INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Heatseeker, the leading older horse in California, was withdrawn from Saturdays $750,000 Hollywood Gold Cup on Friday after developing swelling in his left front ankle, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said.
The injury is not believed to be serious, Hollendorfer said.
He said that Heatseeker should resume training in coming days, pending further diagnostic tests.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Glitter City could not have looked any better than she did winning a five-furlong maiden race on June 15. She dueled for the lead and won by two lengths in track-record time of 56.74 seconds, leaving trainer Jeff Mullins elated.
Glitter City followed that performance with a half-mile workout on Tuesday in company under jockey Martin Garcia, leaving Mullins more confident of her ability when she makes her stakes debut in Saturday's $100,000 Landaluce Stakes at Hollywood Park.
ALTOONA Iowa Prairie Meadowss signature race, the Grade 2, $300,000 Cornhusker Handicap, will close out the Iowa Festival of Racing on Saturday night, and while this years field may not have a horse with the potential of the 2004 winner, Roses in May, it does have the makings of a great betting race.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - With nothing left to prove after easily winning her sixth straight stakes race in Western Canada in the fillies division of the CTHS Sales Stakes at Hastings last Saturday, Dancing Allstar could make the long trip to Calder to run in the $250,000 Azalea Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on July 12.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Trainer Mac Benson recently lost a graded stakes winner when Arravale, Canada's Horse of the Year in 2006, was retired to prepare for a career in the breeding shed.
That left the role of stable star up for grabs, and Ice Bear can cement his status with a top effort here in Saturday's Grade 2 King Edward Gold Cup at 1 1/8 miles on turf.
Two horses were killed when they were hit by a truck on a highway near River Downs early Wednesday morning. Eddie McGrath, a 5-year-old trained by Israel Sostre, and Airhead Harry, a 3-year-old trained by Leroy Simon, were killed when they ran head on into a pickup truck.
Sostre heard the two horses fighting in the early hours of the morning. Both had broken their webbing and were at the end of the shed row. "I walked around the corner and tried to catch them, but they went flying by," said Sostre.
Four Illinois casinos filed an 11th-hour appeal Thursday morning of an Illinois Supreme Court decision that would direct millions of dollars of casino revenue to the state's horse racing industry.
The appeal can delay for several months the distribution of about $80 million from an escrow fund into the Illinois racing fund, from which it would be paid to racetrack operators and purses.
INGLEWOOD, Calif.-A two-day pick six carryover of $747,253 will be the highlight of an eight-race program at Hollywood Park on Thursday.
The pick six covers the third through eighth races, and several of the races are not very deep. All of the pick six races are run on the main track; there are no turf races on Thursday.
The third race is a $25,000 claimer over 1 1/16 miles. Informed, trained by Bob Baffert, will be a strong favorite.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - One winning ticket worth $107,647 was sold on the Super Hi Five on the ninth race Wednesday at Churchill Downs. The ticket was bought through the Racing Gaming Services hub, according to Churchill officials.
The Wednesday payoff was the highest so far at Churchill, and the third-largest in North America, following two previous payoffs in California. This is the first meet at Churchill for the Super Hi Five, a $1 minimum bet.