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Heavy rains created potentially unsafe track conditions and resulted in the cancellation of live racing at Marquis Downs on Friday evening, the scheduled opening day of a 26-day meeting.

Paynter, one of the top 3-year-olds of 2012 who was seriously ill last summer and fall with colitis and laminitis, scored an emphatic victory in his comeback race at Betfair Hollywood Park on Friday.

John Velazquez expressed more relief than joy when he guided Galloping Giraffe from last to first to win Belmont's sixth race Friday, giving the jockey his 5,000th career win in North America.

Racing fans can only hope the recent 90-day suspension handed down in the case involving Dr. Orlando Paraliticci ("Veterinarian takes 90-day ban," May 30) is part of a compromise for his truthful testimony and cooperation.

Six horses completed a one-furlong breeze in :10 seconds flat on Friday during the first day of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age pre-sale under-tack show.

Jockey Norberto Arroyo Jr. has dropped his appeal of a suspension and will begin serving the penalty Sunday. Arroyo originally was given a three-day suspension because of a careless riding incident at Churchill Downs on May 25, but he will now serve ...

Blueeyesintherein earned an 86 Beyer Speed Figure in a 4 3/4-length romp Thursday in a third-level allowance at Churchill Downs and probably goes next in the Grade 1 $300,000 Prioress Stakes, a six-furlong race on July 27 at Saratoga, said trainer ...

Trainer Gary “Red Dog” Hartlage reported early Friday that staff members at the Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Ky., have informed him that they have been unable to precisely determine what caused On Fire Baby to spike a high fever ...

Heavenly Prize, a multiple Grade 1 winner and champion for Ogden Phipps who went on to become a successful broodmare, died earlier this year. The daughter of Seeking the Gold, who was boarded at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky., was 22.

Justcallheraggie cuts back from a mile to one turn while attempting to win her fourth consecutive race in the $40,000 Molly Brown Sunday at Arapahoe Park

Tsunaami Stu upset last year’s Sydney Gendelman Memorial Stakes for Ohio-breds when it was contested on turf at River Downs. On Sunday, the $50,000 Gendelman will be run on the dirt at Beulah Park, and Tsunaami Stu will be a longshot again.

Jockey Garrett Gomez is off his mounts this week to deal with personal problems, the stewards said on Thursday. The stewards did not elaborate on the reasons for Gomez’s absence.

Mucho Macho Man’s return to the races was spoiled by the return of San Pablo, who ran by Mucho Macho Man in mid-stretch and drew clear to win Friday’s $90,000 Criminal Type Stakes at Belmont Park by 3 1/2 lengths.

Hammers Terror, winner of the inaugural Mystic Lake Derby last year at a mile on turf, returns to Canterbury Park’s turf course as the tepid 4-1 morning-line favorite in the $50,000 Brooks Fields Stakes at 7 1/2 furlongs on Sunday

Jeremey Day's analysis of the Sunday 6/16 card at Balmoral Park.

The $50,000 Budweiser Handicap on Sunday attracted a stellar field of nine, and the pace, with Makors Finale and Hoist leading the way, should be crackling.

Few drivers have the résumé of Ron Pierce. He will drive Wake Up Peter in the North America Cup Final on Saturday at Mohawk and doesn't think there is a horse in the race that can out-kick his charge. Pierce also had some frank comments on the Canadian ...

Jockey Tyler Baze admitted Thursday afternoon that he failed an alcohol test administered earlier that day by the California Horse Racing Board because he had consumed alcohol on Wednesday.

There is really no modern precedent for what Animal Kingdom would accomplish were he to win the Queen Anne Stakes on Tuesday at Royal Ascot. You’d need to go back to Philadelphia’s Bill Tilden breaking through to win Wimbledon in 1920, or to the summer ...