Horse Racing News

Let Faith Arise avenged two earlier losses during the Santa Anita winter meet with a game score in the Grade 1, $350,500 Santa Margarita on Saturday.

E. Paul Robsham Stables' homebred Golden Lad recorded a smashing stakes debut in Saturday's Grade 3, $200,000 Razorback Handicap at Oaklawn Park.

Juddmonte Farms Inc.'s Close Hatches utilized her rail post to take command early of Saturday's Grade 2, $200,000 Azeri at Oaklawn Park and ended up wiring the field by 1 1/4 lengths under jockey Joel Rosario.

Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer confirmed March 13 that 2-year-old champion male Shared Belief will not contest the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland next month and is officially off the road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands.

After notching her first graded victory in the Santa Maria, Iotapa will attempt to make it two straight in Saturday's Grade 1, $350,000 Santa Margarita at Santa Anita.

The Rebel undercard at Oaklawn Park on Saturday features a pair of solid races for older horses, the Grade 2, $200,000 Azeri for fillies and mares and the Grade 3, $200,000 Razorback Handicap, both at 1 1/16 miles.

The first in a potential series of rubber matches between Tapiture and Strong Mandate is set to occur Saturday in the Grade 2, $600,000 Rebel at Oaklawn Park, a 1 1/16-mile prep for $1 million Arkansas Derby on April 12.

Remsen Stakes winner Honor Code was defeated by Social Inclusion March 12 at Gulfstream Park as the speedster drew away to a 10-length victory in track record fashion.

Coming up to his 2014 seasonal debut at Gulfstream Park, top 3-year-old prospect Honor Code breezed four furlongs March 9 in :47.97 seconds over the main track.

Making only his second start since a thrilling, last-jump victory in the Metropolitan Handicap on Memorial Day, Sahara Sky rallied from near the back in the final quarter-mile to capture the Grade 2, $251,250 San Carlos at Santa Anita on Saturday.