Horse Racing News
Posted 12/5/10 6:22 PM by Steve Andersen
A cooler head has given Washington Bridge a three-race winning streak, the latest being her graded stakes debut in Sunday's $150,000 Bayakoa Handicap at Hollywood Park.
Posted 12/4/10 11:01 PM by Steve Andersen
Zenyatta will be paraded between races at Hollywood Park on Sunday as part of Zenyatta Appreciation Day, a day before she is flown to Kentucky.
Posted 12/4/10 10:48 PM by Mike Welsch
On paper, it was obvious there was very little early speed in Saturday's $100,000 Tropical Turf Handicap at Calder. That fact was not lost on trainer Marty Wolfson or jockey Luis Saez.
Posted 12/4/10 10:31 PM by Steve Andersen
Left alone on the lead, Aggie Engineer proved impossible to catch in Saturday's $100,000 Native Diver Handicap at Hollywood Park.
Posted 12/4/10 4:53 PM by Steve Andersen
On her own, the 6-year-old Zardana has had an excellent career, winning 8 of 22 starts, five stakes, and $464,276. She won the Grade 2 Bayakoa Handicap at Hollywood Park in 2009 and will be out to defend her title in Sunday's $150,000 running.
Posted 12/3/10 8:11 PM by Steve Andersen
Dakota Phone showed what he can do on his best day with a 37-1 upset in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Churchill Downs on Nov. 6. The problem is Dakota Phone does not string those performances together very often.
Posted 12/3/10 7:55 PM by Matt Hegarty
The board of directors of the bankrupt NYC Off-Track Betting Corporation voted on Friday afternoon to delay a plan to close until the state Senate convenes on Tuesday to consider a bill that would allow the company to implement a reorganization plan.
Posted 12/1/10 2:07 PM by Steve Andersen
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has two chances to win the 2,000th race of his career at Hollywood Park on Thursday.
Posted 12/1/10 1:54 PM by Matt Hegarty
The board of the bankrupt New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation on Wednesday approved a plan that would allow the company to cease operating at the close of business on Friday, ratcheting up the stakes for legislators.
Posted 11/30/10 1:34 PM by Steve Andersen
Santa Anita's newly installed dirt track is scheduled to open for training Monday, the completion of a project that ends a troubled three-year period with synthetic racing surfaces at the historic track.