Horse Racing News

Midday, the 15-8 favourite, wins the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood for the second successive year, holding off a strong challenge from Stacelita.

The Grade 3, $200,000 Matchmaker for fillies and mares on the turf looks like one of the outstanding betting races on the Haskell Day card Sunday at Monmouth Park.

After his five-race winning streak was snapped at Woodbine five weeks ago, Get Stormy seeks to start a new run of success where the old one began when he starts as the probable favorite in Sunday's Grade 2 Fourstardave at Saratoga.

Unrivaled Belle will be the odds-on favorite to defeat the five other fillies and mares who were entered Thursday for Sunday's Grade 1 Ruffian.

The future is always now for Cost of Freedom, the top sprinter in California and the horse to beat in the Grade 1 Bing Crosby Stakes on Sunday at Del Mar.

A decision on whether Zenyatta will start in the $300,000 Clement Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar on Aug. 7 will be made before entries are due on Wednesday, and indications are that the undefeated two-time champion will start in that Grade 1 race.

There is a certain cachet that one usually associates with a Kentucky Derby winner. For Super Saver, that seemingly lasted about two weeks.

Patrick Valenzuela was winless with three mounts at Del Mar on Wednesday, his first day of riding in California since December 2007.

Audacity of Hope's first outing as a Jeremy Noseda trained horse will occur in the United States.

Sea Lord edges out Invisible Man in a dash for the post to win the Totesport Mile on day four at Goodwood.

Trainer Aidan O'Brien will appear before a British Horseracing Authority disciplinary hearing on 3 August.

Illustrious Blue pips Electrolyser to win the 2010 Goodwood Cup after odds-on favourite Age of Aquarius pulls up with half a mile to go.

Informed Decision answered the question that trainer Jonathan Sheppard wanted answered and won the $100,000 Windward at Presque Isle Downs on Tuesday evening.

A small but select field of seven, led by two-time defending champion Forever Together, was drawn for Saturday's Grade 1 Diana at Saratoga.

Canford Cliffs overcame a series of self-imposed difficulties at Goodwood on Wednesday to win the Group 1, $467,000 Sussex Stakes with a perfectly timed late run that caught Rip Van Winkle in the shadow of the line.

Enriched will return in Saturday's $200,000 San Diego Handicap at Del Mar, just seven days after finishing third in the Grade 1 Eddie Read Stakes on turf.

Despite fierce competition for 3-year-olds this weekend, Thistledown director of racing Bill Couch is pleased with how Saturday's 76th running of the Grade 3, $100,000 Ohio Derby has come up.

The gate problems that plagued Perfect Shirl early in her career are a thing of the past, and the 3-year-old filly is now able to show off her true talent.