Horse Racing News

Lines of Battle held off a tenacious Elleval to win the UAE Derby at Meydan Racecourse March 30, earning 100 points toward a probable start in the May 4 Kentucky Derby.

Trainer Mike de Kock summed up undefeated Soft Falling Rain's less than ideal trip to a tremendous victory in the $1 million Godolphin Mile

Cavalryman came from near the back of the field to win the $1 million Dubai Gold Cup by three lengths Saturday in a victory for owner and Dubai ruler Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum.

Successful Song was supposed to be embarking on a new career as a broodmare by now, but her connections at Live Oak Plantation changed the plan for their homebred daughter of Successful Appeal thanks to her winning ways during the Gulfstream Park meet

She couldn't catch Live Lively in her seasonal debut five weeks earlier, but Dreaming of Julia figures to be much tighter for their next engagement in the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks March 30 at Gulfstream Park.

A year after Take Charge Indy left seven other 3-year-olds in his wake with a front-running score in the Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park, he returns as one of the favorites in the $100,000 Skip Away Stakes March 30.

There's no doubt Optimizer has been a different horse since Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas moved him to grass -- the grass at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in particular.

Starlight Stables' 2-year-old champion Shanghai Bobby drew the rail in a field of 10 for the $1 million Besilu Stables Florida Derby to be run March 30 at Gulfstream Park, with Holy Bull Stakes winner Itsmyluckyday assigned post 3.

A field of 10 has been entered for the $1 million Besilu Stables Florida Derby March 30 at Gulfstream Park, although three horses are getting almost all of the attention: Itsmyluckyday, Shanghai Bobby, and Orb.

Team Valor International's Animal Kingdom, winner of the 2011 Kentucky Derby, drew post 12 of 13 when the field was drawn March 27 for the $10 million Dubai World Cup sponsored by Emirates to be run March 30 at Meydan.