Secret Circle, the winner of the 2013 Breeders’ Cup Sprint and $2 million Golden Shaheen for sprinters in Dubai in March, has been retired and will stand at stud in 2016, trainer Bob Baffert said on Thursday.
Driver Trond Smedshammer and his horse Buen Camino will hope to finish Saturday’s $500,000 Yonkers Trot for 3-year-old trotters the same way they start it -- No. 1.
Saturday, Gordon Lord Byron makes his fourth appearance in the big sprint race at Haydock, the Group 1 Betfred Sprint Cup, and if he runs like he did the first three times, Gordon Lord Byron will be a factor
The details of a temporary Texas Racing Commission funding plan that enabled the state’s tracks to resume operations after a one-day shutdown Tuesday are beginning to emerge. The commission has been granted authority to transfer $186,000 from already-appropriated funds to administrative cost accounts in order to operate for the next 90 days, according Dave Nelson, the chief of staff for Texas Sen. Jane Nelson. The temporary funding plan extends through Nov. 30.
Goldfeder: Del Mar pick three play for Friday, Sept. 4
Fair Grounds in New Orleans will close out its Quarter Horse meet Saturday with a collection of some of the meet’s fastest 2-year-olds. The $303,777 Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders Association Sale Futurity is comprised of horses with the 10 best times during trials, which took place Aug. 15, opening day of the meet.
Matt Rose's analysis of the Saturday 9/5 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Garnet Barnsdale's analysis of the Saturday 9/5 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
Undrafted will be making his first start since his historic victory in the Group 1 Diamond Jubilee at Royal Ascot when stretching out to a mile Saturday in the $300,000 More Than Ready Stakes at Kentucky Downs in Franklin, Ky.
Harmonize showed she had grown up quite a bit since her only previous start, drawing off with complete authority down the stretch to dominate the $100,000 P.G. Johnson Stakes decided during a sudden burst of rain showers Thursday at Saratoga.
