Horse Racing News

The Arkansas Racing Commission unanimously approved a request by Oaklawn Park Feb. 28 to add two Wednesday dates to its 2015 racing season -- March 18 and March 25 -- to compensate for days lost to winter weather.

Gulfstream Park canceled the remainder of their Feb. 28 card as a deluge pelted the South Florida area, with the $200,000 Fasig-Tipton Swale Stakes and the $150,000 Palm Beach Stakes among the events lost on the 12-race program.

Night Prowler, winner of the Dania Beach Stakes, and Dubai Sky, winner of the Kitten's Joy Stakes, will square off in the 1-1/16-mile Palm Beach Stakes at Gulfstream Park Feb. 28 to determine who is the best 3-year-old grass horse in Florida.

Sifting through options for his many Triple Crown prospects can be challenging, but trainer Todd Pletcher didn't overthink the process when it came to finding a starting spot for Grade 1 winner Daredevil.

American Pharoah may be more than ready to make his 3-year-old debut.

California Chrome, the dual classic winner and 2014 Horse of the Year, continued to prepare for an appearance in the Dubai World Cup with a five-furlong workout in 1:00 at Los Alamitos Racecourse Feb. 27.

Effective with the entries for March 5, the New York Racing Association said Feb. 24 it will end a controversial rule that mandated 15 days between starts for horses at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Trainer David J. Wells, who raced horses at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course, has been sentenced to five years intermediate punishment, with the first three months in prison.

Robert LaPenta and Harry Rosenblum's Far Right found himself behind a wall of horses at the top of the stretch in the $300,000 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park.

Fletcher and Carolyn Gray's homebred I'm a Chatterbox, winner of the Jan. 17 Silverbulletday Stakes at a mile and 70 yards, rallied to win the $175,000 Rachel Alexandra Stakes Feb. 21 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.