Horse Racing News

Belmont Stakes winner Drosselmeyer is recovering from an ankle injury that has sidelined the 3-year-old colt for the rest of the year.

The New York Racing Association has eliminated several traditional stakes and reduced the purses of many others at its fall Belmont and Aqueduct meets.

Santa Anita has begun repair work on its troubled synthetic surface that failed to drain properly during the winter-spring meet.

St Trinians will miss the $300,000 Clement Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar on Aug. 7 because of soreness, trainer Mike Mitchell said on Saturday.

Almost every morning at Saratoga Race Course, a tough bay colt hauls his exercise rider around an old dirt oval. Sometimes it's the New York Racing Association's tiny Clare Court, sometimes it's the main track.

Jockey Javier Castellano had a memorable - and perhaps historic - Sunday afternoon, riding five consecutive winners at Saratoga.

Sam-Son Farm and trainer Mark Frostad ran one-two in Saturday's Grade 2, $312,400 Nijinsky Stakes at Woodbine, with Windward Islands and Grand Adventure.

Jamie Ness was a press box intern when the first Claiming Crown was run in 1999 at Canterbury Park.

Between his running styles and his accomplishments, The Usual Q.T. seems to evolve every six months.

Richard Dutrow Jr. and Todd Pletcher have no qualms with the New York Racing Association's decision to move the $250,000 Coaching Club American Oaks from Belmont Park to Saratoga.