Horse Racing News

Convincing Smarty Jones winner Far Right is one of 11 promising 3-year-olds seeking to advance on the road to the Triple Crown in the $300,000 Southwest Stakes.

The El Camino Real Derby, one of only three North American stakes on this year's "Road to the Kentucky Derby" contested on a synthetic track, drew a good field of 10 with Conquest Typhoon installed as a lukewarm favorite.

Texas Red, winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, has suffered a foot abscess that will prevent him from running in the Feb. 21 Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds, said co-owner Erich Brehm.

Finnegans Wake extended his winning streak in graded turf races to three with a late-running victory in the $200,000 San Marcos Stakes Feb. 7 at Santa Anita Park.

The showdown everyone wanted to see produced a clear verdict for Shared Belief over reigning Horse of the Year California Chrome in the $500,000 San Antonio Invitational Stakes Feb. 7 at Santa Anita Park.

WinStar Farm and Twin Creeks Racing Stables' Constitution notched his second Grade 1 victory Feb. 7 at Gulfstream Park and made an impressive 4-year-old debut, taking the $500,000 Donn Handicap wire-to-wire while holding off 2014 Donn winner Lea.

Al Shaqab Racing's Mshawish overcame traffic in the stretch and prevailed in a tight finish with Slumber in the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap Feb. 7 at Gulfstream Park.

Odds-on choice Dortmund, passed in upper stretch by rival Firing Line, fought back gamely along the inside to score a determined head victory in the $150,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes Feb. 7 at Santa Anita Park.

Crossed Sabres Farm's Valid won a thrilling three-horse finish in the $100,000 Fred W. Hooper Stakes Feb. 7 at Gulfstream Park.

Al Shaqab Racing's Sandiva won her second straight stakes and first North American graded contest with a length victory over Rosalind in the Suwannee River Stakes Feb. 7 at Gulfstream Park.