Horse Racing News

The contemporary Hall of Fame inductees include Azeri, Best Pal, and Point Given, all California-based runners.

Life At Ten, who looms Rachel Alexandra's toughest hurdle in the Grade 1 Personal Ensign on Aug. 29, worked four furlongs in a modest 51.47 seconds Tuesday morning over a muddy Saratoga main track.

This year's Tampa Bay Derby winner, Odysseus, was euthanized Monday after developing complications from laminitis.

Representatives of Santa Anita and the California Thoroughbred Trainers met with other racing officials at Santa Anita on Friday to discuss the ongoing renovation of the track's Pro-Ride synthetic surface.

Tuscan Evening, the winner of six stakes for turf females this year and a leading contender for the Eclipse Award as outstanding turf female, died of an apparent internal injury after a workout at Del Mar on Sunday, according to a racing official.

Bill Mott added another accomplishment to his Hall of Fame career Saturday when he became just the ninth trainer in Thoroughbred racing to record 4,000 winners in North America.

Two-year-olds get tested for class Sunday in the Grade 2 Best Pal Stakes at Del Mar.

South Florida can be awfully inhospitable this time of year, be it the heat, the humidity, or the results for shippers for the Summit of Speed.

Big Drama's first two forays into Grade 1 company were unsuccessful. His connections hope the third time is the charm when Big Drama seeks his first Grade 1 victory in Sunday's $250,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap at Saratoga.

Wickedly Perfect gave jockey Rafael Bejarano his fourth win on Friday with a game performance in the $150,000 Sorrento Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Del Mar.