Horse Racing News on February 15, 2011

Fair Grounds was the site of Mission Impazible's biggest victory in last year's Louisiana Derby. After returning from the sidelines, the son of Unbridled's Song hopes to make another big score when he takes on Apart in the Mineshaft Handicap on Feb. 19.

Tapizar, one of the top 3-year-olds in California this year, has been diagnosed with a bone chip in a knee and is off the Kentucky Derby trail, trainer Steve Asmussen said on Tuesday.

Undefeated Uncle Mo tops the graded stakes earnings list for 3-year-olds that will likely determine the participants in the field for the 137th running of the $2 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands on Saturday, May 7.

Rogue Romance,and Mucho Macho Man are expected to vie for favoritism Feb. 19 in New Orleans when they head a field of 10 sophomores named to Fair Grounds' Risen Star Stakes in the final local prep for the March 26 Grade 2 Louisiana Derby five weeks later.