Horse Racing News

Legislation has been introduced in Congress to amend the 1961 Federal Wire Act to ban all forms of interstate wagering except horse racing.

Racing Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado was injured in a training accident at Keeneland the morning of April 10 and will be out of action for at least 30 days.

Tapiture, Strong Mandate, and Ride On Curlin butt heads once more at Oaklawn Park in the The $1 million Arkansas Derby April 12, and they'll be joined by another new shooter from the Bob Baffert barn in Bayern.

Lemon Drop Dream, tracking a blistering pace into the stretch, charged home to register a well-timed victory in the $294,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap in his graded stakes debut April 10 at Oaklawn Park.

A total of 15 sophomores were entered on Wednesday at Keeneland for the Grade 1, $750,000 Blue Grass Stakes

Will Take Charge, who has been stabled at Oaklawn Park throughout the winter but has not yet partaken in any of the track's major races for older horses, will be among the attractions on closing day of the Hot Springs, Arkansas, track when he heads a fiel

Already 3-for-3 at Keeneland, Judy the Beauty will try to nail down the first grade I victory of her career Saturday, April 12 in the $300,000 Madison Stakes at the Lexington track.

Two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan will get his 2014 campaign started April 11, when he takes on six foes in the $300,000 Maker's 46 Mile at Keeneland in his first start of the year.

Close Hatches will try to add a third top-level victory to her resume in the $600,000 Apple Blossom Handicap, in which she meets four opponents, including last year's winner On Fire Baby, April 11 at Oaklawn Park.

In one of the most thrilling editions of the Central Bank Ashland Stakes, Rosalind and Room Service hit the wire together for a dead-heat atop the 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-old fillies April 5 at Keeneland.