Horse Racing News by Vance Hanson

Willcox Inn, who captured the first two legs of Arlington's Mid-America Triple over the summer, will seek to add to his trophy case in Saturday's Grade 3, $200,000 Hawthorne Derby.

The once-beaten Unbridled Humor will try to make it two Grade 3 wins in a row when she lines up Saturday for the $100,000 Athenia Stakes at Belmont Park, a 1 1/16-mile test over the Widener turf.

Bob Baffert's three-year-old star The Factor was heavily favored to take Saturday's Ancient Title at Santa Anita, but the charismatic gray never looked comfortable throughout the six-furlong journey and wilted to fourth after dueling into submission.

hivananda Parbhoo's Giant Ryan made a successful return to his home state of New York when upsetting Saturday's Grade 1, $350,000 Vosburgh Invitational at Belmont Park.

WinStar Farm is offering a complimentary breeding season to Tiznow for any filly or mare that wins the 2011 Breeders' Cup Classic on November 5 at Churchill Downs.

Under Javier Santiago, Eve Giselle prevailed in a time of 1:08 4/5 for six furlongs over a fast track and returned $4.40, $3.40 and $2.20 as the 6-5 favorite.

fter looking hopelessly beaten when 15 lengths adrift of the leaders down the backside of the Princess Rooney Handicap at Calder, Jerry Romans' Sassy Image made one of those wide, closing moves reminiscent of those Forego used to make a generation ago.

A road win Saturday in the Grade 1, $350,000 Princess Rooney Handicap at Calder would greatly enhance Sassy Image's prospects for an Eclipse Award as champion female sprinter.

It was all about the number three for Lebherz Racing and Alan Klein's Smiling Tiger in Saturday's $250,000 Triple Bend Handicap (Grade 1) at Hollywood Park.

A week after sweeping the Grade 3 Aristides Stakes and Dogwood Stakes, trainer Kenny McPeek was back in the Churchill Downs winner's circle following a graded stakes when My Baby Baby turned in a 7-1 upset of Saturday's Grade 3 Mint Julep Handicap.