Horse Racing News

Morton Fink's two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan is progressing well since he returned to tack-walking at Keeneland at the beginning of March, but the chestnut gelding will require 30 more days in recovery before he can go to the track.

Shared Belief will make his first start outside of California in the $1.5 million Charles Town Classic April 18, co-owner Jim Rome said March 25.

California Chrome, the 2014 Horse of the Year, drew the outside gate in a field of nine for the $10 million Dubai World Cup March 28, and co-owner Steve Coburn said he loves that spot.

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission March 23 approved a regulation that would permit the state's racetracks to card races that would prohibit the administration of furosemide, also known as Salix or Lasix, within 24 hours of post time. The vote was 8-4.

Ron the Greek, a multiple Grade 1 winner in the U.S. who now races in Saudi Arabia, will miss the $10 million Dubai World Cup March 28 because of an unspecified injury.

Arnold Zetcher's Firing Line threw his hat emphatically into the ring of Triple Crown contenders with a dominating victory in the $800,000 Sunland Derby March 22 at Sunland Park.

A year and a half after his last stakes start, Ashleyluvssugar broke through for his first graded stakes win in the $200,000 San Luis Rey Stakes March 21 at Santa Anita Park.

Harold Queen's homebred Sheer Drama finally got a clean trip over the Gulfstream Park dirt course and showed what she's capable of unencumbered in the $200,000 Royal Delta Stakes March 21.

A three-horse spill in the sixth race March 21 at Tampa Bay Downs sent jockeys Keiber Coa, Silvia Zapico, and Ricardo Mejias to the St. Joseph's Hospital Trauma Center in Tampa, Fla.

Three Chimneys Farm and Besilu Stable's Dubai Sky collected his fourth straight victory and second straight stakes with an impressive win in the $550,000 Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati Spiral Stakes March 21 at Turfway Park.