Horse Racing News

Melnyk Racing Stables' Leigh Court punched her ticket to the Breeders' Cup World Championships by outrunning the competition to win the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes at Keeneland Race Course Oct. 4.

Dayatthespa rated in second for about seven furlongs before taking over and pulling away to capture the $400,000 First Lady Stakes on the turf at Keeneland Oct. 4.

Favored Daredevil cruised to victory in the $500,000 Champagne Stakes on a sloppy track at Belmont Park Oct. 4, handing trainer Todd Pletcher his third consecutive win in the prestigious race.

WinStar Farm and Stonestreet Stables' Carpe Diem seized control from front-runner Conquest Tsunami and rolled away to a powerful 6-1/4-length victory in the $500,000 Claiborne Breeders' Futurity Oct. 4 at Keeneland.

No matter what obstacles are thrown at him this season, two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan refuses to lose.

Win machine Work All Week remained undefeated in nine starts on dirt and stamped his ticket to the Xpressbet Breeders' Cup Sprint with a smart win in the $200,000 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Stakes on opening day of the Keeneland fall meet Oct. 3.

Qatar Racing's Peace and War notched her United States debut Oct. 3 at Keeneland in impressive fashion, taking the $400,000 Darley Alcibiades with a determined closing run to punch her ticket to the Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.

Breeders' Cup said Oct. 3 it will not permit trainer Doug O'Neill to pre-enter horses for this year's Breeders' Cup World Championships "due to recent administrative action" in New York.

Hall of Fame rider Kent Desormeaux is recovering from five fractured ribs and a bruised lung in Covina, Calif., where he and his wife, Rosie, recently bought a home, according to trainer Bob Hess, a longtime friend of the jockey.

A purse of $200,000 is nice, but a Grade 2 win on a 3-year-old filly's resume may be more enticing to the owners of the 11 sophomore fillies entered for the Oct. 4 Indiana Oaks.