Horse Racing News

Undaunted by 18-degree temperatures, an estimated 1,200 fans came from as far as Washington state, Wisconsin, and New York, and as close as the neighborhoods just across Versailles Road from Keeneland.

Santa Anita officially opened its newly installed sand-and-clay main track for training on Monday morning, although there was minimal activity from the approximately 200 horses on the grounds.

Free Pourin's victory in the third race Sunday at Hollywood Park gave trainer Bob Baffert the 2,000th win of his career, according to Equibase.

Zenyatta heard the hearty cheers of a California racing audience for the final time at Hollywood Park on Sunday, with an enthusiastic crowd lining the paddock and the winner's circle to bid farewell to the popular mare.

A cooler head has given Washington Bridge a three-race winning streak, the latest being her graded stakes debut in Sunday's $150,000 Bayakoa Handicap at Hollywood Park.

Zenyatta will be paraded between races at Hollywood Park on Sunday as part of Zenyatta Appreciation Day, a day before she is flown to Kentucky.

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.