Horse Racing News on November 15, 2011

The Grade 3, $1 million race at Delta Downs in Vinton, La., will have a Grade 1 winner in the field for the first time Saturday after trainer Bob Baffert on Monday committed Drill, the Del Mar Futurity winner, to the 1 1/16-mile race.

Neil Drysdale sent out Bourbon Bay and Miss Match to work in company Sunday morning at Hollywood Park and was so encouraged by the way both traveled over the grass that he decided to run both this Saturday in the $250,000 Hollywood Turf Cup.

TwinSpires.com, the official advance-deposit wagering service for Churchill Downs Incorporated, will hold the TwinSpires.com Online Handicapping Championship this Saturday, Nov. 19.