Horse Racing News
Posted 1/12/13 5:39 PM by Jack Shinar
Fed Biz, a colt that came with a big price tag and a world of potential, recorded the first graded stakes win of his career with a gate-to-wire triumph in the $151,000 San Fernando Feb. 12 at Santa Anita Park.
Posted 1/12/13 5:38 PM by Claire Novak
Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens rode the first winner of his newly-launched comeback Jan. 12, getting the job done aboard Glen Hill Farm's Branding for trainer Tom Proctor in the first race of the day at Santa Anita Park.
After registering a 108 BRIS Speed rating for his convincing victory in the December 16 Harlan's Holiday, Csaba will look to continue his winning ways in Sunday's Grade 3, $100,000 Hal's Hope at Gulfstream Park.
Posted 1/10/13 8:36 PM by Jack Shinar
Grade 1 winner Jeranimo launches his 7-year-old campaign Jan. 13 on the turf at Santa Anita Park in the $150,000 San Gabriel Stakes, a race he won in 2010 and was second in last year.
Battle Force stamped himself as an excellent turf prospect this year when recording a fast-finishing second in the Grade 2 Sir Beaufort on Santa Anita's.
Following a disappointing fifth as the favorite in the Grade 3 Ack Ack on dirt, Dominus will return to turf in Saturday's Grade 2, $150,000 Ft. Lauderdale at Gulfstream Park.
Groupie Doll, the presumptive champion female sprinter of 2012 who arrived at Gulfstream Park on December 29, has yet to make it to the racetrack to train due to less-than-perfect blood work.
Posted 1/8/13 8:59 AM by Associated Press
New York's top court refused Tuesday to hear another appeal by a Kentucky Derby-winning trainer on his 10-year ban from the sport for drug violations.
Posted 1/7/13 9:55 AM by Jack Shinar
In his first race in more than seven years, Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens felt the thrill of being in front heading for the wire. But the exhilaration was short-lived as his mount Jebrica was passed in deep stretch.
Posted 1/7/13 9:50 AM by Jack Shinar
Mizdirection, making her first start since defeating males in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, ran down speedy Kindle in the shadow of the wire to register a repeat victory in the Monrovia Stakes over the hillside turf course at Santa Anita Park Jan. 6.