Horse Racing News

Veterinarians at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital near Lexington remain pleased with the progress of 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra following her abdominal surgery resulting from foaling complications Feb. 13.

Trainer Peter Miller has shipped Grade 1 winner Comma to the Top east for a start against nine other experienced rivals in the $200,000 Tom Fool Handicap March 2 at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Paynter continued his remarkable comeback Tuesday when posting his first workout since returning to trainer Bob Baffert's barn in late December, completing three furlongs in :36 at Santa Anita. It was the third-fastest of 12 workers at the distance.

Game On Dude and Ron the Greek, horses with contrasting styles but both possessing a victory in the Santa Anita Handicap, are the clear standouts in the marquee event for handicap horses March 2 at Santa Anita Park.

The top three from the January 26 Grade 3 Santa Ysabel and the top two from the January 21 Grade 2 Santa Ynez will join three others in the Santa Anita starting gate Saturday for the Grade 1, $250,000 Las Virgenes.

Five-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Todd Pletcher lost a major contender for the 2013 Kentucky Derby when the impressive Violence suffered a career-ending injury last weekend.

Overanalyze, another in trainer Todd Pletcher's seemingly endless arsenal of classic prospects, will have is sophomore unveiling in Saturday's Grade 3, $400,000 Gotham at Aqueduct.

Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Rick Dutrow has filed a federal lawsuit trying to overturn his 10-year ban from racing in New York for drug violations.

Grade 1 winner Violence, among the early favorites for this year's Kentucky Derby, sustained a fracture to his right front medial sesamoid and is off the Triple Crown trail.

For a second time at Santa Anita this winter, Sahara Sky has been the beneficiary of a pace meltdown in one of the track's historic sprint stakes.