Horse Racing News

With owner Mandy Pope on hand, two-time champion Groupie Doll breezed Feb. 2 at Gulfstream Park & Casino in preparation for her final career start in the Feb. 9 Hurricane Bertie Stakes. Gulfstream Park announced the purse for the race will be increased $5

Live racing at Aqueduct Racetrack has been cancelled for Monday, Feb. due to snow. It is the fourth full or partial card cancellation at the track since Jan. 1 due to weather.

Dual Grade 1 winner Verrazano will remain in training in 2014, rather than retiring to stand at Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky.

Two New York-breds stood out in a six-horse field heading into the $250,000 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack, and those two put on quite a show while developing a rivalry that could continue on the road to the Kentucky Derby.

Honors Stable Corporation's Wildcat Red turned in a sparkling performance Feb. 1 at Gulfstream Park, taking the $200,000 Hutcheson Stakes over eight other 3-year-olds in dominant fashion. The Feb. 22 Fountain of Youth will be his next target.

David Heerensperger and Jose Nelson's Winning Prize blew by a loose-on-the-lead Regally Ready and stormed clear in Saturday's Grade 2, $200,500 Arcadia Stakes at Santa Anita.

After getting a quick jump out of the gate, Fashion Plate went wire-to-wire and held off tenacious even-money favorite Streaming for a game victory in the $300,000 Las Virgenes Stakes Feb. 1 at Santa Anita Park.

WinStar Farm LLC and Twin Creeks Racing Stables LLC's Vinceremos pulled off the upset by a nose in Saturday's Grade 3, $200,000 Sam F. Davis for three-year-olds at Tampa Bay Downs. Off as the 12-1 fifth choice, the colt paid $26.80 for the score.

The 1-2 favorite Salto appeared well on his way to an overdue first stakes victory in Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Tampa Bay Stakes, only to have the 14-1 Guys Reward swoop fast and late to snatch the spoils.

Candyman E rallied to catch pacesetter Dads Caps in deep stretch and posted his first graded stakes win in Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Toboggan at Aqueduct.