Horse Racing News
Posted 7/2/10 7:47 PM by Steve Andersen
The partnership that owns Compari may wait until race day to decide the participation of their four-time stakes winner in Sunday's $150,000 American Handicap at Hollywood Park.
Posted 7/2/10 7:44 PM by David Grening
As a deputy of sorts when California-based trainer Bob Baffert ships horses to New York, John Terranova has been around some extremely talented runners.
Posted 7/2/10 7:42 PM by David Grening
Rightly So, beaten one-half length by Hour Glass in the Grade 2 Vagrancy Handicap last out, tries again for her first graded stakes score when she meets seven fillies and mares entered in Monday's Grade 3, $150,000 Bed o' Roses Handicap.
Posted 7/2/10 12:29 PM by Bill Tallon
Kent Desormeaux, who had flown in from New York to ride Hold Me Back for trainer Bill Mott in Thursday's $216,400 Dominion Day Stakes, was taken off his mount by the stewards after failing a breathalyzer test.
Posted 7/1/10 3:39 PM by Mike Farrell
Winchester and Acclamation, two emerging forces in the turf division, both bring two-race winning streaks to Monmouth Park on Saturday for the Grade 1, $750,000 United Nations Stakes.
Posted 7/1/10 3:25 PM by Marty McGee
After mulling all the options, trainer D. Wayne Lukas decided Thursday to enter 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird in the Grade 2, $175,000 Firecracker Handicap, the closing-day feature Sunday at Churchill Downs.
Posted 7/1/10 3:13 PM by Mike Farrell
Rachel Alexandra is headed for a Jersey Shore encore.
Posted 6/30/10 3:31 PM by Steve Andersen
Joel Rosario will ride City to City and will have the mount on Blind Luck for her next two starts, the trainer said.
Posted 6/30/10 3:29 PM by David Grening
The defection of four horses in a 48-hour span left the racing office scrambling to fill Saturday's $300,000 Suburban Handicap at Belmont Park.
Posted 6/30/10 3:13 PM by Marty McGee
When the Saturday overnight sheet came out Wednesday at Churchill Downs, the most important news wasn't what was on it - even though a pair of Grade 3 races are on tap.