Horse Racing News

Eblouissante, a half sister to the legendary Zenyatta, has been retired from racing and will begin her breeding career, it was announced Jan. 23.

Mucho Macho Man S. winner Bluegrass Singer is expected to make his next start in Saturday's $400,000 Holy Bull S. at Gulfstream Park, trainer Marcus Vitali said Thursday morning.

Seabiscuit jockey Red Pollard's race-worn saddle from the famed champion racehorse has sold for $104,260.

Multiple stakes winner Acceptance, who is unbeaten in three starts for trainer Don Warren, and Tough Sunday, a horse who has overcome being born deaf and blind and abandoned at birth, headline a field of eight California-bred or -sired 3-year-olds.

Jockey Roman Chapa has been summarily suspended by Texas Horse Racing Commission stewards pending an investigation into his winning ride aboard Quiet Acceleration in a stakes race Jan. 17 at Sam Houston Race Park.

Newly crowned Horse of the Year California Chrome drilled seven furlongs at Los Alamitos Race Course Jan. 19 as he continues preparations for his expected 2015 debut next month in the $500,000 San Antonio Stakes.

In an eventful running of the $150,000 Smarty Jones at Oaklawn on Monday, Far Right (Notional) flew up the inside to seize victory.

Off the early pace through the opening stages, Sam's Sister came running off the turn and wore down front-runner Sweet Marini to win in the $200,000 Santa Monica Stakes , her second straight graded stakes victory, Jan. 19 at Santa Anita Park.

With five stakes placings to his credit, Mr. Z is still on the lookout for his first black-type victory. The D. Wayne Lukas trainee's first ship might come in Monday when he heads a field of nine in the $150,000 Smarty Jones at Oaklawn Park.

California Chrome, winner of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness last year, picked up two Eclipse Awards at Gulfstream Park on Saturday night, including horse of the year.