Horse Racing News

The $150,000 Carry Back Stakes set up perfectly for a closer at Calder Casino & Race Course on July 6, and Mico Margarita took full advantage to win his first graded stakes for J. Kirk and Judy Robison and trainer Steve Asmussen.

Nearly unbeatable at Belmont Park, Flat Out collected his fifth win from six starts at the New York oval while finishing much the best July 6 for his second victory in the $350,000 Suburban Handicap.

Glen Hill Farm's Customer Base topped the all-Tom Proctor exacta by upsetting stablemate and 8-5 favorite Midnight Music in Friday night's $72,350 Lucie Manet at Hollywood Park.

With victories last season in the Breeders' Cup Turf, Arlington Million and Woodford Reserve Turf Classic, Little Mike plundered three of the country's most significant turf stakes.

On paper many of the entries for this year's $116,000 Jersey Shore Stakes appeared to possess early speed.

After defeating other New York-breds on the lead in his previous start, King Kreesa replicated that front-running effort against open company in the $150,000 Poker Stakes July 4 at Belmont Park to secure the first graded stakes win of his career.

Chief Havoc, enjoying a big tactical advantage over his three rivals, went gate to wire as the odds-on choice to capture the $147,000 Swaps Stakes July 4 at Betfair Hollywood Park.

The $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup July 6 is all about Game On Dude, who goes for a repeat victory against just four opponents in the West Coast classic's final renewal at Betfair Hollywood Park.

Orb, winner of the Kentucky Derby, returned to the worktab July 3 for the first time since his third-place finish in the June 6 Belmont Stakes with a three-furlong breeze at Fair Hill Training Center near Elkton, Md.

Game On Dude zipped four furlongs in :47 4/5 over the artificial surface at Betfair Hollywood Park the morning of July 1 as the gelding worked toward a defense of his title in the July 6 Hollywood Gold Cup.