Horse Racing News by Byron King

Trainer Ken McPeek didn't have a starter in Saturday's Grade 1 Stephen Foster Stakes - lucky for those owners and trainers who did have horses compete in the race.

Off a step or two behind the field and fourth early, Regally Ready kicked into gear down the stretch, wearing down front-running Bridgetown to score going away under Corey Nakatani.

The fine performances of one-two finishers Unrivaled Belle and Blind Luck in the Nov. 5 Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic seemingly pointed toward their dominance in the filly and mare ranks this year.

Machen dashed his connections' Kentucky Derby dreams when he flattened out to run fourth in the Risen Star Stakes and fifth in the Louisiana Derby this spring at Fair Grounds.

For a race lacking in depth with only five starters, Saturday's Grade 3, $200,000 Texas Mile at Lone Star Park was never lacking in excitement.

Brilliant Speed, rallying down the center of the track under Joel Rosario, got up in the final stride to edge Twinspired by a nose in Saturday's Grade 1, $750,000 Toyota Bluegrass Stakes at Keeneland.

Dakota Phone led at only one point in Saturday's Grade 1, $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, but it came at the stage that it mattered -- right on the wire.

Awesome Feather entered Friday's Grade 1, $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies with a reputation as the best 2-year-old filly in Florida. She exited the race with a new title -- that being the best 2-year-old filly in America.

Jockey Garrett Gomez was thrown to the Churchill Downs turf in a spill entering the second turn of the sixth race at Churchill Downs Thursday, and his mount, Indy Bouquet, who broke down, appeared to fall on top of the jockey.

The betting public expected Harmonious to win Saturday's Grade 1, $400,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup, making her the favorite over the likes of Evening Jewel and Check the Label.