Horse Racing News

The showdown everyone wanted to see produced a clear verdict for Shared Belief over reigning Horse of the Year California Chrome in the $500,000 San Antonio Invitational Stakes Feb. 7 at Santa Anita Park.

WinStar Farm and Twin Creeks Racing Stables' Constitution notched his second Grade 1 victory Feb. 7 at Gulfstream Park and made an impressive 4-year-old debut, taking the $500,000 Donn Handicap wire-to-wire while holding off 2014 Donn winner Lea.

Al Shaqab Racing's Mshawish overcame traffic in the stretch and prevailed in a tight finish with Slumber in the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap Feb. 7 at Gulfstream Park.

Odds-on choice Dortmund, passed in upper stretch by rival Firing Line, fought back gamely along the inside to score a determined head victory in the $150,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes Feb. 7 at Santa Anita Park.

Crossed Sabres Farm's Valid won a thrilling three-horse finish in the $100,000 Fred W. Hooper Stakes Feb. 7 at Gulfstream Park.

Al Shaqab Racing's Sandiva won her second straight stakes and first North American graded contest with a length victory over Rosalind in the Suwannee River Stakes Feb. 7 at Gulfstream Park.

Black Rock Thoroughbreds' Far From Over overcame a bad start to upset 1-2 favorite El Kabeir Feb. 7 in the $250,000 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack, closing much ground en route to his first graded score.

David Jacobson and Southern Equine Stables' Salutos Amigos wouldn't be denied Feb. 7, rallying through the stretch to take the $150,000 Toboggan Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack by 1-3/4 lengths over Dads Caps.

A four-horse spill in the sixth race Feb. 6 at Tampa Bay Downs caused the death of one horse and resulted in four jockeys being taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa for observation.

American Pharoah should be looking at a return to racing in March, according to trainer Bob Baffert.