Horse Racing News

Jockey Rosie Napravnik said July 5 that she plans to resume riding in a week's time, marking a swift return from a shoulder injury suffered last month.

Kid Cruz, overpowered in the Preakness this spring but a sparkling winner last time out in the Easy Goer, returns to Belmont Park in the $200,000 Dwyer Stakes July 5.

Haras du Mezeray and Skymarc Farm's Aigue Marine, who has a pair of second-place finishes in three 2014 starts, looks to break through with a victory in the $200,000 Robert G. Dick Memorial Stakes at Delaware Park July 5.

Undefeated champion Shared Belief makes his long-awaited return to stakes competition on Saturday as part of a seven-sophomore field entered in the Grade 2, $500,000 Los Alamitos Derby.

Saturday's Grade 2, $300,000 Delaware Oaks has drawn a field of eight sophomore fillies, but for the second year in a row the 1 1/16-mile contest lacks a stand-out star.

Multiple graded stakes winner Last Gunfighter is back for revenge July 5 against 10 others in the $500,000 Suburban Handicap, one of five graded stakes on the inaugural Stars & Stripes Festival card at Belmont Park.

Bettors who play name angles will have a hard time getting past Group 2 winner Toast of New York when he makes his U.S. debut July 5, in the $1.25 million Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes at Belmont Park.

The $1 million Belmont Oaks, formerly the Garden City Stakes, has found a new identity as part of the New York Racing Association's July 5 Stars and Stripes card, which also features the Belmont Derby.

A state-created fan advisory group has blasted the New York Racing Association for operations June 7 for Belmont Stakes day.

Construction may be going full-steam-ahead as the main track at Keeneland undergoes conversion from Polytrack to a dirt surface, but that hasn't stopped two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan from progressing in his comeback from colic surgery.