Horse Racing News on August 4, 2012

Favored Include Me Out, benefiting from a rail-skimming ride under Joe Talamo, was all out to deny Star Billing in the $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes by a neck Aug. 4 at Del Mar for her second grade I win of the season.

When Linda Toscano got involved in harness racing, she never dreamed she would get a chance to make history.

Jockey Corey Nakatani and Macho Macho let Louisiana Derby winner Hero of Order do the dirty work wearing out and 3-5 favorite Hansen in the $750,000 West Virginia Derby.

Janis R. Whitham's homebred Fort Larned joined the upper echelon of the nation's handicap division by scoring his first Grade 1 coup in Saturday's $750,000 Whitney.

Emma's Encore was sent off at 5-1 in Saturday's Grade 1, $300,000 Prioress Stakes at Saratoga despite handing 4-5 favorite Agave Kiss her first career loss when taking the Grade 3 Victory Ride Stakes on July 7 at Belmont Park.