Horse Racing News

Matias Cavalieri traveled to see his Argentinean Group 1 heroine Miss Serendipity contest Monday's $301,000 Gamely Stakes at Santa Anita.

After racing last in the early stages, Jack Milton flashed quick finishing speed to win the $300,000 Poker Stakes May 26 at Belmont Park.

Assistant trainer Alan Sherman declared "all systems go" for Triple Crown contender California Chrome after watching the 3-year-old colt gallop two miles at Belmont Park shortly after 6 a.m. (EDT) May 26.

Starlight Racing's Intense Holiday was taken out of consideration for the Belmont Stakes after being diagnosed with a condylar fracture following a May 25 workout for the $1.5 million classic.

Riposte found the yielding turf at Belmont Park to her liking as she rolled to a front-running victory in the $200,000 Sheepshead Bay Stakes over a good field for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott May 24.

A change in tactics helped Fire With Fire produce a 7-1 upset in the $200,000 Charles Whittingham Handicap May 24 on the grass at Santa Anita Park, giving Hall of Fame trainer Neil Drysdale a record-tying seventh win in the race.

Shared Belief, the champion 2-year-old of 2013, will make his long-awaited sophomore debut on Memorial Day, May 26, at Golden Gate Fields in a six-furlong allowance race.

Multiple grade I winner Emollient has burned plenty of money in her two starts this year, but she'll attempt to regain her winning form with a return to Santa Anita Park for the $300,000 Gamely Stakes Memorial Day, May 26.

Santa Anita Park has announced that it's one mile main track will undergo a major renovation beginning July 11 following conclusion of the Southern California facility's first spring stand.

California Chrome was unfazed by a chance encounter with an opossum that crossed the track at Belmont Park as the Triple Crown hopeful was ending his gallop.