Horse Racing News

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.

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.

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.

So far, it seems the 3-year-old filly Sarah's Secret can do anything.

Fox Hill Farms Inc.'s Havre de Grace tracked just behind and to the inside of early leader Sarah's Song in Saturday's Obeah at Delaware Park, took over rounding the turn and pulled away under her own power to romp by 2 1/4 lengths.

A week after sweeping the Grade 3 Aristides Stakes and Dogwood Stakes, trainer Kenny McPeek was back in the Churchill Downs winner's circle following a graded stakes when My Baby Baby turned in a 7-1 upset of Saturday's Grade 3 Mint Julep Handicap.

Five weeks after enjoying a dream trip to win the Kentucky Derby, Animal Kingdom experienced a nightmarish start in Saturday's Belmont Stakes, leading to a sixth-place finish in the final leg of the Triple Crown.

C. S. Silk spurted away from her eight rivals to score a 12-1 upset in the Grade 1, $400,000 Foxwoods Just a Game Stakes on the Belmont Stakes undercard Saturday.

Normally, a robbery in Manhattan isn't major news. The theft that took place in Saturday's Grade 1, $400,000 Manhattan Handicap at Belmont Park will certainly make headlines - at least in the racing world.