Horse Racing News

The $100,000 Aristides Stakes may be the feature worth the most June 1 at Churchill Downs, but a familiar cast of characters makes the $65,000 Opening Verse a more intriguing contest.

Den's Legacy, taken off the Triple Crown trail by trainer Bob Baffert after a sixth-place finish in the Arkansas Derby, should find the company more to his liking in the $100,000 Affirmed Handicap June 2 at Betfair Hollywood Park.

Cresran's homebred Tiz Miz Sue has been mixing it up with Grade 1 company ever since July 2011 and finally got the victory while becoming a millionaire at the same time in Monday's $400,000 Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont Park.

Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum and Kevin Tsujihara's Comma to the Top wired the field as the 3-5 favorite in Monday's Grade 3, $100,250 Los Angeles Handicap at Hollywood Park.

Midnight Lucky earns graded stakes in dominating performance in the $300,000 Grade I Acorn Stakes.

The old adage "pace makes the race" sums up how Monday's Grade 2, $200,000 Sands Point unfolded at Belmont Park, where Patricia Generazio's homebred Discreet Marq got away with pedestrian splits to make a winning debut for Christophe Clement.

Under a flawless ride by Hall of Fame comebacker Gary Stevens, Glen Hill Farm's Marketing Mix held off Tiz Flirtatious in Monday's Grade 1, $250,500 Gamely at Hollywood Park, and so made a winning reappearance of her own.

Sahara Sky, invading from Southern California for trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, needed every inch of the long Belmont Park stretch run to catch pacesetting Cross Traffic in a heart-pounding finish to the $750,000 Metropolitan Handicap May 27.

Coffeepot Stables' Imposing Grace reeled in her first ever stakes victory in Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Arlington Matron at Arlington Park as the 8-1 longshot paid $19.20, $9 and $5.40 to her supporters.

William Stiritz's Hogy settled behind the dueling leaders of Saturday's Grade 3, $150,000 Hanshin Cup.