Horse Racing News

Argentinian import Winning Prize streaked gate-to-wire in the $350,000 Frank E. Kilroe Mile at Santa Anita Park March 8, holding off recent Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap winner Lochte to secure his first grade I score in the U.S.

Testa Rossi overpowered 11 other 3-year-old fillies in the stretch to post a 3 1/2-length victory in the $200,000 Florida Oaks Saturday, March 8 at Tampa Bay Downs.

Stabled at Los Alamitos, a hotbed of Quarter Horse-style speed for decades, the three-year-old California Chrome demonstrated his own Thoroughbred twist on early flash with an electric score in the Grade 2, $300,500 San Felipe at Santa Anita on Saturday.

Top Billing, one of the leading prospects for the $1 million Besilu Stables Florida Derby sustained an injury during a workout at Payson Park the morning of March 8 that has knocked him off the Triple Crown trail.

Two-time Horse of the Year Curlin and trainer Steve Asmussen, who saddled him to nine group/graded stakes wins in the years he won those titles, are among 10 finalists on the National Museum of Racing's 2014 Hall of Fame ballot.

Saturday's Grade 2, $300,000 San Felipe at Santa Anita lost its 8-5 morning line favorite when Bayern was scratched Thursday with a bruised hoof.

Conquest Stables' Holy Bull Stakes runner-up Conquest Titan and Sam F. Davis Stakes winner Vinceremos head a field of 10 sophomores engaged for the $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby March 8 at Tampa Bay Downs.

Reddam Racing's FrontRunner Stakes winner Bond Holder has been taken to an Ocala clinic for 24-hour monitoring, trainer Doug O'Neill said March 6.

Mucho Macho Man has been installed as the 9-5 morning line favorite for the 77th renewal of the $750,000 Santa Anita Handicap March 8 at Santa Anita Park.

Bond Holder, a leading early contender for the Kentucky Derby, will not make an expected start in the March 8 Tampa Bay Derby and his next race is undetermined, according to trainer Doug O'Neill.