Horse Racing News

Champion Groupie Doll rallied from well off a sizzling pace to capture the $400,200 Presque Isle Masters Stakes in track-record time for 6 ½ furlongs Sept. 9 at Presque Isle Downs & Casino.

Pants On Fire drew away late to post a clear win in the Ack Ack Handicap Sept. 7 at Churchill Downs, completing the one-turn mile in a stakes-record time of 1:33.78.

A pair of heavy longshots trained by Dale Romans for Donegal Racing swept the exacta in the $171,750 Iroquois Stakes Sept. 7 at Churchill Downs when Cleburne edged a fast-closing Smart Cover by a neck in the key juvenile test.

Untapable, under a patient ride from Rosie Napravnik, collared favored Stonetastic past in deep stretch and edged away to a half-length victory in the $168,150 Pocahontas Stakes Sept. 7 at Churchill Downs.

Favored Are You Kidding Me shipped across the border and won outside Canada for the first time, powering home by four lengths to take the $200,000 Kent Stakes at Delaware Park Sept. 7 in near-record time.

There's no doubt Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider's homebred 3-year-old Departing is a talented runner, and the bay gelding reinforced that point Sept. 7 when winning the $500,000 Super Derby by four lengths at Harrah's Louisiana Downs.

Susan Moulton's Solitary Ranger returned from a layup to take the $150,000 Arlington-Washington Futurity in solid fashion Sept. 7 at Arlington Park.

Hyper had his consistency rewarded with his first graded stakes victory in the $250,000 Bowling Green Handicap on the inner turf at Belmont Park Sept. 7 as odds-on favorite Boisterous fizzled in the stretch.

While Groupie Doll returned from a layup with a passable third in the Aug. 10 Gardenia Stakes at Ellis Park, she'll have little margin for error in the $400,000 Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes at Presque Isle Downs Monday, Sept. 9.

Al Stall Jr., about to board a flight for Shreveport on Sept. 4, analyzed the post position drawn by even-money favorite Departing in the $500,000 Super Derby slated for Sept. 7 at Louisiana Downs.