Horse Racing News on August 4, 2013

Trainer Mike Puype celebrated his 47th birthday with a victory by favored Alberts Hope in the $150,000 Best Pal Stakes for 2-year-olds Aug. 4 at Del Mar.

Justin Phillip missed winning the 2012 Alfred G. Vanderbilt at Saratoga Race Course by a neck.

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.