Horse Racing News

On paper, it was obvious there was very little early speed in Saturday's $100,000 Tropical Turf Handicap at Calder. That fact was not lost on trainer Marty Wolfson or jockey Luis Saez.

Left alone on the lead, Aggie Engineer proved impossible to catch in Saturday's $100,000 Native Diver Handicap at Hollywood Park.

On her own, the 6-year-old Zardana has had an excellent career, winning 8 of 22 starts, five stakes, and $464,276. She won the Grade 2 Bayakoa Handicap at Hollywood Park in 2009 and will be out to defend her title in Sunday's $150,000 running.

Dakota Phone showed what he can do on his best day with a 37-1 upset in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Churchill Downs on Nov. 6. The problem is Dakota Phone does not string those performances together very often.

The board of directors of the bankrupt NYC Off-Track Betting Corporation voted on Friday afternoon to delay a plan to close until the state Senate convenes on Tuesday to consider a bill that would allow the company to implement a reorganization plan.

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has two chances to win the 2,000th race of his career at Hollywood Park on Thursday.

The board of the bankrupt New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation on Wednesday approved a plan that would allow the company to cease operating at the close of business on Friday, ratcheting up the stakes for legislators.

Santa Anita's newly installed dirt track is scheduled to open for training Monday, the completion of a project that ends a troubled three-year period with synthetic racing surfaces at the historic track.

The New York legislature goes into special session today under a request by Gov. David Paterson to pass legislation that would enable NYC Off Track Betting Corp. to implement several controversial measures as part of its bankruptcy reorganization.

Haimish Hy won the first stakes of his career in the El Cajon Stakes at Del Mar with an outside rally through the stretch, and then topped that performance in Sunday's $250,000 Hollywood Derby.