Horse Racing News

Gio Ponti will remain on turf and run in the Breeders' Cup Mile instead of making his first start on dirt in the Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday at Churchill Downs, owner Shane Ryan of Castleton Lyons announced Monday afternoon.

Lookin At Lucky zipped five furlongs in 59.60 seconds at Hollywood Park on Sunday, his final workout before the Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs on Saturday.

After his connections decided against supplementing to next weekend's Breeders' Cup Sprint, the new plan for Bribon became a two-race series beginning with Saturday's Grade 3 Bold Ruler Handicap at Belmont Park and next month's Cigar Mile at Aqueduct.

Mike Smith had Zenyatta's saddle and reins in his hands, walking down the shedrow of trainer John Shirreffs's stable at Hollywood Park when he stopped and watched the 6-year-old walk by on Saturday morning.

Zenyatta galloped approximately 1 1/2 miles on the main track at Hollywood Park on Friday, continuing a week-long theme of exercising with enthusiasm under rider Steve Willard.

Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver, the WinStar Farm homebred that gave trainer Todd Pletcher his first Kentucky Derby victory, has been retired to WinStar in Versailles, Ky, the farm announced Thursday.

After Wildcat Brief's third-place finish in the Grade 1 Vosburgh here Oct. 2, it would not have raised eyebrows if his connections had opted to run him in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint on Nov. 6 at Churchill Downs.

Typically, the trainer of a horse must talk an owner out of aiming too high. But in the case of The Usual Q. T., it was up to trainer Jim Cassidy to plead the case for the BC Mile to the partnership that owns the West Coast's most proven grass miler.

Led by the sensational mares Zenyatta and Goldikova a total of 184 horses were announced on Wednesday as the pre-entries for the 27th Breeders' Cup, a 14-race, $26 million extravaganza to be held Nov. 5-6 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

The Breeders' Cup has announced that a record 184 horses were pre-entered Monday in the 14 races that make up the 2010 championships that will be run Nov. 5-6 at Churchill Downs. The entire lineups of pre-entries and races will be released Wednesday.