Horse Racing News

He never backed down from a fight, and wherever they entered him, he ran.

Malibu Stakes winner Shakin It Up answered doubts about his ability around two turns when he overpowered stablemate Govenor Charlie to give trainer Bob Baffert the exacta in the $200,000 Strub Stakes Jan. 18 at Santa Anita Park.

E. Paul Robsham Stables' homebred Sweet N Discreet made a successful try at 1 ⅛ miles for the first time Jan. 18 at Gulfstream Park, taking the $300,000 Florida Sunshine Millions Distaff by 1 ½ lengths over Devil's Cave.

With little to contend with, Mucho Macho Man galloped to victory as he pleased by 14 lengths while opening his 2014 campaign in the $400,000 Florida Sunshine Millions Classic Jan. 18 at Gulfstream Park.

Cathy and Bob Zollers' Daddy Nose Best got up just in time to win by a neck in Saturday's Grade 3, $123,750 Colonel E.R. Bradley Handicap, giving the five-year-old horse his first graded victory since capturing the Sunland Derby as a three-year-old.

Lemons Forever posted one of the biggest upsets in recent Kentucky Oaks history when taking the 2006 edition at odds of 47-1.

Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey's Vicar's in Trouble drew off to a 6 ¾-length victory in Saturday's Grade 3, $200,000 Lecomte at Fair Grounds.

Daddy Nose Best, a smashing stakes winner in his first start over the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots turf, returns to the New Orleans track as the top weight in the $125,000 Colonel E. R. Bradley Handicap Jan. 18.

Trainer Dallas Stewart, who saddled 2006 Kentucky Oaks winner Lemons Forever to the tune of a $96.20 ticket, will set Charles Fipke's Unbridled Forever on the same path Jan. 18 in the $125,000 Silverbulletday Stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.

After five starts on turf last year, Dennis Foster's Got Shades will move to the main track when he makes his 3-year-old season debut Jan. 18 in the $200,000 Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds.