Bank Merger wins the Belmont feature - July 8, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Bank Merger and jockey Alan Garcia splashed to a six-length win in the slop over Just Hold On in the $53,200 allowance ...
All Star Heart wins Hollywood Park feature - July 7, 2011
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - All Star Heart rallied to win Thursday's $63,391 feature by 1 1-4 lengths at Hollywood Park...Ridden by Brice ...
All Star Heart wins Hollywood Park feature - July 7, 2011
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - All Star Heart rallied to win Thursday's $63,391 feature by 1 1-4 lengths at Hollywood Park...Ridden by Brice ...
All Star Heart wins Hollywood Park feature - July 7, 2011
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - All Star Heart rallied to win Thursday's $63,391 feature by 1 1-4 lengths at Hollywood Park...Ridden by Brice ...
Derby winner Animal Kingdom recuperating - July 7, 2011
ELKTON, Md. (AP) - Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom is recuperating in Maryland after surgery to repair a slab fracture in his left...
Beau Choix wins Belmont's Rob N Gin Stakes - July 7, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Beau Choix rallied along the rail in the stretch under Ramon Dominguez and outfinished Pocket Cowboys to win the $60,00...
Celtic Princess wins Hollywood Park feature - July 4, 2011
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Celtic Princess pulled away in the final eighth of a mile to win the $150,000 Royal Heroine Mile by 21/4 lengt...
Her Smile wins Belmont's Prioress Stakes - July 4, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Her Smile cooked up a holiday treat for celebrity chef Bobby Flay, winning the $250,000 Prioress Stakes on Monday at Be...
Gallant Son wins Kerlan at Hollywood Park - July 3, 2011
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Gallant Son won the $81,898 Robert K. Kerlan Memorial Handicap on Sunday at Hollywood Park to end an eight-rac...
Flashpoint wins Monmouth Park feature - July 3, 2011
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) - Flashpoint drew off in the stretch to win the $150,000 Jersey Shore Stakes at Monmouth Park on Sunday, beating C...
Long shot Tamarind Hall wins Bed o'Roses - July 3, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Tamarind Hall took charge with a quarter of a mile to go and won the $150,000 Bed o' Roses Handicap by 5 1/4 lengths ov...
Harness Racing Hall of Fame inducts class of 2011 - July 3, 2011
GOSHEN, N.Y. (AP) - The leading money-earning pacer Gallo Blue Chip and the president of Hanover Shoe Farm are among the inductees into...
Courageous Cat wins Shoemaker Mile at Hollywood - July 2, 2011
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Courageous Cat and jockey Patrick Valenzuela held off a charge from Caracortado and Joe Talamo to win the $300...
Flat Out wins Belmont's Suburban Handicap - July 2, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Flat Out, the longest shot at 13-1, rallied for a 61/2-length upset victory in the $300,000 Suburban Handicap at Belmon...
Exfactor pays off on owner's gamble with victory - July 2, 2011
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The $27,000 gamble made by owner Jim Stone and trainer Bernie Flint on Exfactor paid off Saturday with a win in ...
Teaks North wins United Nations Stakes - July 2, 2011
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) - Teaks North held off two rivals in the deep stretch to win the $750,000 United Nations Stakes at Monmouth Park o...
Veteran jockey Chuck C. Lopez scores 4,000th win - July 2, 2011
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) - Veteran jockey Chuck C. Lopez has scored his 4,000th win...Lopez hit the milestone Saturday in the first race at...
Siena runs Palio despite uproar over horse death - July 2, 2011
SIENA, Italy (AP) - A horse named Mississippi has won the famed Palio bareback horse race around Siena's main piazza amid calls for an ...
Skipton Creek takes Hollywood Park feature - July 2, 2011
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Long shot Skipton Creek and jockey David Flores beat heavy favorite Rosehill Dew by a head to win the $57,900 ...
NJ governor vetoes horse racing subsidies - July 1, 2011
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has vetoed a move by the state Racing Commission to provide $15 million in state su...
Distorted Legacy wins Belmont's Sky Beauty Stakes - July 1, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Distorted Legacy rallied to beat Satans Quick Chick by three-quarters of a length Friday in the $60,000 Sky Beauty Stak...
Smoke the Devil wins Monmouth feature - July 1, 2011
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) - Smoke the Devil rallied in the final strides to edge Who's the Cowboy by a neck Friday in the $52,500 allowance ...
Horse death before Palio sparks debate in Italy - July 1, 2011
ROME (AP) - A horse smashed into a barrier and died during training for a famed but risky bareback race around Siena's cobblestone piaz...
American Lady wins Hollywood Park feature - June 30, 2011
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - American Lady defeated Zenidekka by 21/4 lengths to win Thursday's $61,032 feature at Hollywood Park...Ridden ...
Tutti Va Bene wins Belmont feature - June 30, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Tutti Va Bene edged Rogue's Jewel by a head Thursday in the $44,100 allowance feature for New York-bred fillies and mar...
Veterinarian involved in horse race fraud dies - June 29, 2011
Mark J. Gerard, a veterinarian for champion horses like Kelso and Secretariat whose racetrack career was ruined when he ran a ringer in...
Veterinarian involved in horse race fraud dies - June 29, 2011
Mark J. Gerard, a veterinarian for champion horses like Kelso and Secretariat whose racetrack career was ruined when he ran a ringer in...
Slevin wins Belmont feature - June 29, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Slevin beat Rocking Out by 11/4 lengths Wednesday in the $53,900 allowance feature at Belmont Park...After closely stal...
Derby winner Animal Kingdom out for rest of year - June 29, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom has a more serious leg injury that will require surgery, and the colt won't race a...
Cornacchia, co-owner of 2 Ky. Derby winners, dies. - June 27, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Joseph Cornacchia, co-owner of Kentucky Derby winners Strike the Gold and Go For Gin, has died. He was 78...The New Yor...
NYRA chief defends execs' raises despite red ink - June 27, 2011
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The head of the New York Racing Association says executive compensation will increase 3 percent this year despite a...
NYRA officials to tout 143rd Saratoga season - June 27, 2011
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Officials from the New York Racing Association will be at a suburban Albany hotel to discuss the upcoming season at...
Filly Inglorious wins Queen's Plate - June 26, 2011
TORONTO (AP) - Inglorious beat Hippolytus by 21/2 lengths in the $1 million Queen's Plate on Sunday at Woodbine to become the first fil...
Malibu Pier takes Beverly Hills 'Cap at Hollywood - June 26, 2011
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Malibu Pier held off favorite Cozi Rosie by 13/4 lengths to win the $98,000 Beverly Hills Handicap on Sunday a...
Feel That Fire wins Monmouth feature - June 26, 2011
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) - Feel That Fire held off D'wild Ride in the stretch to win by three-quarters of length in the $75,000 Blue Sparkl...
Preachintothedevil wins at Belmont - June 26, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Preachintothedevil and Ana K. easily won $100,000 New York bred stakes for 3-year-olds on Sunday at Belmont Park...Prea...
Persuading takes feature race at Churchill Downs - June 26, 2011
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Persuading challenged for the lead at the quarter pole, then edged clear inside the sixteenth pole to win the $6...
Treasure Beach wins Irish Derby - June 26, 2011
DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - Treasure Beach won the Irish Derby by three-quarters of a length on Sunday, providing more racing disappointment...
Zazu trumps Plum Pretty to take Hollywood Oaks - June 25, 2011
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Trainer John Saddler's filly Zazu caught Bob Baffert's Kentucky Oaks winner and odds-on favorite Plum Pretty i...
Buster's Ready wins Belmont's Mother Goose - June 25, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Buster's Ready dominated $250,000 Mother Goose for 3-year-old fillies, beating Joyful Victory by 41/4 lengths Saturday ...
