Horse Racing News by Associated Press

Jockey John Velazquez can add Hall of Famer to a resume that includes wins in thoroughbred racing's biggest events and two years as the nation's top rider.

A proposal to ban an anti-bleeding drug on race days in Kentucky lost by a nose on Monday in a hotly-contested thoroughbred industry debate.

Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith has reached 5,000 career victories, winning aboard Amazombie in the $150,000 Potrero Grande Stakes at Santa Anita.

Cat Talk beat Don Perico by three-quarters of a length in the $76,800 Kitty Hawk Purse at Santa Anita on Friday, moving Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith within two wins of 5,000.

Monterosso won the $10 million Dubai World Cup, the world's richest horse race, to give Dubai's ruler an emotional victory after one of his horses was euthanized following a fall in an earlier race.

A full field of 14 horses has been entered for Saturday's $10 million Dubai World Cup, with Royal Delta trying to become the first filly to win the race and Game On Dude drawing the far outside post.

Tebow's a horse, too.

Trainer Bob Baffert was moved out of intensive care a day after having a heart attack and is expected to be released from the hospital by Thursday.

The French Jockeys Association says a 21-year-old apprentice jockey has died after falling during a race.

French-trained Dunaden won the $6.2 million Melbourne Cup on Tuesday, beating England's Red Cadeaux by a nose in one of the closest finishes in the 151-year history of the two-mile turf handicap.