Horse Racing News

Bobby Rankin's Funnys Approval proved she's no laughing matter on off tracks with a solid front-running upset in the $250,000 Barbara Fritchie Handicap at Laurel Park Feb. 16.

Surging in the final yards, Swift Warrior prevailed in a tight four-horse finish to the $150,000 Tampa Bay Stakes for his second grade III victory in a row Feb. 16 on the turf at Tampa Bay Downs.

Amira's Prince remained a perfect three-for-three in the U.S. Feb. 16, collecting his first graded stakes win in the $150,000 Mac Diarmida Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens stole the $200,000 Santa Maria Stakes aboard outsider Great Hot Feb. 16 for his third consecutive stakes win at Santa Anita Park over the past two weekends.

Black Caviar took her unbeaten record to 23 victories Feb. 16 at Flemington Racecourse in Australia when winning her comeback from a long layoff in record time in the race named in her honor, the Black Caviar Lightning Stakes.

Rachel Alexandra remained in serious condition at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital Feb. 15, following surgery to repair a section of her small colon injured when she foaled a filly three days earlier.

Sunday's Grade 2, $150,000 San Vicente is not worth any points in the new Road to the Kentucky Derby scoring system, but the seven-furlong test at Santa Anita figures to yield contenders for major Derby preps down the road.

Jockey Ramon Dominguez, injured in a spill at Aqueduct on January 18, discussed his rehabilitation and desire to resume his career in a February 14 interview with NYRA television analyst and former jockey Richard Migliore.

Few want anything to do with Besilu Stable's 5-year-old champion Royal Delta as she preps for a start in the $10 million Dubai World Cup with a Feb. 17 run in the $100,000 Sabin Stakes.

Unplaced in five starts dating back to the Grade 1 United Nations in July 2011, multiple Grade 1 winner Teaks North was understandably not much of a hot commodity on the tote in the January 19 Florida Sunshine Millions Turf at Gulfstream Park.