Horse Racing News on September 5, 2011

It was a quiet experiment begun by Kiaran McLaughlin with his 2-year-olds starting under the colors of Darley and Shadwell Stables.

Favored Currency Swap handled sloppy conditions at rainy Saratoga better than any of his nine juvenile rivals in the Grade1, $250,000 Three Chimneys Hopeful Stakes edging a persistent Trinniberg on closing day of the 2011 season Sept. 5.

Del Mar's business has been so far above projections this summer that the track announced on Monday it would pay an additional $1 million in purses, a record underpayment.

Shipping to Southern California for the first time, the well-traveled Banned outfought Midnight Interlude by a nose in a taut finish to the Grade 2, $250,000 Del Mar Derby on the turf Sept. 4.

Simply Business was all business, arriving in the final stride to close the deal upsetting the $1 million Metro Pace, the continent's richest freshman pace, on Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack in Campbelville, Ontario.