. 20 at Ascot, remaining unbeaten and securing his legacy as one of the best racehorses of the modern era and perhaps one of the greatest of all time.