Horse Racing News

Heavy choice Willcox Inn cut the final corner expertly for jockey Robby Albarado and sprinted away from his rivals in the stretch to win the $200,000 Hawthorne Derby by 4 1/2 lengths Oct. 15 at Hawthorne Racecourse.

Jockey Eddie Castro was conscious, in stable condition, and able to move his extremities following a spill in the fourth race at Belmont Park Oct. 15.

Coolmore's outstanding sire Galileo scored a transatlantic double-header on Saturday, with his progeny winning different runnings of races named in honor of Queen Elizabeth II.

Denomination came back strong off the 4 1/2-month freshening in Saturday's $100,000 Athenia Handicap at Belmont Park, rallying to a 2 3/4-length decision on the yielding turf.

Mad Flatter didn't run off as convincingly as last year, but he comfortably held Mambo Meister at bay to repeat in Saturday's Grade 3 Spend a Buck Handicap on the Festival of the Sun program at Calder.

The two Grade 1 events on Sunday's Canadian International undercard, the E.P. Taylor and the Nearctic, both lured highly-competitive fields.

Joshua Tree, Mores Wells and Redwood, who served up a climactic three-way photo in the Grade 1 Canadian International a year ago, are among a record 16-strong field lined up for Sunday's $1.5 million renewal at Woodbine.

Trainer Phil Gleaves has had a year to think about Mad Flatter's one-sided win over his odds-on Mambo Meister in the 2010 Spend A Buck.

A full field of 10 state-bred geldings, including past race winners Sea Rescue, Russell Road, and Ghostly Thunder, are set for the featured $500,000 West Virginia Breeders' Classic.

Rick Dutrow Jr., who had his license revoked and was barred from racing in New York for 10 years, won't be allowed to race in California either.