Horse Racing News

Taris blazed to the lead and kept on going in the $250,000 Lexus Raven Run Stakes Oct. 18, drawing off to an authoritative 9-length score in the seven-furlong sprint at Keeneland.

Dual classic hero California Chrome had his penultimate drill for the Classic on Saturday, going six furlongs at his Los Alamitos headquarters in 1:12 1/5 over the fast track.

Irish St Leger romper Brown Panther rates as the early 2-1 favorite for Sunday's Grade 1, C$1 million Canadian International at Woodbine.

Charles Town Oaks winner Miss Behaviour is the 120-pound highweight in a field of 13 sophomore fillies entered for the $250,000 Lexus Raven Run Stakes at Keeneland.

Fred High, the winner last year, Lucy's Bob Boy, who captured the race in 2012, and Russell Road, who won in 2011 and also in 2009, are among the 10 entered in the $500,000 Classic.

Research commissioned by The Jockey Club shows that, though the Thoroughbred industry has made progress in the area of uniform medication and testing standards, a state-by-state approach is at best problematic.

Apprentice jockey Juan Saez, 17, died Oct. 14 due to injuries he sustained in a spill during the eighth race that day at Indiana Grand Racing & Casino.

Shared Belief, likely favorite for the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic, continued his preparation for the 1-1/4-mile race, working five furlongs in 1:00 3/5 Oct. 14 over the Tapeta surface at Golden Gate Fields.

Morton Fink, owner of two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan, has informed Breeders' Cup officials that the winner of the past two running's of the Breeders' Cup Mile will miss this year's renewal.

Trainer Charlie LoPresti said Oct. 11 he has yet to exactly pinpoint a date for the final pre-race work of Morton Fink's two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan leading up to the Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup Mile, though it could come Oct. 16 at Keeneland.