Horse Racing News on August 11, 2012

Glen Hill Farms' homebred Old Time Hockey rallied to catch My Best Brother in the final strides of Saturday's Grade 2, $147,000 La Jolla Handicap.

Jockey John Velazquez kept Wise Dan on the rail throughout Saturday's Grade 2, $500,000 Fourstardave Handicap at Saratoga.

Becky Winemiller's Wine Princess turned back a two-pronged challenge from Proud Pearl and Defy Gravity around the far turn and drew off with authority in the stretch to land Saturday's Grade 3, $101,000 Monmouth Oaks.

Cambina, beaten a nose last time out in the Beverly Hills Handicap at Betfair Hollywood Park, rates a slight edge against five older fillies and mares Aug. 12 in Del Mar's John C. Mabee Stakes.

There's a common thread linking Sunday's pair of $200,000 juvenile stakes at Saratoga, and it's the formidable presence of Todd Pletcher runners.

One of the top horses at Saratoga regardless of surface, Wise Dan will revert back to turf competition Saturday when he lines up for the Grade 2, $500,000 Fourstardave Handicap.

An emotional John Velazquez received a standing ovation from a standing-room only crowd at Fasig-Tipton's Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., as the jockey led five other inductees into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.