Horse Racing News by Claire Novak

Richard's Kid, two-time winner of the Pacific Classic and of six total graded stakes through a 47-start career, has been retired due to a slight tendon tear.

After being stopped in midstretch, City of Weston altered course and re-rallied up the inside to capture Saturday's Grade 3, $300,000 Gallant Bob Stakes.

Willis D. Horton's Will Take Charge has long been referred to by racing pundits as a horse who makes one powerful run, and on Sept. 21 that run landed him in the Parx Racing winner's circle with a 2 1/4-length victory in the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby.

Shanghai Bobby, the champion 2-year-old male of 2012, made his first start off nearly a six-month layoff a winning one Sept. 20 at Belmont Park.

Susan Wantz's Dance to Bristol has won seven straight races, five of them stakes, the last three graded -- including her most recent outing, victory by a head over Book Review in the Aug. 23 Ballerina Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.

Favored Are You Kidding Me shipped across the border and won outside Canada for the first time, powering home by four lengths to take the $200,000 Kent Stakes at Delaware Park Sept. 7 in near-record time.

There's no doubt Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider's homebred 3-year-old Departing is a talented runner, and the bay gelding reinforced that point Sept. 7 when winning the $500,000 Super Derby by four lengths at Harrah's Louisiana Downs.

Susan Moulton's Solitary Ranger returned from a layup to take the $150,000 Arlington-Washington Futurity in solid fashion Sept. 7 at Arlington Park.

While Groupie Doll returned from a layup with a passable third in the Aug. 10 Gardenia Stakes at Ellis Park, she'll have little margin for error in the $400,000 Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes at Presque Isle Downs Monday, Sept. 9.

Al Stall Jr., about to board a flight for Shreveport on Sept. 4, analyzed the post position drawn by even-money favorite Departing in the $500,000 Super Derby slated for Sept. 7 at Louisiana Downs.