Star filly Rachel Alexandra has another workout
Preakness-winning filly Rachel Alexandra put in another solid workout at Saratoga Race Course, although it's still not clear when she'll next race.
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Bob's Jawbreaker, a 3-year-old filly, has needed what her trainer, Doug Potter, calls ``time to fill out and mature.'' Her time arrived Sunday as she edged Renda by a neck to win the $55,000 Runaway Marcie Stakes at Calder Race Course.
Preakness-winning filly Rachel Alexandra put in another solid workout at Saratoga Race Course, although it's still not clear when she'll next race.
Eaton's Gift, at 14-1 odds, stunned heavy favorite Benny the Bull to take the $350,000 Smile Sprint Handicap, part of Calder Race Course's Summit of Speed card.
Not for Silver overcame a troubled start and rallied for a dominating victory in the $200,000 Carry Back Stakes (Grade 2) at Calder Race Course on Saturday.
Game Face was bred in Kentucky, but since getting to the races, she has been making a home for herself in the winning circle at Florida tracks.
Smooth Performer won the $60,100 feature race Friday night at Hollywood Park.
Rail Trip, ridden by Jose Valdivia, Jr., took command at the top of the stretch and sailed to victory in Saturday's $700,000 Hollywood Gold Cup at Hollywood Park. The four-year-old gelding recorded his fourth win of the year out of six starts.
Lawyer Ron, the 2007 champion older male thoroughbred, has been humanely destroyed because of complications following surgery. Stonewall Farm Stallion, where the stallion was living, made the announcement on Saturday.
Local runner Atomic Rain took control down the stretch to capture Saturday's $175,000 Long Branch Stakes at Monmouth Park. The 1 1/16 mile race for three-year-olds is the final prep before next month's $1 million Haskell Invitational.
Eclipse Award winner Benny the Bull will seek to defend his Smile Sprint Handicap title on Calder's Summit of Speed day.
Calder Race Course will hold its 10th annual Summit of Speed on Saturday, headed by four graded stakes races in which top local sprinters will face star horses from other states.
The Inglewood City Council has approved a $2 billion development that would put an end to horse racing at the Hollywood Park racetrack.
Treat Gently, a stakes winner in France, won her U.S. debut Thursday in the $48,000 allowance feature for fillies and mares on the turf at Belmont Park.
Kentucky Derby runner-up Pioneerof the Nile has been retired with a soft-tissue injury in his left front leg.
Pioneerof the Nile, winner of this year's Santa Anita Derby, has been retired from racing with an injury. According to a statement from Zayat Stables, the three-year-old colt has "a soft tissue injury to his left front leg."
Florida racing regulators have issued a 60-day suspension against Kirk Ziadie, one of the state's leading trainers, citing a failed drug test on one of his horses following a 2007 race at Gulfstream Park.
Saturday's $175,000 Long Branch Stakes at Monmouth Park has attracted a field of eight three-year-olds for the final prep race before next month's $1 million Haskell Invitational.
The Kentucky Derby will continue to thrive at Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May. It's the rest of the year that's a problem for racing venues in the self-proclaimed "horse capital of the world."
Reigning champ Mast Track returns to defend his title in Saturday's $700,000 Hollywood Gold Cup at Hollywood Park. The 1 1/4 mile test on the track's all-weather surface has attracted a field of 13 older thoroughbreds.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has suspended trainer Rick Dutrow 30 days after a horse he trained tested positive for twice the allowable level of Clenbuterol in 2008.