Horse Racing News

After watching her lose two Grade 1 stakes as the odds-on choice to end her 3-year-old season, bettors may be leery of jumping on the Gozzip Girl bandwagon when she makes her return off an eight-month layoff.

Lillie Langtry gave Aidan O'Brien and Coolmore their first Royal Ascot victory of 2010 on Friday as she came late to win the Group 1, $370,000 Coronation Stakes.

Officials with the Oak Tree Racing Association hope to finalize a home for their fall meeting by the end of his month and may have a resolution as early as Tuesday.

Stamina was the order of the day at Royal Ascot on Thursday as the 20-1 Rite of Passage set a track record for 2 1/2 miles in winning the Group 1, $370,000 Ascot Gold Cup.

Sunday evening, several hours after Zenyatta caught a game St Trinians in deep stretch of the $250,000 Vanity Handicap to extend her unbeaten streak to 17, trainer Mike Mitchell sent John Shirreffs a text message.

Al Stall Jr. said going into the Stephen Foster Handicap that he had Blame ready to run "in the 90th percentile."

Rail Trip did not need his best effort to win Saturday's Grade 2, $150,000 Californian Stakes at Hollywood Park.

Zenyatta has won her 17th consecutive race, giving her the longest winning streak by a modern day thoroughbred in unrestricted races.

The Triple Crown series may be over, but preparations for the second half of the season in the 3-year-old division have already begun.

Even when Gleam of Hope won the off-the-turf Cradle Stakes at River Downs last summer as a 2-year-old, trainer Tony Reinstedler thought the colt ultimately would do his best work on grass.