Horse Racing News

My Miss Aurelia, one of four unbeaten fillies in the full field of 14, drew post 9 and was installed as the 5-2 morning-line favorite by track linemaker Mike Battaglia for Friday's $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies

Midday, as expected, will make her third Breeders' Cup appearance in the BC Turf rather than the Filly and Mare Turf, the race she won in 2009 and in which she finished second here last year.

After several days of deliberation on the part of trainer Nick Zito, Jackson Bend was entered Monday morning in the Breeders' Cup Sprint rather than in the Dirt Mile.

The field for the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic continued to shrink on Sunday, when trainer Graham Motion decided to run Aruna in the Filly and Mare Turf on Friday.

An audible groan went up from the table of travelling lads from France at the Breeders' Cup World Championships post position draw when it was announced three-time Mile winner Goldikova had drawn the rail for the 2011 edition Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs.

Mike Repole's Uncle Mo was made the 5-2 morning-line favorite from post 12 in a 13-horse field for the Nov. 5 Breeders' Cup Classic, leaving trainer Todd Pletcher happy with the starting slot in the 1 1/4-mile race.

Havre de Grace went through her final exercise regimen for the Breeders' Cup Classic on the morning of Oct. 31, breezing five furlongs in 1:02, 13th fastest work of the day among 30 working the distance over a fast track.

Jockey Javier Castellano won his first riding title since 2007 on the New York Racing Association circuit when he edged Ramon Dominguez by two victories at the conclusion of Belmont Park's fall meet.

The best trotter in the world? It's San Pail. Case closed.

Wise Dan came away with the lead coming off the turn and ran away to a four-length victory in the $150,000 Fayette Stakes.