Horse Racing News

Goldencents made a solid return to sprinting one month ago when second by a head in the Bing Crosby Stakes, and the Santa Anita Derby winner is back on the Del Mar main track Aug. 25 against 12 opponents in the Pat O'Brien Stakes.

Out of the money in her past two starts, Grade 1 winner Centre Court is looking to make it back to the winner's circle in the $250,000 Ketel One Ballston Spa Stakes at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 24.

Forty Tales, winner of three straight graded stakes, will have his work cut out for him just trying to make his way through all the traffic in the $500,000 Foxwoods King's Bishop Stakes Aug. 24 at Saratoga Race Course.

Richlyn Farm's upset Prioress Stakes winner Lighthouse Bay, Ju Ju Eyeballs, and TVG Coaching Club American Oaks runner-up My Happy Face all converge Aug. 24 in a loaded edition of the $500,000 Test Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.

A six-time Grade 1 winner whose problems with the Polytrack at Del Mar have been well-chronicled, Game On Dude is on the verge of a breakthrough in the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic Aug. 25, trainer Bob Baffert believes.

North America's best sophomores face off Aug. 24 at Saratoga Race Course -- Kentucky Derby winner Orb, Belmont Stakes winner Palace Malice, and William Hill Haskell Invitational winner Verrazano meeting in the $1 million Travers Stakes.

Kentucky Derby winner Orb has a chance Saturday in the Travers Stakes to get back in the 3-year-old championship picture.

Zayat Stables' Paynter worked seven furlongs in 1:25 ⅗ at Del Mar Aug. 20 in preparation for his cross-country trip to Saratoga, where he will face a number of the nation's top older horses in the Aug. 31 Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.

Lanni Family Trust's Reneesgotzip was much the best as she wired Sunday's Rancho Bernardo Handicap and crossed the wire in a track-record 1:14.48.

John D. Gunther's homebred Last Gunfighter outdueled defending champion San Pablo by a head in Sunday's Grade 3, $148,500 Philip H. Iselin Stakes at Monmouth Park.