Horse Racing News by Marcus Hersh

Trainer Larry Jones sends out Ky Derby hopefuls in Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds

Havre de Grace, who is likely to be named 2011's Horse of the Year later this month, has settled into her new home at Fair Grounds in New Orleans and began galloping under trainer Larry Jones this past weekend.

Rapid Redux won his 22nd race in a row on Wednesday, capturing the sixth race at Laurel in his typical front-running fashion.

Rapid Redux was en route from trainer David Well's home base in Pennsylvania to Laurel Park in Maryland on Wednesday morning, his injured hoof healed enough for him to participate in Laurel's sixth race.

Grade 1 winner Giant Oak has been retired from racing to stand stud at Millennium Farms in Kentucky, it was announced Monday.

Rapid Redux equaled Citation's modern American record for wins in one year when he captured his 19th victory of 2011 in the sixth race at Laurel Park on Tuesday afternoon.

Star Guitar, one of the best Louisiana-breds ever, won the Louisiana Champions Day Classic for the third year in a row on Saturday at Fair Grounds, capturing the statebred-restricted $150,000 stakes by 1 1/4 lengths over Populist Politics.

The 3-year-old colt Frankel -- to the surprise of no one -- has been named Cartier Horse of the Year for 2011.

The rematch between Plum Pretty and It's Tricky turned out to be no match at all, with Plum Pretty running away to a 7 1/2- length victory in the Grade 2, $750,000 Cotillion Stakes on Saturday at Parx Racing.

There's probably no way that Saturday's $750,000 Fitz Dixon Cotillion Stakes can live up to the race's 2010 edition.