Horse Racing News

With regular rider Calvin Borel sidelined through the end of the year with the injury he sustained Saturday, Tony Farina will get the mount on Brass Hat for the Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs on Friday.

Distinctive Dixie will try to follow up her sharp victory in the Grade 2 Chilukki Stakes by taking another Grade 2 race at Churchill, the $150,000 Falls City Handicap, the Thanksgiving Day feature that drew just six fillies and mares.

Three-time Kentucky Derby winning jockey Calvin Borel will be out five to six weeks after suffering a broken jaw when unseated by his horse during the $1 million Delta Jackpot on Saturday.

Blinkers on led to a lot of bling for the connections of Gourmet Dinner, who in his first start in the equipment powered to a 2 1/4-length win over Decisive Moment in the Grade 3, $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot on Saturday.

Premier Pegasus will earn respect grudgingly. He remained unbeaten after three races with a front-running win in Saturday's $100,000 Hollywood Prevue Stakes, but was not favored despite a stakes win over this track last month.

The Maryland-based Ravalo outgamed Signature Red in the final strides to take Grade 3, $153,500 Kennedy Road Stakes on Saturday at Woodbine Racetrack.

Graham Motion added a little icing to the proverbial cake when Aruna proved clearly best as the favorite Saturday for the English-born trainer in the 20th running of the Grade 2, $199,675 Mrs. Revere Stakes at Churchill Downs.

Stormy's Majesty, the lone New York-bred in the field, rolled to a two-length win over Not Abroad Saturday in the Grade 3, $100,000 Discovery Handicap for 3-year-olds at Aqueduct.

Steven Schwartz, a longtime horse racing publicist and racetrack official in New Jersey and New York, has died. He was 64.

Zenyatta was jogged and galloped 1 1/2 miles on Hollywood Park's training track on Friday, and she will be paraded at the track on a day in her honor on Dec. 5.