Horse Racing News by Lenny Shulman

Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Texas Red has been taken off the trail to the Kentucky Derby.

Better Lucky will be looking to defend her title as she squares off against eight fillies and mares going one mile on the Keeneland turf Oct. 4 in the $400,000 First Lady Stakes.

Reputation runs up against recent form when two-time champion Beholder is tackled by 2014 dual Grade 1 winner Iotapa in the $300,000 Zenyatta Stakes over the Santa Anita Park main course Sept. 27.

Following in the footsteps of Zagora and Alterite comes Xcellence, as owner Martin Schwartz seeks to win the $500,000 Sands Point Stakes Sept. 13 for 3-year-old fillies with a European import entrusted to trainer Chad Brown.

The Brooklyn Invitational Stakes has had a significant purse bump from $200,000 to $500,000 that will be sought by a wide-open field of eight runners on the Belmont Stakes undercard June 7 at Belmont Park in New York.

Thirteen 3-year-old fillies will seek to get lucky in the $750,0000 TVG Acorn Stakes on the Belmont Stakes undercard June 7 at Belmont Park in New York.

For Ken and Sarah Ramsey, 2013 was a year when almost everything went as planned on the racetrack, and as a result the couple earned their third Eclipse Award as outstanding owner. The Ramseys previously collected Eclipse trophies in 2004 and 2011.

Nashua Stakes winner Cairo Prince and Kentucky Derby Future Book One individual favorite Honor Code head the roster of nine runners signed up for the $400,000 Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack Nov. 30.

European invader Dank will hook up with local California heroine Tiz Flirtatious in a spirited edition of the $2 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf Nov. 2 at Santa Anita Park.

Some of the leading contenders for the Nov. 1-2 Breeders' Cup World Championships, including Game On Dude, Paynter, and Beholder worked at Santa Anita Park the morning of Oct. 28.