It's Tricky wins feature at Saratoga - July 23, 2011
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - It's Tricky wore down favored Plum Pretty after a head-to-head battle down the stretch to win the $250,00...
Heat forces Monmouth to postpone thoroughbred card - July 23, 2011
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) - Monmouth Park has canceled its thoroughbred racing card for the second straight day because of the record heat t...
Heleonor Rugby wins Del Mar stakes - July 22, 2011
DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) - Heleonor Rugby defeated Willa B Awesome by 11/4 lengths to win Friday's $100,000 C.T.B.A. Stakes for California-...
Georgie's Angel wins Schuylerville at Saratoga - July 22, 2011
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - Heavily favored Georgie's Angel took command inside the furlong pole and scored an easy victory in the 93...
Longshot Pure Gossip wins "Gabrielle Giffords" - July 22, 2011
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - Astronaut Mark Kelly made the winning presentation to 37-1 longshot Pure Gossip, winner of the seventh ra...
Uncle Mo has 1st workout since missing Derby - July 22, 2011
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - Uncle Mo has completed his first workout since missing the Kentucky Derby with a liver ailment, breezing ...
Jet Blue Girl wins at Del Mar - July 22, 2011
DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) - Jet Blue Girl rallied to beat She's Cheeky by 13/4 lengths Thursday in the $79,400 Cystic Fibrosis Purse at Del ...
Jockeys Smith, Sutherland to ride in match race - July 21, 2011
DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) - Jockeys Mike Smith and Chantal Sutherland, who were once engaged, will square off in a match race at Del Mar on ...
Hall of Fame jockey Smith arrested for DUI - July 21, 2011
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Police say Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith has been arrested for investigation of DUI...Smith was arrested Wednesday ni...
Awesome Maria sidelined with foreleg fracture - July 21, 2011
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - Star filly Awesome Maria is out for at least the rest of the year with a leg injury...Trainer Todd Pletch...
Racing opens at Saratoga amid stifling heat - July 21, 2011
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - One rite of summer meets another as blistering heat is expected to blanket the 143rd opening of Saratoga ...
Mr. Commons wins at Del Mar - July 20, 2011
DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) - Mr. Commons defeated Burns by 11/2 lengths to win the $112,100 Oceanside Stakes on opening day at Del Mar...The ...
Saratoga race to be named for Gabrielle Giffords - July 20, 2011
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - The seventh race on opening day at Saratoga Race Course will be named in honor of Arizona Congresswoman G...
Majestic City wins Hollywood Juvenile - July 17, 2011
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Majestic City drew away in the final sixteenth of a mile to beat Brigand by 21/4 lengths and win Sunday's $100...
Banker's Buy wins Belmont's closing feature - July 17, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Banker's Buy, the longest price in a field of five New York-bred fillies and mares, caught pacesetter Cody Samora in th...
Lil Kiara wins Monmouth Park feature - July 17, 2011
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) - Lil Kiara held off Little Stitch by a half-length to win the $65,000 Spruce Fir Handicap at Monmouth Park on Sun...
Nereid, Cambina draw in Hollywood's American Oaks - July 16, 2011
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Trainer John Shirreffs' Nereid and Jeff Bonde's Cambina finished in a dead-heat tie for victory in the Grade 1...
Roll With Joe wins Meadowlands Pace - July 16, 2011
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Roll With Joe held off Big Jim by a neck to win the $1 million Meadowlands Pace...Driver Ron Pierce won th...
Air Support rallies to win 14th Virginia Derby - July 16, 2011
PROVIDENCE FORGE, Va. (AP) - Air Support took the lead from Street Game at the sixteenth pole and won the 14th running of the $600,000 ...
Miss Valentine wins Monmouth Park feature - July 16, 2011
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) - Miss Valentine took the lead near the top of the stretch and drew off to win the $75,000 Serena's Song Stakes at...
Blind Luck winner by a nose in Delaware Handicap - July 16, 2011
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Blind Luck beat rival Havre de Grace by a nose to win the 74th running of the Grade II $750,000 Delaware Handii...
Right One wins Belmont's Jaipur Stakes - July 16, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Right One and jockey Javier Castellano rallied to beat Yield Bogey by a head on Saturday in the $100,000 Jaipur Stakes ...
West Ruler wins Hollywood Park feature - July 16, 2011
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - West Ruler defeated Real Housewife by a half-length to win Friday night's $68,546 feature at Hollywood Park......
Coax Liberty wins Belmont's Sometime Thing Stakes - July 15, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Coax Liberty rallied past the pacesetting Savvy Supreme to win the $60,000 Sometime Thing Stakes for 3-year-old fillies...
Montrell Teague makes Meadowlands Pace history - July 15, 2011
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Montrell Teague will become the youngest driver in the history of the Meadowlands Pace on Saturday night.....
Breeders' Cup board bans race day medication - July 14, 2011
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Race day medication will be banned at the Breeders' Cup World Championships, starting with 2-year-olds in 2012 an...
Ultimate Class wins Belmont feature - July 14, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Ultimate Class and jockey John Velazquez held off Forest Crown by a nose to win the $54,000 allowance feature for filli...
Big Jim favored in the Meadowlands Pace - July 12, 2011
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Big Jim, last season's champion 2-year-old pacer in the U.S. and Canada, was made the 2-1 favorite for the...
Bobby Flay to speak at Racing Hall of Fame - July 12, 2011
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - Celebrity chef and thoroughbred owner Bobby Flay will give the keynote address at the National Museum of ...
Golden Itiz, Tyler Baze win Hollywood Park feature - July 10, 2011
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Golden Itiz rallied from next-to-last at the top of the stretch to win the $70,000 allowance feature on Sunday...
Uncle Mo could return to racing in August - July 10, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Trainer Todd Pletcher says Uncle Mo could return to racing in August at Saratoga after being knocked off the Triple Cro...
Maple Forest wins Monmouth Feature - July 10, 2011
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) - Maple Forest drew off in the stretch to win the $75,000 Dearly Precious Stakes at Monmouth Park on Sunday, beati...
Eltish Star wins the Belmont feature - July 10, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Eltish Star and jockey Ramon Dominguez pulled off an upset Sunday in the $53,000 allowance feature at Belmont Park, bea...
The Dudes do it: 1-2 finish in Hollywood Gold Cup - July 9, 2011
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - First Dude held off Game On Dude by a nose to win the $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup, giving Hall of Fame trainer...
Sassy Image rallies to win Calder feature - July 9, 2011
MIAMI (AP) - Favored Sassy Image rallied from 18 lengths back to beat Musical Romance by a neck in the $350,000 Grade 1 Princess Rooney...
Rattlesnake Bridge wins Monmouth Feature - July 9, 2011
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) - Rattlesnake Bridge ran past All of the Above in the closing strides to win by a nose in the $150,000 Long Branch...
Cape Blanco wins Belmont's Man o' War Stakes - July 9, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Irish-bred Cape Blanco denied Gio Ponti a threepeat in the Man o' War Stakes on Saturday, winning the $600,000 race by ...
Dreamy Kid springs upset in Swaps Stakes - July 9, 2011
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Dreamy Kid has upset 1-2 favorite Coil to win the $150,000 Swaps Stakes at Hollywood Park, denying Hall of Fam...
Jockey Valenzuela off mounts after injury - July 9, 2011
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Jockey Patrick Valenzuela took off his mounts at Hollywood Park on Saturday after being hurt when his horse un...
Caught a Flyer wins Hollywood Park feature - July 9, 2011
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Caught a Flyer defeated Dance With Gable by a neck to win the $57,550 feature at Hollywood Park on Friday nigh...