Horse Racing News

Blind Luck, the reigning champion 3-year-old filly, will be among eight Grade 1-winning fillies on offer at Keeneland's November mixed sale, which starts Nov. 7.

California Flag became the first horse to win the Grade 3 Morvich Stakes three times when he took the latest edition of the Santa Anita race by a half-length over Excessive Passion in a furious finish Oct. 10.

A magnetic resonance imaging test taken Tuesday on the right arm of Julien Leparoux revealed no soft-tissue damage, which clears the 28-year-old jockey to continue riding this week at Keeneland Race Course.

Flaxman Holdings Ltd.'s homebred Aruna made her main track debut on Sunday in Keeneland's Grade 1 Spinster Stakes and easily transferred her stellar turf form to the Polytrack when pulling off the win in the $500,000 contest under jockey Ramon Dominguez.

Heavily favored Union Rags, forced to wait for room in traffic, slipped past pacesetter Right to Vote on the outside near mid-stretch and drew off to capture the $300,000 Champagne Stakes.

Never Retreat, ridden by the red-hot Julien Leparoux, overcame the far outside post to capture the $350,000 First Lady Stakes on the Keeneland turf Oct. 8.

Gio Ponti, winless in five starts since winning the 2010 Shadwell Turf Mile, found a return to Keeneland the answer to correct a losing streak.

Bob Baffert's three-year-old star The Factor was heavily favored to take Saturday's Ancient Title at Santa Anita, but the charismatic gray never looked comfortable throughout the six-furlong journey and wilted to fourth after dueling into submission.

Maiden Dullahan stunned the $400,000 Dixiana Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland Oct. 8, coming from the back of the field to run down Majestic City late and score at odds of 17-1.

My Miss Aurelia defeated Stopshoppingmaria for the second time this year, drawing away in the stretch for a convincing 5 1/2-length win in the $300,000 Frizette Oct. 8 at Belmont.