Horse Racing News

Paul Reddam may have lost I'll Have Another and finished unplaced in the Haskell Invitational with Handsome Mike, but that doesn't mean he's out of the 3-year-old picture.

Paynter, who came down with an illness following his victory in the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational, won't make the Grade 1 Travers Stakes on August 25, owner Ahmed Zayat announced via Twitter Monday.

William DeBurgh, Jerry Hollendorfer, and Mark DeDominico's City to City made it a bustling finish in the John C. Mabee Stakes, hurtling down the center of the turf course to catch All Star Heartright on the wire to take the $250,000 event by a nose.

Klaravich Stables Inc. and William Lawrence's Spurious Precision took full advantage of Shanghai Bobby's withdrawal from Sunday's Grade 2, $200,000 Saratoga Special Stakes to wire the 6 1/2-furlong contest under jockey Alan Garcia by five lengths.

Stonestreet Stables LLC's Kauai Katie wired her foes in the Grade 2, $196,000 Adirondack Stakes at Saratoga Sunday, taking it by 2 3/4 lengths as the 2-5 favorite.

Glen Hill Farms' homebred Old Time Hockey rallied to catch My Best Brother in the final strides of Saturday's Grade 2, $147,000 La Jolla Handicap.

Jockey John Velazquez kept Wise Dan on the rail throughout Saturday's Grade 2, $500,000 Fourstardave Handicap at Saratoga.

Becky Winemiller's Wine Princess turned back a two-pronged challenge from Proud Pearl and Defy Gravity around the far turn and drew off with authority in the stretch to land Saturday's Grade 3, $101,000 Monmouth Oaks.

Cambina, beaten a nose last time out in the Beverly Hills Handicap at Betfair Hollywood Park, rates a slight edge against five older fillies and mares Aug. 12 in Del Mar's John C. Mabee Stakes.

There's a common thread linking Sunday's pair of $200,000 juvenile stakes at Saratoga, and it's the formidable presence of Todd Pletcher runners.