Horse Racing News

After tracking the leaders through the turn, Michael Langford's Dunkin Bend rallied three wide turning for home on his way to a clear victory in the $96,000 Sapling Stakes Sept. 1 at Monmouth Park.

Sweet Reason confirmed her love for sloppy going when the recent maiden winner splashed away to an easy victory in the $300,000 Spinaway Stakes Sept. 1 at Saratoga Race Course.

Fred Allor's homebred Five Iron scored a third straight front-running victory Sept. 1, this time nailing down the first graded stakes win of his career in the $150,000 Saranac Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.

She's a Tiger, ridden masterfully by Gary Stevens, showed plenty of spunk to overpower her rivals while tallying comfortably in the $300,000 Del Mar Debutante Aug. 31.

Silver Max ran legitimate fractions early and had plenty left to finish up late in the $245,000 Bernard Baruch Handicap Aug. 31 at Saratoga Race Course, streaking wire-to-wire over yielding ground for his second graded-stakes score in a row.

Pacesetter Strapping Groom, a $35,000 claim in May, captured the Forego Stakes in a 15-1 upset Aug. 31 at Saratoga Race Course, surging in the final strides to edge Jackson Bend on a sloppy track.

Godolphin Stables' Alpha sprung a wire-to-wire upset in the $750,000 Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 31, winning for the first time since he took the 2012 Travers Stakes last August in a dead heat with Golden Ticket.

Trainer Eric Guillot has filed a complaint with the New York State Gaming Commission alleging that jockey Luis Saez carried an electronic device when he won the Aug. 24 Travers Stakes aboard Will Take Charge.

Mucho Macho Man, most recently third in the Whitney Handicap, has been scratched from Saturday's Grade 1 Woodward at Saratoga.

John Oxley's versatile Uncaptured, who has won on dirt and synthetic surfaces in the U.S. and Canada, heads a field of 10 3-year-olds entered in the $350,000 Smarty Jones Stakes at Parx Racing on Labor Day, Sept. 2.