Horse Racing News

Rick Porter and Larry Jones have made it no secret that they want to take a shot at the Horse of the Year award with Havre de Grace.

A pair of colts by first-year sire English Channel , Captain Webb and Optimzer, figure to be in the mix in Thursday's Grade 2 With Anticipation Stakes at Saratoga. The 1 1/16-mile race for 2-year-olds will be run on the Mellon Turf Course.

Harness racing's most celebrated winning streak came to an end Monday afternoon as See You At Peelers was finally beaten.

Already proven on turf, Acclamation added California's richest race for older horses to his list of accomplishments with a front-running win in Sunday's $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar.

Trainer Bob Baffert spent most of August admiring The Factor as the colt prepared for a comeback after a four-month break.

Havelock prevailed in a four-horse win photo of longshots in Sunday's Grade 2, $204,400 Play the King Stakes, a prep for next month's Grade 1 Woodbine Mile.

Hilda's Passion came out of her sensational victory in Saturday's Grade 1 Ballerina at Saratoga with a non-displaced condylar fracture of her right front leg trainer Todd Pletcher revealed on Sunday.

The race strategy for Celtic New Year in Sunday's $200,000 Del Mar Handicap was to try to lead throughout the turf marathon over 1 3/8 miles on turf.

A photo finish finally went in favor of Caracortado in Saturday's $200,000 Del Mar Mile.

With the remnants of Hurricane Irene expected to impact the area, the New York Racing Association has canceled Sunday's 11-race card at Saratoga