Exceed And Excel leads Australia's sire standings
Darley shuttle stallion Exceed And Excel has finished the 2012-13 season as Australia's leading general sire.
Darley shuttle stallion Exceed And Excel has finished the 2012-13 season as Australia's leading general sire.

A win in the Graduation Stakes has left Art Sherman planning a start for California Chrome in the $300,000 Del Mar Futurity, a Grade 1 over seven furlongs on Sept. 4.

Can any of the horses lined up against Commander in the $50,000 Fred Jones Handicap at Northlands Park Saturday beat him? Not if he runs his usual race.

For Group 2 winner Laugh Out Loud, Saturday's De La Rose Stakes at Saratoga could be a career-defining race.

Mr. Hot Stuff had a brief fling with stardom as a 3-year-old in 2009 after finishing third in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby and competing in both the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes later that spring.
Wicked Tune puts a three-race winning streak on the line Saturday at Monmouth Park in the $60,000 My Frenchman Stakes for turf sprinters.
Saratoga spot plays, live longshots, and vulnerable favorites for Saturday, August 3, 2013.
Lil Missknowitall, has had all the answers this year at Assiniboia Downs, and she will be looking for her fourth local victory in as many starts when she faces four rivals in Saturday’s Winnipeg Sun.
Rush In has yet to win a stakes, but he has turned out to be a solid allowance horse, and on Saturday at the Sonoma County Fair here he is a top contender in the $50,000-added Robert Dupret Derby for 3-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles on the turf.

One of Include Me Out’s three stakes wins in 2012 was the Grade 1 Clement Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar, a race in which she will be favored to win for the second consecutive year on Saturday.