Horse Racing News

The Great War, who was last of 10 in the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes Feb. 28 at Turfway Park after bleeding during the race, is no longer a candidate for the Kentucky Derby.

Virginia-bred Stellar Wind swooped in from the East Coast to claim the $100,000 Santa Ysabel Feb. 28 in her stakes debut at Santa Anita Park.

Stronach Stables' Devine Aida splashed home in an off-the-turf edition of the $150,000 Herecomesthebride Stakes Feb. 28, earning her first graded score at soggy Gulfstream Park by 6-3/4 lengths to build a four-race win streak.

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.