Horse Racing News by Associated Press

The owner of 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra says his filly has been retired following a disappointing season in which she won only two of five races.

Former Kentucky Derby and Preakness champion Real Quiet has died.

Lookin At Lucky has blown away a star-studded field in the $1 million Haskell Invitational at New Jersey's Monmouth Park to establish himself as the leading 3-year old in the country.

Belmont Stakes winner Drosselmeyer is recovering from an ankle injury that has sidelined the 3-year-old colt for the rest of the year.

Santa Anita has begun repair work on its troubled synthetic surface that failed to drain properly during the winter-spring meet.

The California Horse Racing Board has voted to allow Patrick Valenzuela to resume riding in the state under strict conditions that require the jockey with a history of substance abuse to submit to hair follicle testing.

An audit shows the New York Racing Association facing financial insolvency next year unless the thoroughbred track operator cuts more spending and begins getting revenue from a casino at Aqueduct that doesn't yet exist.

Trainer Blane Schvaneveldt, who won nearly 4,000 races and handled such quarter horse champions as Refrigerator and Dash for Speed, has died. He was 76.

Jockey Norberto Arroyo Jr. has been sentenced to 2&frac12 years in prison in a cocaine-possession case that unfolded a few blocks from New York's Saratoga Race Course.

Three drivers have been taken to the hospital following a spill in the second race at Meadowlands Racetrack on Friday night. Six drivers were unseated in the accident.