Horse Racing News

A change of venue didn't bother Obviously, who for the second straight year cruised to an easy win in the Shoemaker Mile Stakes June 14 at Santa Anita Park.

Grade 2 winner Intense Holiday, who underwent surgery recently for a condylar fracture to his right foreleg after being injured in training, was euthanized June 12 due to laminitis.

A pair of Grade 1 stakes take center stage at Santa Anita Park on Saturday when seven line up in the $400,000 Shoemaker Mile on the turf and eight distaffers go in the nine-furlong, $300,000 Vanity on the main track.

On Fire Baby and Tapiture headline a pair of strong undercard stakes races at Churchill Downs on Saturday.

Will Take Charge recording a well-beaten sixth as the 3-5 chalk in the Grade 2 Alysheba, and the classy four-year-old colt will be seeking a measure of redemption when he lines up for Saturday's Grade 1, $500,000 Stephen Foster H.

Steve Coburn, the co-owner of California Chrome, apologized for his two-day rant against Belmont Stakes winner Tonalist and the Triple Crown rules during an emotional interview with ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday.

California Chrome's attempt for a Triple Crown averaged 20.6 million viewers on NBC -- the second-highest total for the Belmont Stakes. Only Smarty Jones' run in 2004 drew more.

A night of sleep did little to calm California Chrome co-owner Steve Coburn, who continued his rant against Belmont Stakes winner Tonalist and the Triple Crown rules on Sunday in interviews with ABC's "Good Morning America" and ESPN.

Ken and Sarah Ramsey's homebred Real Solution shed his "nearly-horse" tag with a convincing rally in Saturday's Grade 1, $1 million Manhattan Stakes.

Tonalist has won the Belmont Stakes, denying California Chrome the Triple Crown.