Horse Racing News

Four graded stakes winners, led by recent Brooklyn Handicap hero Birdrun, will challenge defending champion A.U. Miner in Saturday's $200,000 Greenwood Cup at Parx Racing.

A starting spot in the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint is at stake when a field of nine lines up for the Grade 2, $200,000 A Gleam Handicap at Hollywood Park July 16.

Trainer John Shirreffs has a deep team of 3-year-old turf fillies this summer in the stakes winner Star Billing and the improving Nereid.

Mike Hushion truly didn't know what to expect when he ran Gantry in a first-level allowance race at Belmont Park on June 23. After all, Gantry, a 4-year-old gelding, had not run in 227 days, never raced on grass, or faced anything but maidens.

Coming off two graded stakes victories utilizing distinctively different running styles, Banned heads a field of 12 3-year-old turf runners in Saturday's Grade 2, $600,000 Virginia Derby at Colonial Downs.

Ramon Dominguez went into the final four days of racing here with a 64-62 lead over Javier Castellano in the battle for leading rider at the meet, a title that likely won't be decided until closing day.

Hippolytus, runner-up in Woodbine's Queen's Plate at 61-1, has been made the 2-1 morning-line favorite for Sunday's $500,000 Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has vetoed a decision by the state's racing commission to award $15 million in casino subsidies to the state's Thoroughbred and Standardbred industries, according to a letter Christie sent to the commission.

A five-horse field featuring three millionaires, topped by arch-rivals Havre de Grace and Blind Luck, will contest Saturday's Grade 2 Delaware Handicap.

Garrett Gomez will be at Delaware Park July 16 to ride Blind Luck for trainer Jerry Hollendorfer in the Grade 2, $750,000 Delaware Handicap in a much anticipated clash with division rival Havre de Grace.