Horse Racing News

Hit the Board Stables' I'm Already Sexy sped to the early lead and never looked back in Saturday's Grade 3, $175,000 Pucker Up at Arlington.

Avoiding trouble near the eighth pole when favored Ready to Act bore in sharply while leading and hit the rail, Harlequin Ranches' Llanarmon surged between rivals to post a victory in the $217,907 Natalma Stakes at Woodbine.

Still last in mid-stretch, Peace Preserver rallied between horses to secure the first graded stakes win of her career with an upset tally in the $200,000 Noble Damsel Stakes.

Making her United States debut, French filly Alterite seized the lead past mid-stretch en route to a commanding victory in the $500,000 Garden City Stakes.

Hit The Board Stables' I'm Already Sexy and Team Block's I O Ireland return in search of an initial graded stakes victory in the $175,000 Pucker Up Stakes at Arlington Park Sept. 14.

Woodbine's leading trainer Mark Casse sends out a trio of juveniles for the $200,000 Summer Stakes Presented by TVG Sept. 14 at the Ontario oval.

One year after saddling Gary Barber and Stoneway Farm's Spring Venture to victory in the 2012 Natalma Stakes, trainer Mark Casse has entered four fillies in the one-mile turf race for juvenile fillies Sept. 14 at Woodbine.

Mentor Cane, second in the Grade 1 Foxwoods King's Bishop Stakes Aug. 24 at Saratoga Race Course, was euthanized on Sept. 12 following an injury he incurred during a morning workout.

Morton Fink's Wise Dan, winner of last year's Ricoh Woodbine Mile and Horse of the Year in 2012, drew post four in a field of six as the 2-5 favorite for this year's edition of the $1 million grass test Sept. 15 in Toronto.

The $350,000 Garden City Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Belmont Park Sept. 14 offers bettors an interesting dilemma.