Horse Racing News

When trainer Barclay Tagg talked owner Charles Fipke out of running Jersey Town in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, it was with the idea that the Grade 1 Hill 'n' Dale Cigar Mile would come up an easier spot.
Eight weeks after she inherited the lead and held on to finish third in the Grade 1 Yellow Ribbon Stakes at Hollywood Park, Gypsy's Warning was the beneficiary of a perfect trip in Friday's $250,000 Matriarch Stakes.
A very roughly-run 136th running of the Grade 1 Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs resulted in two disqualifications for separate incidents, with Giant Oak being awarded victory after Successful Dan was deemed guilty of interference in the stretch.
Spacy Tracy continued her transformation from a solid turf horse to perhaps an even better dirt horse with a victory over Our Khrysty in Friday's Grade 2, $150,000 Top Flight Handicap at Aqueduct. It was 1 1/4 lengths back to pacesetter Qualia in third.
Court Vision is the only starter in Saturday's $250,000 Citation Handicap at Hollywood Park who ran in the Breeders' Cup Mile at Churchill Downs earlier this month.
Four of the nine horses entered in Saturday's $250,000 Hill 'n' Dale Cigar Mile are coming out of less-than-stellar performances in Breeders' Cup races run three weeks ago at Churchill Downs.
Steve Asmussen has trained the last three winners of the Horse of the Year title in North America, those being Curlin (2007-08) and Rachel Alexandra (2009), both of them owned primarily by the Stonestreet Stables of Jess Jackson.
Cindy Jones will look to put an exclamation point on her brief, albeit successful, one-year training career on Saturday when she runs No Such Word in the Grade 1, $250,000 Gazelle Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Aqueduct.
Dundalk Dust, a 3-year-old Illinois-bred filly who was last of six down the backstretch, blew away her five older rivals with a sensational stretch run Thursday in a rain-soaked 95th running of the Grade 2, $161,250 Falls City Handicap at Churchill Downs.
For more than a month, Qualia has been all dressed up with nowhere to run. Three weeks ago, she failed to crack into the field for the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint. Two weeks ago, an overnight stakes at Aqueduct failed to fill.
 
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