Horse Racing News

Distinctive Dixie will try to follow up her sharp victory in the Grade 2 Chilukki Stakes by taking another Grade 2 race at Churchill, the $150,000 Falls City Handicap, the Thanksgiving Day feature that drew just six fillies and mares.

Three-time Kentucky Derby winning jockey Calvin Borel will be out five to six weeks after suffering a broken jaw when unseated by his horse during the $1 million Delta Jackpot on Saturday.

Blinkers on led to a lot of bling for the connections of Gourmet Dinner, who in his first start in the equipment powered to a 2 1/4-length win over Decisive Moment in the Grade 3, $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot on Saturday.

Premier Pegasus will earn respect grudgingly. He remained unbeaten after three races with a front-running win in Saturday's $100,000 Hollywood Prevue Stakes, but was not favored despite a stakes win over this track last month.

The Maryland-based Ravalo outgamed Signature Red in the final strides to take Grade 3, $153,500 Kennedy Road Stakes on Saturday at Woodbine Racetrack.

Graham Motion added a little icing to the proverbial cake when Aruna proved clearly best as the favorite Saturday for the English-born trainer in the 20th running of the Grade 2, $199,675 Mrs. Revere Stakes at Churchill Downs.

Stormy's Majesty, the lone New York-bred in the field, rolled to a two-length win over Not Abroad Saturday in the Grade 3, $100,000 Discovery Handicap for 3-year-olds at Aqueduct.

Steven Schwartz, a longtime horse racing publicist and racetrack official in New Jersey and New York, has died. He was 64.

Zenyatta was jogged and galloped 1 1/2 miles on Hollywood Park's training track on Friday, and she will be paraded at the track on a day in her honor on Dec. 5.

Lookin At Lucky, 2009's juvenile champion who went on to win the Preakness and Haskell this year, has retired from racing at age 3 and will enter stud at Coolmore Stud's Kentucky division, Ashford Stud.