Horse Racing News on July 5, 2014

Unbeaten Shared Belief, last year's 2-year-old juvenile champion, answered the dirt question with an emphatic 4 ¼-length win in the $500,000 Los Alamitos Derby July 5 at Los Alamitos Race Course.

New York-bred Zivo came with a powerful late run up the rail and snatched away victory from pacesetter Moreno in the $500,000 Suburban Stakes July 5 at Belmont Park.

Minorette posted a mild upset in the $1 million Belmont Oaks Invitational July 5 at Belmont Park, landing her first North American victory at odds of 6-1 under Joel Rosario.

Zanim Meahjohn's Fortune Pearl emerged from a scramble at the top of the stretch and drew away to capture her first stakes victory in the $300,000 Delaware Oaks at Delaware Park July 5.

Mr Speaker, ignored at odds of 23-1, charged along the inside to overtake favored Adelaide by a head for a major upset in the $1.25 million Belmont Derby Invitational on the inner turf course July 5 at Belmont Park.

Haras du Mezeray and Skymarc Farm's Aigue Marine benefited from a ground-saving trip to capture her first United States stakes win in the $200,000 Robert G. Dick Memorial Stakes at Delaware Park July 5.

Clearly Now returned to the winner's circle in blazing fashion July 5, setting a track record for seven furlongs when taking home the $400,000 Belmont Sprint Championship Stakes by open lengths at Belmont Park.

Assistant trainer Alan Sherman reported July 5 that Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner California Chrome could return to his stall at Los Alamitos Race Course by the end of the month.

Jockey Rosie Napravnik said July 5 that she plans to resume riding in a week's time, marking a swift return from a shoulder injury suffered last month.