Horse Racing News

Silsita was making her stakes bow in Saturday's Grade 3, $100,000 Bourbonette Oaks, but that didn't stop the Todd Pletcher trainee from dueling to a nose win over fellow stakes debuter and longshot Marathon Lady on the wire of the one-mile contest.

Sterling Racing's Black Onyx made his stakes debut a winning one and secured a Kentucky Derby berth in Saturday's Grade 3, $550,000 Spiral Stakes at Turfway Park, posting a 1 1/2-length decision over Uncaptured.

John D. Gunther's homebred Last Gunfighter survived a troubled start and came through on the rail to win the $150,000 Excelsior Stakes

Team Valor Stable's Crop Report impressive winner in Saturday's $75,000 Rushaway Stakes at Turfway Park.

Undefeated Black Caviar easily tallied victory number 24 in the AUS$400,000 Hacer Group William Reid Stakes March 22 at Moonee Valley and joined the mighty Kingston Town in the history books with a record-tying 14th top-level win in Australia.

The 3-1 second choice on the morning line for the $150,000 Excelsior Stakes March 23 at Aqueduct Racetrack is 2011 Belmont Stakes winner Ruler On Ice, who won an Aqueduct optional claimer against three opponents Jan. 30.

Grade 2 winner Uncaptured will make his long-awaited return to competition on Saturday, but the Lion Heart colt has picked a tough spot to make his three-year-old bow in Turfway Park's Grade 3, $550,000 Spiral.

Pure Fun, winner of the Hollywood Starlet in December, gets her 2013 campaign started in the $100,000 Fathead Bourbonette Oaks as the 8-5 favorite in a field of a dozen 3-year-old fillies March 23 at Turfway Park.

Calidoscopio makes his first appearance since he scored a major upset in last fall's Breeders' Cup Marathon when he takes on seven opponents in the $100,000 Tokyo City Cup March 23 at Santa Anita Park.

Newsdad will attempt to become just the third repeat winner of the Pan American when the 1 1/2-mile grass fixture is renewed at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. Nine rivals stand in the way of the five-year-old Arch horse, who will break from post 10.