Horse Racing News

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.

Black Rock Thoroughbreds' Far From Over overcame a bad start to upset 1-2 favorite El Kabeir Feb. 7 in the $250,000 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack, closing much ground en route to his first graded score.

David Jacobson and Southern Equine Stables' Salutos Amigos wouldn't be denied Feb. 7, rallying through the stretch to take the $150,000 Toboggan Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack by 1-3/4 lengths over Dads Caps.

A four-horse spill in the sixth race Feb. 6 at Tampa Bay Downs caused the death of one horse and resulted in four jockeys being taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa for observation.

American Pharoah should be looking at a return to racing in March, according to trainer Bob Baffert.

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Finnegans Wake and Patrioticandproud are set to renew their rivalry once again in the $200,000 San Marcos Stakes on the grass Feb. 7 at Santa Anita Park.

Preparing for the $500,000 San Antonio Invitational Stakes Feb. 7, Santa Anita Park has, not surprisingly, plugged the budding "California Chrome vs. Shared Belief" rivalry.

El Kabeir, the current leader on the road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), will look to take the next step toward the starting gate on the first Saturday in May when he tackles the $250,000 Withers Stakes.

Unbeaten Dortmund can solidify his position as the West Coast's top 3-year-old when he faces five opponents in the $150,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes Feb. 7 at Santa Anita Park.