Horse Racing News

Experience prevailed in Sunday's "Battle of the Exes" at Del Mar between former fiancees Mike Smith and Chantal Sutherland.

Tizway and Flat Out, the one-two finishers from Saturday's Grade 1 Whitney Invitational Handicap at Saratoga, will likely renew acquaintances in the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational at Belmont Park on Oct. 1.

Preakness winner and Haskell runner-up Shackleford will most likely make his next start in the $1 million Travers Stakes here on Aug. 27, trainer Dale Romans said Sunday.

Front-running Tar Heel Mom overpowered her four rivals in the Grade 2, $150,000 Honorable Miss Handicap, drawing off in the stretch for a 5 3/4-length romp at Saratoga Aug. 7.

Front-running Sean Avery, under all-out pressure from jockey Joe Bravo, nosed prohibitive choice Trappe Shot to produce a 17-1 stunner in the Grade 1, $250,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap at Saratoga Aug. 7.

Ultra Blend, the ultra-consistent California-bred 5-year-old mare, became a grade I winner with a hard-fought neck victory over Zazu in the $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar.

Prayer for Relief now becomes a possibility for that Aug. 27 showdown at Saratoga by virtue of his third straight victory since returning from minor ankle surgery.

Tizway can't be considered just a miler anymore. What he might be now is the best older male horse in the country.

George Brennan guided Broad Bahn down the road in the $1.5 million Hambletonian and came from off the pace with 24-1 longshot Bold and Fresh in the $750,000 Hambletonian Oaks.

Turbulent Descent flashed her true ability when she ran away from the field in the Grade 1, $250,000 Test Stakes as the 9-10 favorite at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 6.