Horse Racing News

Returning from a near-death experience last year, Paynter demolished an allowance field June 14 at Betfair Hollywood Park in his first start since winning last July's Haskell Invitational.

Champion Zenyatta is in foal to War Front, her connections have confirmed.

Two years after winning the Belmont Stakes, George and Lori Hall's Ruler On Ice will again travel the full circuit of the Belmont Park main track oval June 7 when he starts in the 10.5-mile Brooklyn Handicap.

St. George Farm Racing's homebred and dual graded stakes winner Mr. Commons will attempt to overcome the rail post and snap an eight-race losing streak when he faces at least eight others in the June 7 Jaipur Stakes at Belmont Park.

In anticipation of heavy rain in the area beginning the night of Thursday, June 6, Belmont Park officials plan to roll and seal the track after the Thursday races.

Charlie Em and Scarlet Strike, just a head apart when one-two, respectively in the Senorita Stakes last month, square off again in the $150,000 Honeymoon Handicap June 8 at Betfair Hollywood Park.

Slim Shadey returns to his favorite distance of 10 furlongs as the 122-pound highweight in the $200,000 Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap on the turf at Betfair Hollywood Park June 8.

Lucky Shamrock Stable's Declan's Warrior will try to extend his win streak to four races when he starts in what appears to be a strong edition of the $400,000 Woody Stephens Stakes June 8 at Belmont Park.

Unlike the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic last month, when he scratched Point of Entry because of the wet going, trainer Shug McGaughey said emphatically that the 5-year-old will compete in the $500,000 Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap.

Bringing 2012 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint winner Mizdirection to Belmont Park for the $500,000 Longines Just a Game Stakes June 8, the California horseman has no doubt she's best of the bunch -- and that's saying something.