May 20, 2013
The drop from a Grade 1 race to an overnight stakes on a Wednesday at Delaware Park is usually a steep plunge. But not this time, in the $50,000 Winter Melody for fillies and mares going 1 1/16 miles.
Agent Dennis Cooper, who has regularly handled the business of Arlington’s leading riders during the last decade, swooped into town with two jockeys this past weekend, both of whom figure to do meaningful business at the meet.
Willcox Inn has returned to Arlington Park no worse for the wear after contesting the Dixie Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico, but with another tough loss hung on his résumé.
Encke, the winner of the Group 1 English St. Leger Stakes last September, was among seven horses formerly trained by Mahmood Al Zarooni who have been banned from racing for six months after testing positive for steroids in recent out-of-competition ...
The upset victory by Oxbow in the Preakness on Saturday at Pimlico extinguished the Triple Crown chances of Orb, the Kentucky Derby winner. Yet while the Belmont Stakes on June 8 at Belmont Park won’t have the drama of a Triple Crown bid, it could very ...
Nates Mineshaft, who for a period of about three months last year was one of the top horses in the country, is set to return from a lengthy layoff in the Hanshin Cup here at Arlington Park on Saturday.
Trip Notes: Preakness Stakes, Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and more
The Japan Racing Horse Association has released the catalog for its select July sale of yearlings and foals. The JRHA has cataloged 261 yearlings and 229 foals for the sale, which is scheduled for July 8-9 at the Northern Horse Park on the island of ...
Kenny Noe Jr., former chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the New York Racing Association, died Sunday evening following a long illness. He was 84.
A trio of graduates from the Barretts October yearling sale found the winners’ circle on Saturday at Betfair Hollywood Park, including Unusual Hottie, winner of the Fran’s Valentine Stakes.
Bob Pandolfo's Sharp Horses and Track Trends report featuring horses from Balmoral, Monticello, Northfield, Yonkers and others.
Authorized, Europe’s champion 3-year-old colt of 2007, will shuttle to Chile to stand at Haras Cordilliera, Racing Post reports.
Horses to watch from Monticello Raceway.
When one trainer can purchase two fillies by the same sire three years apart and capture the prestigious Shes A Great Lady with both as juveniles, people are going to draw parallels.
Aliyah Maria handily knocked off nine other Illinois conceived and foaled three-year-old pacing fillies in the first “major” stake of the season, winning the $55,300 Violet Stake Final by a widening length in a career best of 1:52 4/5 for driver Todd ...
Glitter in My Face remained unbeaten in three starts after the Quarter Horse filly won her stakes debut in Sunday’s $281,100 Kindergarten Futurity at Los Alamitos.
Live video from the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale on May 20-21, 2013. Sales previews and updates from DRF Breeding.