Horse Racing News

The longer-term objective for Presious Passion is a bid for a record-setting third straight win in the United Nations Stakes over the Independence Day weekend.

For the second consecutive year, Rail Trip is the favorite for the Grade 2, $150,000 Californian Stakes at Hollywood Park on Saturday.

The Breeders' Cup will announce on Friday morning that the organization's 2011 year-end event will be held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, according to an official who has knowledge of the organization's plans.

There was the Kentucky Derby, then the Metropolitan Mile. Now trainer Todd Pletcher has set his sights on another first: the Stephen Foster Handicap.

Trainer Michael "Buster" Millerick, jockey Don Pierce, and Harry Bassett, a horse who was a champion in 1870 and 1871, have been elected to the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame.

Rachel Alexandra has been entered to run in the Grade 2 Fleur de Lis Handicap on Saturday at Churchill Downs, it was announced Wednesday morning by Jess Jackson, majority owner of the 2009 Horse of the Year.

With no racing at Belmont Park on Sunday, handicappers will have four days to study up for Wednesday's pick six, which will begin the day with a $930,495 carryover after the wager went unhit Saturday at Belmont Park

Drosselmeyer came out of the Belmont well and now will target the Travers Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 28, Elliott Walden, the racing manager for Drosselmeyer's owner, WinStar Farm, said Sunday morning at Belmont Park.

Monmouth Park officials say a horse running on turf for the first time in his career has set a new world record.

Drosselmeyer has pulled off an upset in the Belmont Stakes, seizing the lead in the stretch and giving Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott his first win in a Triple Crown race.