Horse Racing News

A revamped Strub Stakes, moved forward on the Santa Anita Park schedule and shortened in distance to 1 1/16 miles, features two strong entrants apiece from Hall of Fame trainers Bob Baffert and Jerry Hollendorfer.

In a year when the 3-year-old male leaderboard kept changing by the month, it should come as no surprise that a horse like Will Take Charge, who excelled from August to November, be the frontrunner for the Eclipse Award.

Last March, Ribo Bobo was claimed for $6,250 out of a Gulfstream Park victory by trainer Jason Servis for Mr. Amore Stable.

Wishing Gate and Bad Debt figure prominently in the two Florida Sunshine Millions races on turf Jan. 18 at Gulfstream Park, a pair of intriguing grass tests on a day Florida-breds get the spotlight.

Devil's Cave, a two-length winner in her stakes debut over Florida-bred fillies last time out, will put her speed to the test in the $300,000 Florida Sunshine Millions Distaff Jan. 18 at Gulfstream Park.

Breeders' Cup Classic winner Mucho Macho Man towers over the competition for his 2014 debut Jan. 18 in the Florida Sunshine Millions Classic at Gulfstream Park, a race that for him has alternately been a triumph and a debacle.

Six-time Grade/Group 1 winner St Nicholas Abbey died the morning of Jan. 14 due to complications from colic, Coolmore Stud reported.

WinStar Farm's multiple graded stakes winner Revolutionary returned to the races for the first time since the 2013 Belmont Stakes with a solid victory Jan. 11 at Gulfstream Park, taking a one mile allowance by half a length over Grade 3 winner Falling Sky

Bad Boy Racing LLC and Whizway Farms' Blueskiesnrainbows took command of Saturday's Grade 2, $200,500 San Pasqual at Santa Anita.

The $100,000 Sham Stakes at Santa Anita Park on Jan. 11 was a two-horse race all the way down to the final sixteenth of a mile, and considering the fact that only four runners started, that was not a surprise.