Horse Racing News

When Union Rags dropped out of the July 29 Haskell Invitational due to a suspensory injury, it left the door open for a possible Bodemeister -- Hansen speed slugfest to determine the top 3-year-old in training.

Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Doug O'Neill said he will drop his appeal of a 45-day suspension in California stemming from a carbon dioxide overage in one of his horses in 2010 and will serve the suspension from Aug. 19-Sept. 27.

Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I'll Have Another was ailing well before he was retired from racing with a tendon injury the day ahead of his bid to win the Belmont Stakes and become the first Triple Crown champion in 34 years.

Belmont Stakes winner Union Rags has a minor ligament injury in his left front leg and will be sidelined for the rest of the year.

The owner of I'll Have Another says he sold his Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner to a farm in Japan for $10 million, a price that far exceeded any amount he was offered in the United States.

J. Paul Reddam and jockey Mario Gutierrez had another reason to bask in the spotlight, courtesy of Quiet Oasis' scraping home in the Grade 2, $150,000 Royal Heroine Mile.

Game On Dude repelled a major challenge from stablemate Richard's Kid to make Chantal Sutherland the first female jockey to win the Hollywood Gold Cup July 7 in its 73rd running at Betfair Hollywood Park.

Easy front-runner Turbo Compressor, ridden with precision by Joe Bravo, put his six rivals to sleep and coasted to a 1 3/4-length victory over Air Support in the $505,000 United Nations Stakes July 7 at Monmouth Park.

This season, the 2011 Eclipse Award-winning female sprinter would not be denied, holding off a stiff challenge from Nicole H to take the $400,000 six-furlong event July 7 at Calder Casino & Race Course.

Saturday's Grade 2, $195,000 Monmouth Cup at one mile evolved into a quarter-mile dash to the wire after Sloane Ranger set a lethargic pace of :25 2/5 and :49 3/5.