Horse Racing News on October 13, 2011
Posted 10/13/11 3:30 PM by Marty McGee
Somali Lemonade wowed a drizzled Keeneland crowd of 8,608 with a sensational late run Thursday in winning the Jessamine Stakes, giving trainer Michael Matz a 2-year-old filly for the Breeders' Cup to go along with his BC Juvenile favorite, Union Rags.
Posted 10/13/11 10:06 AM by Ron Mitchell
A. U. Miner, who earned a second automatic berth in the Breeders' Cup Marathon by virtue of winning the Greenwood Cup July 16 at Parx Racing, has been disqualified from the first-place purse earned in that victory as a result of a positive drug finding.