Horse Racing News

Ostensibly a prep for the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, Saturday's Grade 2, $400,000 Kelso Handicap.

An interesting mix of talented fillies, headlined by 2012 Grade 1 winners Include Me Out, Love Theway Youare, and Love and Pride, and will go postward in the Sept. 29 Zenyatta Stakes at Santa Anita Park.

It's not going to be easy separating the 10 horses entered in the $1 million TVG Jockey Club Gold Cup Sept. 29.

Royal Delta and It's Tricky look to recover from an Aug. 26 Personal Ensign upset and eye year-end honors when they meet for a fifth time Sept. 29 in the $400,000 Beldame Invitational at Belmont Park.

Though he came up half a length shy in the Pacific Classic last time out, Game On Dude should be back in his comfort zone as he goes for a repeat in the $250,000 Awesome Again Stakes Sept. 29 at Santa Anita Park.

Point of Entry can solidify his present status as the nation's leading long-distance turf performer with a victory in Saturday's Grade 1, $600,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational.

Bill Mott is loaded for this weekend's Breeders' Cup Preview at Belmont Park, sending out Grade 1 winners Royal Delta in the Beldame, Ron the Greek in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, and To Honor and Serve in the Kelso Handicap at Belmont Park.

Just days before the state is to take over control of the New York Racing Association, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is sending signals he wants to put the operation of the racing entity out to bid to for-profit companies.

After an unsuccessful Triple Crown campaign, Optimizer looks to have found his home back on the turf. The D. Wayne Lukas-trained colt captured his first graded stakes win in record fashion on Saturday in the Grade 3, $200,000 Kent Stakes.

J. Paul Reddam's Handsome Mike parlayed a front-running trip into a two-length upset in Saturday's Grade 2, $1 million Pennsylvania Derby, winning as the 19-1 longest shot at Parx Racing.