Horse Racing News

Rachel Alexandra, the 2009 Horse of the Year who produced her first foal this year, has been pronounced in foal to Darley stallion Bernardini.

Trainer Bob Baffert had a heart attack early Monday morning in Dubai and is resting comfortably in a hospital there after having stents inserted into two arteries, according to Bernie Schiappa, a co-owner of Game On Dude.

Robert S. Evans' Vamo a Galupiar kicked home best of all in a contentious finish to the Grade 2, $150,000 Santa Ana, handing trainer Neil Drysdale a sweep of the Sunday stakes at Santa Anita.

Bourbon Bay rallied from last in a field of five, closing six lengths in the final quarter-mile, to score a thrilling win in Sunday's $150,000 San Luis Rey Stakes at Santa Anita.

Bob and Cathy Zollars' Daddy Nose Best stamped his ticket the May 5 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs with a nice win in Sunday's Grade 3, $800,000 Sunland Derby under jockey Julien Leparoux.

Zvika Akin, Greg Avery, Bill Wilbur and trainer Art Sherman's Dynamic Host earned his first stakes victory on Saturday when gutting out a neck victory in the Grade 3, $100,000 Tokyo City Cup Stakes at Santa Anita Park.

Extra distance was the key for James Karp's homebred Newsdad to exact revenge on Simmard, as the son of Arch came from off the pace to win the $150,000 Pan American against a short field March 24 at Gulfstream Park.

In Lingerie, returning to the Turfway Park Polytrack where she broke her maiden in January, destroyed an overmatched group of 3-year-old fillies in the $100,000 Bourbonette Oaks, leading a one-two finish for trainer Todd Pletcher March 24.

Went the Day Well took command in Saturday's Grade 3, $500,000 Vinery Racing Spiral Stakes to give owner Team Valor International and trainer Graham Motion their second consecutive victory in the race.

In a surprising year which two Turfway Park maiden winners, Hansen and Gemologist, are leading Kentucky Derby prospects, it's apropos that another Turfway maiden winner, In Lingerie, has a chance to shine Saturday in a minor Kentucky Oaks prep.