Horse Racing News

George Strawbridge's 2008 champion grass mare Forever Together has retired to Stone Farm in Kentucky and will be bred to Smart Strike in 2011.

When the Kentucky Derby is run next May, it will have been 20 years since Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito won his first with Strike the Gold.

Larry Jones, who retired from training last November after reaching the pinnacle of the sport with Grade 1 winners Proud Spell, Hard Spun, Island Sand, and Kodiak Kowboy, plans to resume his training career when the Oaklawn Park meet opens in January.

Javier Castellano's appeal of his six-day suspension for careless riding in last Friday's Breeders' Cup Marathon was denied by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, but the jockey received a stay that will enable him to ride in Japan.

Eugene Melnyk has transferred a string of five horses at Churchill Downs from Ken McPeek to Todd Pletcher, most notably Bridgetown, the fourth-place finisher in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint last weekend.

Travers winner Afleet Express has been retired and will head to stud at Gainesway Farm, where his sire, Afleet Alex, also stands.

Zenyatta is still welcome to visit the Guinness brewery in Ireland despite her loss in the Breeders' Cup Classic.

Zenyatta's star power nearly tripled television ratings for the Breeders' Cup Classic.

The weekend's Breeders' Cup results caused million-dollar ripples Sunday in Lexington, where Juvenile Fillies winner Awesome Feather and F&M Sprint winner Dubai Majesty were among nine horses to sell for $1 million or more at Fasig-Tipton's November sale.

Wagering on the Breeders' Cup held at Churchill Downs on Friday and Saturday jumped 15.5 percent compared with the betting totals for last year and established a record for the event, according to figures provided by the organization on Monday.