Horse Racing News

Cresran's homebred Tiz Miz Sue closed fast and pulled off the upset over 3-5 favorite My Miss Aurelia and 9-5 second choice Don't Tell Sophia to repeat in the Grade 3, $147,000 Azeri at Oaklawn Park on Saturday.

Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas is holding the hottest hand of 3-year-olds he's had in a while, and that talent showed March 16 when stablemates Will Take Charge and Oxbow finished 1-2 in the $600,000 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park.

In her sixth try at the grade I level, Joyful Victory finally broke through with a front-running trip under Rosie Napravnik to capture the $300,000 Santa Margarita Invitational in style March 16 at Santa Anita Park.

G. Watts Humphrey Jr.'s homebred Centre Court, one of last year's top sophomore fillies on turf, opened her four-year-old campaign with a convincing victory in Saturday's Grade 2, $150,000 Honey Fox at Gulfstream Park.

The Breeders' Cup World Championships will pay travel allowances to all participants shipping from outside California for the 2013 event at Santa Anita Park, it was announced March 15.

Golden Mystery makes her first appearance since she was purchased at auction last month in the $150,000 Inside Information Stakes March 17 at Gulfstream Park.

After winning a pair of Grade 2 stakes on turf against other fillies of her age last season, Centre Court will take on older rivals for the first time when she begins her 4-year-old campaign March 16 in the $150,000 Honey Fox Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

Joyful Victory and Brushed by a Star, who have faced each other three times since November, will take their well-developed rivalry out west for Saturday's Grade 1, $300,000 Santa Margarita.

New York state regulators have imposed a 20-day suspension and $7,500 fine on top Aqueduct Racetrack trainer Rudy Rodriguez after flunixin was found in his horses at two separate races last year.

Hall of Fame trainers Bob Baffert and D. Wayne Lukas will each saddle a pair of runners in Saturday's Grade 2, $600,000 Rebel at Oaklawn Park, and one of those four is the likely favorite for the 1 1/16-mile contest.