Horse Racing News
Posted 6/16/11 7:51 AM by Steve Andersen
Switch is a multiple Grade 1 winner at seven furlongs, a graded stakes winner at 1 1/16 miles, and nearly won a Grade 1 over 1 1/8 earlier this year.
Posted 6/16/11 7:49 AM by Marty McGee
Preakness winner Shackleford has been sent to WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky., for a two-week break before gearing back up for a run in the $1 million Haskell Invitational on July 31 at Monmouth Park, said trainer Dale Romans.
Posted 6/16/11 7:46 AM by David Grening
Trainer Todd Pletcher entered three horses in Saturday's Grade 1, $250,000 Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont Park including the enigmatic Life At Ten, who won this race last year.
Posted 6/16/11 7:44 AM by Marty McGee
Al Stall Jr. won the Stephen Foster Handicap last year with Blame, but the 49-year-old trainer refrains from making unfair comparisons when it comes to Apart, the colt he will run Saturday in the Foster.
Posted 6/15/11 1:23 PM by Mary Schweitzer
Under a relentless drive by Frankie Dettori, Godolphin's Rewilding overhauled So You Think within the shadow of the wire to claim a neck victory in the Group 1, $655,660 Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot June 15.
Posted 6/15/11 1:07 PM by David Grening
Jockey Rajiv Maragh on Sunday will begin serving a seven-day suspension for a careless riding infraction for the incident at the start of last Saturday's Belmont Stakes.
Posted 6/14/11 9:36 AM by Mary Schweitzer
It was billed as the headline event of the Royal Ascot meeting, and it did not disappoint, as Canford Cliffs outdueled defending champion Goldikova to capture the $406,928 Queen Anne Stakes in the opening race at Royal Ascot June 14.
The Breeders' Cup announced Tuesday that a new race, the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Sprint, has been added to the Breeders' Cup World Championships beginning this year at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
Posted 6/12/11 9:32 AM by David Grening
John Velazquez said he believes that jockey Rajiv Maragh was careless in his handling of Isn't He Perfect shortly after the start of Saturday's Belmont Stakes.
Posted 6/11/11 8:19 PM by Steve Andersen
So far, it seems the 3-year-old filly Sarah's Secret can do anything.