Horse Racing News by Staff

One year after a powerful stakes debut, Harmonious seeks to kick-start her career anew in Monday's Grade 2, $150,000 Royal Heroine Mile over the same turf course.

Grade 1 hero Dialed In will have surgery next week on a chip in his right knee and will be taken out of training for a undetermined period of time, according to Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito.

Astrology will be the one to beat in the $250,000, Grade 3 Iowa Derby following his good third in the Preakness.

The Breeders' Cup announced Tuesday that a new race, the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Sprint, has been added to the Breeders' Cup World Championships beginning this year at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

On Thursday, more than a half-dozen jockeys from Belmont Park will ride into the hearts of families at the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island as part of the annual Jockey Day event.

The top three finishers from the 2010 edition of the Aristides are back for Saturday's $100,000 renewal at Churchill Downs, but this year's running of the six-furlong dash has arguably attracted a much deeper field.

Zenyatta, the 2010 Horse of the Year, is currently back in foal to Bernardini. The news was announced Tuesday in a diary post on the mare's eponymous website, maintained by Zenyatta's ghost writer, Dottie Ingordo-Shirreffs.

The May 29 live racing program at Arlington Park was canceled following the second race when the jockeys chose not to ride, the track announced.

ultiple Grade 3 queen Keertana will take on boys for the first time in her 25-race career when she lines up in the gate of Saturday's $100,000 Grade 3 Louisville at Churchill Downs.

The speedy Sidney's Candy will finally return to the turf in Saturday's Grade 2, $150,000 American Handicap at Hollywood Park.