Horse Racing News

Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I'll Have Another is headed to stud duty in Japan.

Jockey John Velazquez won't need surgery for a broken collarbone that he sustained in a riding accident at Churchill Downs on June 16.

Eight of the 10 contestants in the Debutante Stakes at Churchill Downs June 23 broke their maidens in their last start. The other two are still searching for their first score.

Willa B Awesome will try for her third graded victory of 2012 in Saturday's Grade 2, $150,000 Hollywood Oaks at Hollywood Park.

Believe You Can will face only four rivals on Saturday in the Grade 1, $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes at Belmont Park as she seeks to build upon her last-out victory in the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks.

Frankel kicked off the 2012 Royal Ascot meeting in dynamite fashion Tuesday, strolling to an 11-length thrashing in the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes.

Secretariat's winning time in the 1973 Preakness has been changed to reflect that the Triple Crown-winning colt's time was actually faster than the stakes record.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders have reached an accord on the temporary takeover of the New York Racing Association by the state government.

Jockey John Velazquez broke his right collarbone and will require surgery, Churchill Downs officials confirmed Saturday, after the 40-year-old rider was injured in a three-horse spill during the ninth race at the Louisville oval.

Jockey John Velazquez was transported to Audubon Hospital after injuring a shoulder Saturday in a spill in the ninth race at Churchill Downs.