Horse Racing News by Ron Mitchell

Martin Schwartz's Zagora took the lead leaving the second turn and held off a tenacious Marketing Mix for a game victory in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Santa Anita Park Nov. 2.

There is "less than a 10% chance" Hansen, the 2011 champion 2-year-old male who was withdrawn from the Travers Stakes due to a tendon injury, could ever return to competition, according to his breeder and majority owner, Dr. Kendall Hansen.

The veterinary staff of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has added some additional protocols to its operations in an effort to cut down on the number of equine fatalities at the state's tracks.

Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Doug O'Neill said he will drop his appeal of a 45-day suspension in California stemming from a carbon dioxide overage in one of his horses in 2010 and will serve the suspension from Aug. 19-Sept. 27.

Trainer Doug O'Neill said June 5 that he was holding off on relocating I'll Have Another to the barn set aside for Belmont Stakes horses at Belmont Park and that the move would now be made after morning training is over June 6.

Belle Royale used a remarkable late kick to score her first graded or group win in the $250,000 Gamely Stakes on the turf at Betfair Hollywood Park May 28.

Making her turf debut and first start in graded company, Darley Stable homebred Better Lucky lived up to her name when she outdueled Regalo Mia by a nose in the Sands Point Stakes.

Godolphin Racing's ultraconsistent It's Tricky wore down pacesetter Cash for Clunkers to win the $400,000 Ogden Phipps Handicap on the Belmont Park Memorial Day card.

Even-money choice Contested went gate to wire as the easiest of winners by five lengths in the $300,000 Acorn Stakes May 28 at Belmont Park.

Shackleford led from start to finish and the 4-year-old son of Forestry held off a fast-closing Caleb's Posse to win the $750,000 Metropolitan Handicap.