Horse Racing News on August 11, 2013

Todd Pletcher, who could saddle the top two choices in the $1 million Travers Stakes, sent star 3-year-olds Palace Malice and Verrazano out for easy half-mile breezes in :49.02 and :49.05, respectively, Aug. 11.

A freshened Tiz Flirtatious made easy work of her four opponents in the $250,000 John C. Mabee Stakes Aug. 11, shaking clear in upper stretch to win without much of a challenge on the Del Mar turf.

The Jockey Club will provide up to $500,000 in 2014-15 to some racing jurisdictions to step up out-of-competition drug testing with a focus on graded stakes.

Front-running Corfu nipped Wired Bryan by a bare nose in a desperate finish to the $200,000 Saratoga Special Aug. 11, giving trainer Todd Pletcher his first win in the longstanding 2-year-old event at Saratoga Race Course.

Valene Farm's Designer Legs was awarded the victory via disqualification following a roughly-run edition of the Grade 2, $196,000 Adirondack at Saratoga on Sunday.