Horse Racing News

Ice Box has shown enough in his last two workouts to convince his trainer, Nick Zito, to give the Kentucky Derby runner-up another shot at the big-time in next Saturday's $1 million Travers Stakes.

Workin for Hops will try to pull off a rare sweep of Arlington's Mid-America Triple when he starts in the Grade 1 $400,000 Secretariat on Million Day here Saturday.

Evening Jewel was a restless filly at trainer Jim Cassidy's stable earlier this week, just days before Saturday's $300,000 Del Mar Oaks.

A day after the California Horse Racing Board rejected the Oak Tree Racing Association's plan to race at Santa Anita this fall, officials with Oak Tree and Hollywood Park intensified the process of moving the meeting to Hollywood Park for the first time.

I Want Revenge faces five rivals Saturday in the second start of his comeback, the Grade 3, $300,000 Phillip H. Iselin Stakes at Monmouth Park.

In this week's installment of "The Fallen," retired Hall of Famer and all-around guy who should know better Gary Stevens finds himself grinding through a veritable rainbow of pain after sustaining a fracture of his left clavicle.

The California Horse Racing Board denied a request Thursday from the Oak Tree Racing Association to conduct an autumn meeting at Santa Anita.

Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer compares his filly, Blind Luck, to a former heavyweight champion boxer.

Frank Stronach told a group of about 250 horsemen on Wednesday evening that Santa Anita will replace its existing Pro-Ride synthetic surface with a conventional dirt track after the conclusion of the Oak Tree at Santa Anita meeting Oct. 31.

The same horses pre-entered Friday in the 28th Arlington Million were officially entered Tuesday in an informal racing-office draw at Arlington Park, with the 7-5 morning-line favorite, Gio Ponti, landing post 6 in a 10-horse field.