Baltimore Sun - Fillies join in bonus fun with $2.2 million Black-Eyed Susan award
Must win combination of races to capture bonus Twelve days ago MI Developments Inc. revealed a $5.5 million bonus program for the Grade I Preakness St...
USA Today - Kentucky approves random drug testing on race horses
Kentucky horse racing officials have extended the state's power to drug test horses, passing a measure on Tuesday that will allow them to test ...
NTRA - Hollendorfer takes two shots at J P's Gusto in Futurity
DEL MAR, Calif. – Trying to beat J P’s Gusto, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer has found out, is difficult with just one bullet. So when the Gra...
Courier Journal - Keeneland official retiring
Keeneland Vice President Harvie Wilkinson announced Tuesday that he will retire from the Lexington, Ky. auction and racing company at the end of Janua...
NTRA - Evangeline Training Center has big role in 'Secretariat' film
Mark Guidry might have retired from the saddle in 2007, but he spent much of this past spring race riding. But it was not in the conventional sense. G...
Courier Journal - Churchill Downs post time changes approved
Churchill Downs received permission Tuesday from the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to switch post times on four days — including later post times...
Bloodhorse - Featured Horse Profile: Boys At Tosconova
Boys At Tosconova moved to the head of the 2-year-old class with a professional score in the Hopeful.
Bloodhorse - Countdown to the Cup: The Road Keeps Going
Quality Road is back on track on the Classic trail following his Woodward victory.
Courier Journal - Jockey Kuntzweiler shows she is back with big weekend at Ellis Park
Jockey Greta Kuntzweiler had never before won more than two races in a day, she says. Not even when she was a finalist as Eclipse Award apprentice joc...
Courier Journal - Racing commission approves non-race day testing
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved a rule that will allow for tesing horses for prohibited substances on days they a...
NBC Sports - Gotta Have Her looking out of town
DRF: Gotta Have Her has been a mainstay on the Southern California circuit for four seasons, but the move of the Oak Tree meeting from Santa Anita, wh...
Kentucky.com - Wilkinson to leave Keeneland in 2011
Keeneland Vice President Harvie Wilkinson, 57, announced Tuesday that he will retire from the racetrack company at the end of January. Wilkinson's adm...
Bloodhorse - Run to Victory Sires First Winner
Stakes-placed Run to Victory came through with his initial winner when his son Victor Man won at Northlands Park Sept. 6 in his first start.
USA Today - Ky. approves random race horse drug testing
Kentucky horse racing officials have implemented random drug testing for race horses ahead of this fall's Breeders' Cup.
Yahoo Horse - Ky. approves random race horse drug testing (PA SportsTicker)
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
NBC Sports - Ky. approves random race horse drug testing
Kentucky horse racing officials have implemented random drug testing for race horses ahead of this fall's Breeders' Cup.
Bloodhorse - Ruler's Court Sires First Winner
The first winner by grade II winner Ruler's Court won by seven lengths Sept. 4 at Evangeline Downs in his first start.
Bloodhorse - Majesticperfection Retired From Racing
Padua Stables' grade I winner Majesticperfection, who suffered a condylar fracture in his right foreleg during a workout at Saratoga Sept. 5, has been...
Ledger-Enquirer - Former two-year-old champ retired
Every year following the running of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile the winner of the race is automatically declared the early favorite for the next year's...
Bloodhorse - Featured Horse Profile: Quality Road
Woodward winner Quality Road will make his next start in the Breeders' Cup Classic.
Bloodhorse - Ellis Park Reports Solid Numbers for Meet
Unlike 2009, when purses and live racing days were cut, Ellis Park reported solid numbers for its 27-day meet that ended Sept. 6.
Bloodhorse - Keeneland VP Wilkinson Announces Retirement
Saying the "timing was right" for the change, he plans to pursue other interests such as teaching and consulting.
Bloodhorse - KY Panel Approves Out-of-Competition Testing
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, operating on a tight schedule, approved a regulation Sept. 7 governing out-of-competition equine drug testing wi...
NTRA - Monmouth: Average all-sources handle up more than 200%
Average daily all-sources handle at Monmouth Park for the New Jersey track’s 49-day “Elite Summer Meet” shot up 213 percent over las...
NTRA - $2.2 million bonus tied to Black-Eyed Susan
The 3-year-old filly that wins the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on May 20, 2011, could be eligible for a bonus ...
Ledger-Enquirer - Top 10 holds steady through Labor Day racing
Champion mare Zenyatta continues at the top of this week's NTRA National Thoroughbred Poll. There were no changes or additions to the top 10 for the f...
Bloodhorse - Trail Talk: Sept. 7, 2010
Evan Hammonds recaps some of the performances from the weekend, including Quality Road, Boys At Tosconova, Tell A Kelly, and more.
Bloodhorse - Champion Midshipman Retired
Midshipman, champion 2-year-old male of 2008 and winner of that year's Bessemer Trust Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I), has been retired from racing and...
Bloodhorse - Terms Given for Santa Anita Surface Waiver
The California Horse Racing Board said Sept. 7 it is working with Santa Anita Park management and horsemen on a waiver for the MI Developments-owned r...
Ledger-Enquirer - Bonus program announced for Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
Following on the heels of the establishment of 'Preakness 5.5', MI Developments (MID) announced Tuesday the creation of a similar program for the Blac...
Thoroughbred Times - Midshipman to stand at Darley
Midshipman, the 2008 champion two-year-old male, has been retired from racing and will stand at Darley America in Lexington in 2011.
Thoroughbred Times - Kentucky approves out-of-competition testing
Kentucky will meet Breeders’ Cup World Championships standards after regulators approved out-of-competition testing as an emergency regulation.
Bloodhorse - Bonuses Tied to Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
MI Developments announced Sept. 7 the Black-Eyed Susan 2.2, a bonus program similar to its Preakness 5.5 bonus unveiled in last August.
Thoroughbred Times - Two-time Japan Cup Dirt winner Kane Hekili retires
Kane Hekili has been retired after bowing tendons in both his forelegs—the last in a long-line of injuries for the two-time Japan Cup Dirt (Jpn-G1) ...
Thoroughbred Times - Stallion Lost Soldier dies of apparent heart attack
Lost Soldier, sire of 2005 champion sprinter Lost in the Fog, died on Tuesday in his paddock at Doug Arnold’s Buck Pond Farm in Versailles, Kentucky...
Thoroughbred Times - SPRINT ANALYSIS 9/7:Just in time for Breeders’ Cup Sprint, Here Comes Ben
After posting an upset victory in the Forego Stakes (G1) on September 4 at Saratoga Race Course, suddenly Here Comes Ben appears to be one of the hott...
Bloodhorse - Saratoga Diary: Kiss Goodbye
Hopeful Stakes winner leaves three opponents hopeless.
Thoroughbred Times - CHRB, Santa Anita working on waiver to change surface
The CHRB is working with Santa Anita Park on a request to waive the state rule requiring that major meetings conduct racing on either a synthetic surf...
Bloodhorse - Kiss Goodbye
Hopeful Stakes winner leaves three opponents hopeless.
Gainesway - Unbeaten 2YO SW for Smoke Glacken
Smoke Glacken sired his third major stakes winner in the past nine days, when Smoke It Right demolished his field in the $50,000 Lafayette Stakes at E...
Thoroughbred Times - New York racing officials plan for brighter 2011
With the Saratoga Race Course summer meeting in the books, New York racing officials already envision an improved 2011 season with the promise of gami...
Thoroughbred Times - Jockey Cuthbertson dead at 63
Jockey Alan Cuthbertson, who rode in Canada for five decades, died on Monday. He was 63.
Thoroughbred Times - El Don Quixote first winner for sire Miguel Cervantes
El Don Quixote scored a 7 ½-length victory in a 5 ½-furlong maiden special weight race on Monday at Remington Park to become the first winner for En...
Thoroughbred Times - Monmouth `experiment’ shows significant jumps in handle, attendance
Monmouth Park’s experiment to create a boutique summer meeting with record purse levels proved a financial success with a substanial boost in handle...
Thoroughbred Times - TURF ANALYSIS 9/7:Cape Blanco serves notice with front-running Champion score
With last year’s Emirates Airline Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) runner-up Presious Passion not having returned to the worktab since finishing seventh as...
Thoroughbred Times - JUVENILE TURF ANALYSIS 9/7:Candidates begin to emerge
There are only a few graded stakes on turf for juvenile colts in this country, so it is always problematic trying to identify the early contenders for...
Thoroughbred Times - Wilkinson to retire from Keeneland in January ‘11
Harvie Wilkinson, who started at Keeneland Association in 2000 as director of finance and was promoted to vice president three years later, will retir...
Thoroughbred Times - JUVENILE FILLIES ANALYSIS 9/7:Two contenders emerge
Labor Day weekend featured two important races for the two-year-old filly division, the Darley Debutante Stakes (G1) on September 4 at Del Mar and the...
Baltimore Sun - Fire near Hollywood Casino in West Virginia kills 27 horses
A fire official said 27 horses were killed in a fire early Monday near the Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in West Virginia.
Thoroughbred Times - FILLY AND MARE TURF ANALYSIS 9/7:Defending winner, division leader in action on Sunday
The Emirates Airline Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1) could feature one of the World Championships’ heaviest favorites if Midday (GB) contin...
Thoroughbred Times - MI Developments to offer $2.2-million bonus related to Black-Eyed Susan
In a move that could make its Preakness Stakes (G1) weekend at Pimlico Race Course worth more than $9-million in purses and bonuses, MI Developments I...
Horse Racing Examiner - Boys of Tosconova captures Hopeful Stakes on final day of 2010 Saratoga meet
Down through history, the final day of each year's Saratoga meet is always a melancholy day, and yesterday, Monday, Sept. 7, 2010, was no exceptio...
LA Times - Giving thanks to heroes at Del Mar racetrack
Del Mar racetrack honors military personnel and it makes for a memorable Labor Day. Racetrack honors military personnel and it makes for a memorable L...
NTRA - Boys At Tosconova solidifies status in Hopeful
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Boys At Tosconova maintained his spot among the leaders of the juvenile male division with a solid 1 3/4-length victory in Mo...
NTRA - Gotta Have Her repeats in Palomar
DEL MAR, Calif. - Gotta Have Her successfully defended her title on Monday in the Palomar Handicap, winning the Grade 2, $150,000 grass race for older...
NTRA - Dade Babe leads all the way in Pucker Up
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Trainer Danny Miller and jockey Florent Geroux notched the first graded stakes win of their respective careers Monday ...
NTRA - Keertana draws clear in Glens Falls
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Tom Proctor chose to run Keertana in Monday’s $100,000 Glens Falls Stakes at Saratoga to see if his filly could possibl...
NTRA - Valenzuela's California return a rousing one
DEL MAR, Calif. – Patrick Valenzuela does not get very far around Del Mar without someone shouting at him.
NTRA - Dar Re Mi retired from racing
Dar Re Mi, the 5-year-old mare who beat males in the $5 million Dubai Sheema Classic in March, has been retired from racing because of an accumulation...
NTRA - No DQ, but plenty of questions about Del Mar Derby
DEL MAR, Calif. – The two horses involved in a controversial bumping incident during the Del Mar Derby on Sunday emerged from the race on Monday...
USA Today - Gotta Have Her wins Del Mar's Palomar Handicap
Gotta Have Her swept to the lead in the upper stretch and beat Go Forth North by a neck Monday to win the $150,000 Palomar Handicap on Monda ...
USA Today - Pursue A Dream wins Remington's top turf race
Pursue A Dream rode the rail and led from wire to wire Monday to win the $125,000 DeBartolo Memorial Breeders' Cup, the most lucrative turf race ...
Yahoo Horse - Pursue A Dream wins Remington's top turf race (AP)
Pursue A Dream rode the rail and led from wire to wire Monday to win the $125,000 DeBartolo Memorial Breeders' Cup, the most lucrative turf race of Re...
Courier Journal - Horse drug test up for vote
Changes made in a proposed drug-testing rule for horses on days they don't race have addressed some concerns expressed by horsemen, but leaders of own...
Bloodhorse - Saratoga Diary: Bridle Wear
Free tee-shirts inflate racecourse attendance as wedding bells ring at the polo grounds.
Bloodhorse - Blame Works for JC Gold Cup
Blame turns in his first work at Keeneland since his victory in the Whitney Handicap.
Bloodhorse - Monmouth Park Meet Enjoys Record Gains
Reduced racing days results in record gains at Monmouth Park's "elite summer meet."
Bloodhorse - Gotta Have Her Wins Duel for Palomar Repeat
Even-money choice Gotta Have Her survived a stretch-long duel with the outsider Go Forth North to score a repeat victory by a neck in the Palomar Hand...
ESPN - Gotta Have Her repeats in Palomar
Gotta Have Her successfully defended her title on Monday in the Palomar Handicap, winning the Grade 2, $150,000 grass race for older fillies and mares...
Bloodhorse - Saratoga Meet Declared a Success
Handle and attendance decline at Saratoga but surpass projections and industry trends.
Bloodhorse - Saratoga Meet Declared a Success
Handle and attendance decline at Saratoga but surpass projections and industry trends.
Bloodhorse - Keertana Squeezes Through in Glens Falls
Keertana, squeezing through at the hedge, quickly separated herself from the rest of the Glens Falls Handicap field to register a 3 1/4-length win in ...
Bloodhorse - Saratoga Meet Declared a Success
Handle and attendance decline at Saratoga but surpass projections and industry trends.
Yahoo Horse - Mr Piloto wins All American Futurity (AP)
Mr Piloto upset eight rivals in the 440-yard All American Futurity on Monday at Ruidoso Downs Racetrack and Casino. Going off at 22-1 odds, Mr Piloto ...
USA Today - Mr Piloto wins All American Futurity
Mr Piloto upset eight rivals in the 440-yard All American Futurity on Monday at Ruidoso Downs Racetrack and Casino.
Yahoo Horse - Mr Piloto wins All American Futurity (PA SportsTicker)
Mr Piloto upset eight rivals in the 440-yard All American Futurity on Monday at Ruidoso Downs Racetrack and Casino.
USA Today - One More Laugh wins $300,000 Cane Pace
One More Laugh set a course record while rolling to a wire-to-wire win in the $300,000 Cane Pace at Freehold Raceway on Monday, beating Rockin ...
Bloodhorse - Thiskyhasnolimit captures Smarty Jones Stakes
Jamie Theriot scores Labor Day double with Thiskyhasnolimit in the Smarty Jones Stakes and Chamberlain Bridge in the Monster Turf Handicap.
Bloodhorse - Dade Babe Kisses Pucker Up Rivals Goodbye
In her stakes debut, Dade Babe sped away from her rivals on the first turn and was never caught, winning the $100,000 Pucker Up Stakes (gr. IIIT) on t...
Yahoo Horse - One More Laugh wins $300,000 Cane Pace (AP)
One More Laugh set a course record while rolling to a wire-to-wire win in the $300,000 Cane Pace at Freehold Raceway on Monday, beating Rockin Image b...
Yahoo Horse - One More Laugh wins $300,000 Cane Pace (PA SportsTicker)
One More Laugh set a course record while rolling to a wire-to-wire win in the $300,000 Cane Pace at Freehold Raceway on Monday, beating Rockin Image b...
Bloodhorse - Theskyhasnolimit captures Smarty Jones Stakes
Theskyhasnolimit and Chamberlain Bridge give Jockey Theriot a Labor Day double at Parx Racing.
Bloodhorse - Boys At Tosconova Shows Class in Hopeful
Odds-on choice Boys At Tosconova, under a hand ride from jockey Ramon Dominguez, showed his class with a measured win in the $250,000 Three Chimneys H...
Bloodhorse - 27 Horses Killed in West Virginia Barn Fire
An early morning fire on Labor Day killed at least 27 horses stabled at three barns located across from Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in Rans...
Thoroughbred Times - Stauffer to call races for Oak Tree at Hollywood meeting
Vic Stauffer will call the races at Oak Tree Racing Association’s fall meeting at Hollywood Park, an Oak Tree official confirmed Monday night.
Courier Journal - Lexington getting all booked up ahead of World Equestrian Games
LEXINGTON, Ky. — With the starting date of the World Equestrian Games less than a month away, hotel rooms are beginning to become harder to find in ...
Bloodhorse - English Champion Dar Re Mi Retired
Dar Re Mi, a 2009 English champion and a group I winner in Dubai this year, has been retired from racing because of minor problems
Thoroughbred Times - Thiskyhasnolimit upsets in Smarty Jones; Chamberlain Bridge keeps rolling
Thiskyhasnolimit helped pad the bankroll of owners Cathy and Bob Zollars and Mark Wagner on Monday with a lucrative victory in the $300,400 Smarty Jon...
Thoroughbred Times - Boys At Tosconova cruises to Hopeful score
Trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. has set his sights on the Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) after Boys At Tosconova had no problem dispatching three...
Horse Racing Examiner - Pletcher sets Saratoga win record with R Heat Lightning's win in Spinaway
Coming into the next to last day of racing at Saratoga on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010, trainer Todd Pletcher was just one victory shy of breaking his record...
Thoroughbred Times - Victor Man first winner for Run to Victory
Victor Man drew clear to a 7 ¼-length victory in his career debut in a six-furlong maiden special weight race for Alberta-breds on Monday at Northlan...
Bloodhorse - Leading Sprinter Majesticperfection Injured
Leading sprinter Majesticperfection suffered a condylar fracture in his right foreleg during a workout Sept. 6, according to Daily Racing Form.
Bloodhorse - Turf Writer Summers Dies at Age 66
Bob Summers, a veteran Turf writer and handicapper for the Buffalo (New York) News, died Sept. 4 at age 66.
Thoroughbred Times - Fire near Charles Town Races kills 27 horses
Twenty-seven horses died early Monday morning when a fast-moving fire swept through three privately owned barns across the street from Hollywood Casin...
Thoroughbred Times - J P’s Gusto seeks third straight stakes score in Del Mar Futurity
Gem Stable’s J P’s Gusto will try for his fourth consecutive stakes triumph and first at the top level as he takes on ten challengers in the $250,...
Thoroughbred Times - Turf writer Bob Summers dies
Bob Summers, who covered horse racing for the Buffalo News and served his peers as a director of the National Turf Writers Association, died Saturday ...
Bridlewood Farm - Indian Ocean 2YO filly wires field in Del Mar maiden
Indian Gracey was never headed in a game victory in a one mile maiden special weight contest over Del Mar's main track... -- Delivered by Feed43 servi...
Thoroughbred Times - Gotta Have Her holds on to win Palomar Handicap
Gotta Have Her held off a late charge from two challengers to win the $150,000 Palomar Handicap (G2) on Monday at Del Mar.
Thoroughbred Times - Saratoga meeting closes with attendance, handle decreases
Saratoga Race Course wrapped up its summer meeting with wagering totals that exceeded New York Racing Association projections heading into the newly e...
Thoroughbred Times - Tanzana stretches out to win Cradle Stakes
Tanzana proved to relish added distance in the $100,000 Budweiser Select Cradle Stakes on Monday at River Downs, rallying late to take the 1 1/16 mile...
Thoroughbred Times - Dade Babe goes gate to wire in Pucker Up
Lawrence Peifer’s Dade Babe made her first stakes appearance a winning one on Monday at Arlington Park with a front-running score in the $100,000 Pu...
Thoroughbred Times - Keertana drives to convincing Glens Falls triumph
Keertana made a bold move on the rail in midstretch to take command and drove to a convincing victory in the Glens Falls Handicap (G3) on Monday at Sa...
Courier Journal - R Heat Lightning bolts to win
R Heat Lightning and jockey Garrett Gomes took control late and went on to win by four lengths in Sunday's $250,000 Spinaway Stakes for 2-year-old fil...
ESPN - Hopeful Stakes: Wait is over for Boys At Tosconova
Ever since his dazzling 12-length maiden win at Belmont Park nine weeks ago, a lot of people have been waiting for Boys At Tosconova to run back.
Horse-Races.net - Woodward (G1) and Forego Stakes (G1) Results
Quality Road drew off to win the Woodward at Saratoga on Saturday by 4 3/4 lengths as the heavy favorite. Also on the card, Here Comes Ben was an upse...
USA Today - Twirling Candy wins Del Mar Derby
Twirling Candy won for the fourth time in four career starts, beating Jairzihno by 3 lengths on Sunday in the $300,000 Del Mar Derby.
USA Today - R Heat Lightning wins Spinaway Stakes
R Heat Lightning and jockey Garrett Gomes took control late and went on to win by four lengths in Sunday's $250,000 Spinaway Stakes for 2-year-old ...
Bloodhorse - 'Candy Leaves Trouble Behind in Del Mar Derby
Undefeated Twirling Candy, as expected, easily won the $300,000 Del Mar Derby (gr. IIT) as the 1-5 favorite, but his backstretch antics in the Sept. 5...
NTRA - Twirling Candy wins despite himself
DEL MAR, Calif. - Twirling Candy survived his own immaturity and a stewards’ inquiry when he rolled to a 3 1/4-length victory on Sunday in the G...
NTRA - Tell a Kelly zooms from last to first in Debutante
DEL MAR, Calif.- She was last on the backstretch, overcame traffic on the turn,. and weaved her way between fillies in the stretch before reaching the...
NTRA - Pletcher sets record with Spinaway victory
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Trainer Todd Pletcher needed four horses to defeat Bob Baffert’s one in Sunday’s Grade 1 Spinaway Stakes.
NTRA - Get Serious overcomes adversity in Red Bank
OCEANPORT, N.J. - Get Serious turned in one of the gutsiest efforts of his career Sunday to win the Grade 3, $197,500 Red Bank Stakes on the turf at M...
NTRA - Lethal Combination's late move does the trick in Saranac
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Given how speed-favoring the turf at Saratoga had become, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin wasn’t loving where Lethal Combinat...
ESPN - Pletcher sets record with Spinaway victory
Trainer Todd Pletcher needed four horses to defeat Bob Baffert's one in Sunday's Grade 1 Spinaway Stakes.
Bloodhorse - Get Serious Takes It to Red Bank Foes Again
An ultra-game Get Serious was at it again at Monmouth Park Sept. 5, holding off the charging Nownownow by a neck for a repeat win the $197,500 Red Ban...
Horse-Races.net - Metro Pace, She's a Great Lady Stakes, and Canadian Pacing Derby
Mystician was a big upset in the $1 million Metro Pace at Mohawk on Saturday night. Also on the card, Idyllic won the She's a Great Lady stakes and Wo...
NTRA - BC Classic the next stop for Quality Road
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - As expected, Woodward winner Quality Road will train up to the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Churchill Downs on N...
USA Today - Get Serious sets Monmouth Park turf record
Get Serious broke his own turf course record in winning the $200,000 Red Bank Stakes at Monmouth Park on Sunday, beating Nownownow by a neck ...
Bloodhorse - Lethal Combination Lands Final Saranac Punch
Lethal Combination rallied from last in upper stretch to register his first graded stakes win by a half-length over Turf Melody in the $100,000 Sarana...
Bloodhorse - R Heat Lightning Strikes in Spinaway
R Heat Lightning collared the speedy Alienation at the eighth pole and sped away to a decisive victory in the $250,000 Spinaway Stakes (gr. I) at Sara...
Spend Thrift Farm - Moon de French shows the way in Adoration victory
Moon de French made all the running in a 1 3/4-length score in the $75,000 Adoration...
Bloodhorse - Ten to Try J P's Gusto in Del Mar Futurity
Three-time stakes winner J P's Gusto heads a field of 11 juveniles entered for the $250,000 Del Mar Futurity (gr. I) Sept. 8, the closing day of the p...
Bloodhorse - Breeders' Cup Classic Next for Quality Road
Woodward Stakes (gr. I) winner Quality Road will return to Belmont Park to prepare for his next start in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I),...
Bloodhorse - Dreamy Finish for Night Magic at Baden-Baden
Night Magic charged from last to first to score a decisive victory in the Grosser Mercedes-Benz Preis Von Baden (Ger-I) Sept. 5.
Bloodhorse - The Filching of The Ferns
An excellent card takes the meet into waning days.
Bloodhorse - Fuisse Flies Late to Take Prix du Moulin
Fuisse came charging down the center of the course and prevailed in a blanket finish to claim victory in the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (Fr-I) Sept. ...
Thoroughbred Times - Twirling Candy wins Del Mar Derby amid controversy
Twirling Candy remained undefeated with a victory in the Del Mar Derby (G2) on Sunday, but the win was not without controversy requiring a steward's i...
Thoroughbred Times - Classy Ruler first winner for Ruler’s Court
Classy Ruler opened a clear early lead in the third race on Saturday night at Evangeline Downs and powered to a seven-length romp to become the first ...
Thoroughbred Times - R Heat Lightning clear winner in Spinaway
One of a quartet of fillies entered by trainer Todd Pletcher, R Heat Lightning emerged as the clear winner of the Spinaway Stakes (G1) on Sunday at Sa...
Thoroughbred Times - Get Serious holds off Nownownow in Red Bank
Ultra-consistent Monmouth Park mainstay Get Serious overcame a troubled start to score a neck win over Nownownow in the Red Bank Stakes (G3) on Sunday...
Thoroughbred Times - Night Magic rallies to win Preis von Baden
Stall Salzburg’s Night Magic rallied from last in a field of seven, struck the front with 400 meters remaining, and turned back Group 1 winners Quij...
Thoroughbred Times - Strong pace, added distance a Lethal Combination in Saranac
Lethal Combination outfinished Turf Melody in the Saranac Stakes (G3) on Sunday at Saratoga Race Course to secure his first career stakes win.
Thoroughbred Times - Majesticperfection sidelined with career-threatening injury
Elite sprinter Majesticperfection’s career is in jeopardy after he was injured during a workout at Saratoga Race Course on Sunday morning.
Thoroughbred Times - Es Corino wins Argentine Two Thousand Guineas
Multiple group stakes winner Es Corino stamped himself Argentina’s leading three-year-old male on dirt with a convincing come-from-behind victory on...
Thoroughbred Times - Pressing scores three-peat in Turkey
British-based horses swept the two international group stakes during the International Racing Festival on Sunday at Veliefendi Racecourse in Instanbul...
Thoroughbred Times - Pletcher confident in Quality Road for Classic
With no more starts planned leading into the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) on November 6, Quality Road’s victory in the Woodward Stakes (G1) on Satur...
Bloodhorse - Del Mar's Record Pick Six Yields 124 Winners
With only one favorite among the six winning horses, the Del Mar recoord Pick Six pool of $6,656,591 provided payoffs of $35,553.40 to 124 bettors wit...
Horse Racing Examiner - Quality Road romps to Woodford Stakes victory at Saratoga
Quality Road did his absolute best on Saturday, Sept. 4, to prove his second place finish to Blame in the Whitney Stakes (gr. 1) four weeks ago was ju...
Cleveland.com - Catlaunch, Tom's Ok Lady come up big at Thistledown
The veteran Catlaunch muscles his way to an early lead and holds off a challenge to win the Governor's Buckeye Cup at Thistledown.
Courier Journal - Madman Diaries wins Sapling: Gelding tops in Monmouth race
Madman Diaries held off Vengeful Wildcat in the deep stretch to win the $150,000, Grade III Sapling Stakes by a half-length on Saturday at Monmouth Pa...
Courier Journal - Quality Road is best by far in Woodward
Heavily favored Quality Road returned to the winner's circle Saturday afternoon at Saratoga Race Course with a 4
Bloodhorse - Genetic Response to Training Found
Researchers measured the way muscle genes are switched on and off when a Thoroughbred exercises and found that these genes work together to adapt to e...
Ledger-Enquirer - Tell a Kelly wins Darley Debutante at Del Mar
Tell a Kelly rallied from last in the early going to win Saturday's $250,000 Darley Debutante for 2-year-old fillies by 4 1/2 lengths at Del Mar.
USA Today - Tell a Kelly wins Darley Debutante at Del Mar
Tell a Kelly rallied from last in the early going to win Saturday's $250,000 Darley Debutante for 2-year-old fillies by 4 lengths at Del Mar ...
ESPN - Get Serious leads Red Bank cast at Monmouth Park
It defies logic, but Get Serious seems to be getting stronger in the eyes of trainer John Forbes.
ESPN - Twirling Candy likely favorite for Del Mar Derby
The fall racing season is about to get a lot more interesting for undefeated Twirling Candy, the likely odds-on favorite Sunday in the Grade 2 Del Mar...
ESPN - Sapling: Madman Diaries effective on dirt, too
A determined Madman Diaries held off Vengeful Wildcat and Chipshot to win the Grade 3, $153,000 Sapling Stakes for 2-year-olds on Saturday at Monmouth...
Bloodhorse - Tell A Kelly Speaks Up in Darley Debutante
Last on the turn for home, Tell A Kelly swept to an eye-catching victory in the $250,000 Darley Debutante (gr. I) at Del Mar Sept. 4 in her first try ...
NTRA - Gran Estrento continues to pay huge dividends for Stidham
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Gran Estreno became the fifth horse to win two editions of the Washington Park Handicap, and fourth to win the 77-year...
ESPN - Desormeaux will miss three weeks with injuries from spill
Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux will be out of action a minimum of three weeks after sustaining a cracked vertebra as a result of a spill he was i...
Gainesway - Tapit filly storms home G1 Del Mar Debutante
Tell a Kelly came from last place to cruise to a 4 1/2-length victory in the Grade 1 Del Dar Debutante...
NTRA - Head says competition sets Goldikova apart from Zenyatta
If all goes well during the next few months, Goldikova (Ire) and Zenyatta will share a unique platform on November 6 as they both attempt to become th...
Bloodhorse - Madman Diaries Goes All the Way in Sapling
Robert Tell and Wesley A. Ward's Madman Diaries took control out of the gate and never looked back, winning the $150,000 Sapling Stakes (gr. III) by a...
NTRA - Quality Road makes it look easy in Woodward
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NTRA - Lilly La Pootz challenges Gotta Have Her in Palomar
DEL MAR, Calif. – Gotta Have Her is a millionaire, a Grade 2 winner this year, and the defending champion of Monday’s $150,000 Palomar Han...
NTRA - All eyes on Boys At Tosconova
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – When Boys At Tosconova came into the stretch six lengths clear of his rivals in a July 2 maiden race at Belmont Park, t...
NTRA - Dundalk Dust takes a shot in Pucker Up
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – The Pucker Up Stakes for 3-year-old turf fillies has found a nice niche in the 3-year-old filly turf division, produci...
NTRA - Madman Diaries shows he's just as effective on dirt as synthetics
OCEANPORT, N.J. - A determined Madman Diaries held off Vengeful Wildcat and Chipshot to win the Grade 3, $153,000 Sapling Stakes for 2-year-olds on Sa...
Bloodhorse - Here Comes Ben Pulls Forego Upset
In a star-studded field that included some of the biggest name sprinters on the East Coast, it was little-known Here Comes Ben that came from off the ...
NTRA - Hooh Why proves best of tough Seaway bunch
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Hooh Why outran a small but select group of fillies and mares Saturday at Woodbine in the seven-furlong, $161,500 Seaway Stakes.
USA Today - Madman Diaries wins Sapling Stakes
Madman Diaries held off Vengeful Wildcat in the deep stretch to win the $150,000 Sapling Stakes by a half-length on Saturday at Monmouth Par ...
Bloodhorse - Gran Estreno Repeats in Washington Park
Blocked in the stretch, Gran Estreno exploited an unexpected opening at the rail to win the $120,000 Washington Park Handicap (gr. III) for the second...
Ledger-Enquirer - Quality Road cruises to victory in Woodward
Heavily favored Quality Road drew away in the stretch and cruised to a 4 3/4-length victory in the $750,000 Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on...
NTRA - Here Comes Ben proves he belongs among nation's elite sprinters
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Trainer Charles Lopresti and his 4-year-old colt Here Comes Ben passed their Grade 1 audition Saturday at Saratoga and the sp...
NTRA - Albarado expects to be ready for Keeneland
Jockey Robby Albarado said Friday that he is healing on schedule from injuries suffered in a spill at Saratoga and that he expects to be 100 percent w...
NTRA - Desormeaux will miss three weeks with injuries from spill
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux will be out of action a minimum of three weeks after sustaining a cracked vertebra ...
USA Today - Quality Road cruises to victory in Woodward
Heavily favored Quality Road cruised to a 4-length victory in the $100,000 Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, drawing away ...
Darby Dan - All American's half-sister wins G2 Furious Stakes
Darby Dan freshman sire All American added a new Group winner Sept. 4 when his talented half-sister More Strawberries broke her maiden in the $175,000...
Bloodhorse - Quality Road an Easy Woodward Winner
Quality Road got back on track in the $750,000 Woodward Stakes (gr. I), easily defeating an overmatched field under John Velazquez to earn his fourth ...
NBC Sports - Quality Road cruises to victory in Woodward
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - Heavily favored Quality Road drew away in the stretch and cruised to a 4 3/4-length victory in the $750,000 Woodward Sta...
USA Today - Joe De Fino wins $108,300 Babic Pace at Freehold
Joe De Fino held off a stretch challenge from Howard's Rock to win the $108,300 Lou Babic Memorial Pace at Freehold Raceway on Saturday.
Bloodhorse - Zenyatta's Half-Brother Breaks Maiden at Spa
Souper Spectacular, a 3-year-old half-brother to undefeated Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Zenyatta, broke his maiden in the fifth race at Sarat...
Bloodhorse - Markab Breaks Course Record in Sprint Cup
A gallant Markab smashed the course record on his way to posting an upset victory in the Betfred Sprint Cup (Eng-I) at Haydock Sept. 4.
Bloodhorse - Hooh Why Slips By 'Belle for Seaway Surprise
Outsider Hooh Why shook off favored Tribal Belle on the turn and persevered through the long Woodbine stretch to win the $155,363 Seaway Stakes (gr. I...
Thoroughbred Times - Tell a Kelly stars in Debutante
Tell a Kelly inhaled front-running Sorrento Stakes (G3) winner Wickedly Perfect and drove clear to a visually impressive victory in the Darley Debutan...
Bloodhorse - Cape Blanco Springs Upset in Irish Champion
Cape Blanco took the lead from the start and never looked back, pulling away in the stretch to capture the Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes ...
Bloodhorse - Cape Blanco Springs Irish Champion Upset
Cape Blanco took the lead from the start and never looked back, pulling away in the stretch to capture the Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes ...
Baltimore Sun - Horse racing at state fair will start at noon Sunday
Races will be earlier because of Justin Bieber concert The horse racing at the Maryland State Fair on Sunday will start at noon to accommodate a sello...
Bloodhorse - Rail Trip Tunes Up For JC Gold Cup
Rail Trip continued his preparations for the Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr. I) at Belmont Park on Oct. 2 with a brisk six-furlong breeze on the Saratoga ma...
Bloodhorse - Arrest Made in Murder of Galen May
Authorities have arrested a 26-year-old man in connection with the alleged murder of Galen May, a popular assistant to trainer Jerry Hollendorfer and ...
Bloodhorse - Desormeaux Out at Least Three Weeks
Kent Desormeaux was awaiting the opinion of a specialist at Albany Medical Center on Sept. 4 to determine whether an apparent vertebrae fracture was a...
Bloodhorse - Desormeaux Off Mounts After Injury
Kent Desormeaux was awaiting the opinion of a specialist at Albany Medical Center on Sept. 4 to determine whether an apparent vertebrae fracture was a...
Thoroughbred Times - Madman Diaries digs in for game Sapling win
Madman Diaries dug in gamely to repel a determined challenge from Vengeful Wildcat in the stretch and win the Sapling Stakes (G3) on Saturday at Monmo...
Yahoo Horse - Desormeaux off mounts with hairline fracture (AP)
Jockey Kent Desormeaux has a hairline fracture of a vertebra in his neck and is off his mounts at Saratoga Race Course. Desormeaux was consulting with...
USA Today - Desormeaux off mounts with hairline fracture
Jockey Kent Desormeaux has a hairline fracture of a vertebra in his neck and is off his mounts at Saratoga Race Course.
Thoroughbred Times - Gran Estreno repeats in Washington Park Handicap at Arlington
Feel The Thunder Stable’s Gran Estreno (Arg) charged through from along the rail on Saturday to score a repeat win in the Washington Park Handicap (...
Bloodhorse - Lillie Langtry Victorious in Matron Stakes
Lillie Langtry wore down Spacious in the final strides to claim a neck victory in the Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus Matron Stakes (Ire-I) at Leopardstown ...
Thoroughbred Times - Here Comes Ben rallies to win Forego
Here Comes Ben reeled in multiple graded stakes winner Big Drama in the closing strides of the Forego Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course ...
NTRA - Record pick six carryover of nearly $1.6 million at Del Mar
DEL MAR, Calif. - There is a record pick six carryover of $1,597,470 for Saturday’s 10-race program at Del Mar, after bettors failed to hit the ...
Bloodhorse - Hialeah Seeks Later Start for Meet
Hialeah Park is seeking a later start for its 2010-2011 Quarter Horse meet, and says it has "reached a formal agreement" with the Florida Quarter Hors...
Thoroughbred Times - Quality Road makes it look easy in Woodward
Quality Road opened a commanding advantage in early stretch and powered to a dominant victory in the Woodward Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga.
Thoroughbred Times - Viejo Querido, Porque score Group 1 victories at Club Hipico
Multiple group stakes winner Viejo Querido confirmed his status as one of Chile’s elite three-year-olds on turf with a decisive front-running victor...
Thoroughbred Times - Champion and sire Celtic Swing dies in Italy
European champion Celtic Swing, sire of Australian champion Takeover Target and European champion Six Perfections (Fr), died on Thursday following a s...
Thoroughbred Times - Hooh Why shows how it's done in Seaway
Battling early with 1.15-to-1 favorite Tribal Belle, Hooh Why fought her way to the front and held off a pair of late challengers on Saturday to win t...
Thoroughbred Times - Souper Spectacular, half to Zenyatta, wins at Saratoga
After unplaced finishes in his first two starts on the main track, Souper Spectacular surged clear in his turf debut to win the fifth race on Saturday...
Bloodhorse - Saratoga Diary: End of Days
The party plan goes into effect to help attendance.
Thoroughbred Times - Desormeaux out Saturday with possible neck fracture
Racing Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux took off his five scheduled mounts at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday with a possible neck fracture, the r...
Thoroughbred Times - Markab sets course record in Sprint Cup upset
Markab controlled the pace from the start and kept an accomplished field of sprinters well under control throughout in posting a record-setting upset ...
Thoroughbred Times - California owner Tom Braly dead
Owner Tom Braly died at his home in Palm Desert, California, on Friday after a long battle with cancer. He was 72.
Thoroughbred Times - Ragozin Insider: Tough to find value against Quality Road in Woodward
Quality Road learned the hard way why Saratoga Race Course has come to be known as the Graveyard of Favorites.





