Horse Racing News

Tizway, the expected favorite for the next weekend's Grade 1, $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup, will miss the race, according to trainer Jimmy Bond.

Saturday, Rattlesnake Bridge looks to improve upon that second-place performance when he meets Belmont Stakes winner Ruler On Ice, the multiple graded stakes winner To Honor and Serve, and six others in the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing.

All In Stable's Willcox Inn is the 3-1 favorite for the Grade 3, $250,000 Kent Stakes Sept. 24 at Delaware Park. The 1 1/8-mile turf event has attracted a field of 13 sophomores.

The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act was introduced in the House of Representatives by Republican U.S. Rep. Dan Burton of Indiana Sept. 19 as a companion to legislation already introduced in the U.S. Senate.

Tar Heel Mom could be running for a spot in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint when she heads a field of seven entered in Saturday's Grade 2, $150,000 Gallant Bloom Handicap at Belmont Park.

Turallure mounted a powerful rally from out of traffic under a daring ride from Julien Leparoux to capture Sunday's $1 million Woodbine Mile.

Driver Jack Moiseyev made a snap move with Daylon Magician in the second quarter and disappeared from the field to win the $1,000,000 Canadian Trotting Classic for three year-olds, on Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack.

Power held off the late challenge of Dragon Pulse to win the $269,000 Goffs National Stakes by a half-length at the Curragh Sept. 10.

Though Hungry Island was a convincing winner of last month's Grade 2 Lake Placid Stakes at Saratoga, most of the focus coming out of the race was about the disappointing performance of odds-on favorite Winter Memories.

New York State Sen. Thomas K. Duane (D-Manhattan) introduced legislation on Tuesday banning the use of the anti-bleeding medication furosemide, commonly referred to as Lasix, on any horse participating in a state-sanctioned race.