Horse Racing News

A field of six was entered Wednesday morning for Saturday's Grade 2, $200,000 San Diego Handicap at Del Mar, and trainer Bob Baffert has the powerful 1-2 punch of Paynter and Liaison primed to go.

A New Mexico company's hard-fought attempts to convert its cattle plant to a horse slaughterhouse were dealt a series of new blows July 22, with the state denying its wastewater permit.

Liking what he saw during a July 23 workout at Del Mar, trainer Bob Baffert will stick to his plan to enter Gary and Mary West's Power Broker in the $1 million William Hill Haskell Invitational Stakes July 28 at Monmouth Park.

Stuart Janney III and Phipps Stable's Kentucky Derby winner Orb is working his way back to racing at Fair Hill, the Elkton, Md. training center where he's been stabled since June 9, the day after finishing third in the Belmont Stakes.

Late-running Jeranimo returned to his best form with a perfect setup in the $300,000 Eddie Read Stakes July 20, soaring through the stretch under a confident Rafael Bejarano to win going away on the turf at Del Mar.

Princess of Sylmar was much the best in the $294,000 TVG Coaching Club American Oaks, adding the July 20 Saratoga Race Course fixture to her earlier win in the Kentucky Oaks this spring for Ed Stanco's King of Prussia Stable and trainer Todd Pletcher.

Content to track surprising leader Sea Island through slow fractions early, Authenticity surged past turning for home and held off an inside rally from Flashy American to win the Shuvee Handicap by one length July 20 at Saratoga Race Course.

Racing without Lasix in search of a return to dominant form, Besilu Stable's champion racemare Royal Delta cruised to victory by 10 ¾ lengths in the $750,000 Delaware Handicap July 20 at Delaware Park.

History was made on day one of Saratoga's sesquicentennial, with the juvenile fillies Bahnah and Brazen Persuasion serving up the first dead-heat victory in 95 runnings of the Grade 3, $150,000 Schuylerville on Friday.

Rebounding from the worst loss of his career in last month's True North Handicap, Michael Dubb and Gary Aisquith's Sage Valley rallied from off the pace to take Friday's Grade 3, $100,000 James Marvin on the opening day program at Saratoga.