Horse Racing News

Condo Commando took all of the drama out of track announcer Tom Durkin's final call when she romped to victory in the $350,000 Spinaway Stakes over a sloppy track at rainy Saratoga Race Course Aug. 31.

When Southern Equine Stables' Whitney winner Moreno and runner-up Itsmyluckyday face off again Aug. 30 in the final grade I race of the Saratoga Race Course season for older horses, the $600,000 Woodward Stakes.

A trio of fillies who have registered runner-up finishes in recent Grade 1 races in New York will try to finish atop the $300,000 Prioress Stakes Aug. 30 at Saratoga Race Course.

Sunset Glow handled her rivals in the Sorrento Stakes with consummate ease over the Del Mar Polytrack, and she is a standout among the field of untried 2-year-old fillies entered for the $300,000 Del Mar Debutante Aug. 30.

On May 16, colic surgery took Wise Dan out of action after he took his first two races of the season -- repeat victories in the April 11 Maker's 46 Mile and the May 3 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic.

Two-time defending champion Obviously was hammered into 2-5 favoritism in Sunday's Grade 2, $250,500 Del Mar Mile Handicap.

W. C. Racing's Goldencents blazed a path on the front end of Sunday's Grade 2, $250,500 Pat O'Brien at Del Mar and pulled away in the lane to be 4 1/4 lengths clear of 3-2 defending champion Fed Biz on the wire.

Shared Belief recorded his sixth victory from as many career starts while facing his sternest test to date -- Sunday's Grade 1, $1,001,250 Pacific Classic going 1 1/4 miles against older, more experienced runners.

One week after Hardest Core won the Arlington Million, another son of Hard Spun locked up a spot in the Breeders' Cup Turf -- Big John B, who turned Saturday's Grade 2, $201,250 Del Mar Handicap into a rout.

Trainer Jimmy Jerkens had the best horse in the $1.25 million Travers Stakes -- but it wasn't the one everyone was betting on.