Horse Racing News

Informed Decision breezed over the Presque Isle surface Thursday morning, and trainer Jonathan Sheppard pronounced the 2009 Eclipse Award-winning female sprinter "ready to give a good account of herself" in Saturday's Grade 3, $400,000 Masters Stakes.

In his best race yet, J P's Gusto turned the Grade 1, $250,000 Del Mar Futurity on Wednesday into a one-horse show.

Gotta Have Her successfully defended her title on Monday in the Palomar Handicap, winning the Grade 2, $150,000 grass race for older fillies and mares after overcoming a dawdling pace.

Ever since his dazzling 12-length maiden win at Belmont Park nine weeks ago, a lot of people have been waiting for Boys At Tosconova to run back.

Trainer Todd Pletcher needed four horses to defeat Bob Baffert's one in Sunday's Grade 1 Spinaway Stakes.

It defies logic, but Get Serious seems to be getting stronger in the eyes of trainer John Forbes.

The fall racing season is about to get a lot more interesting for undefeated Twirling Candy, the likely odds-on favorite Sunday in the Grade 2 Del Mar Derby.

A determined Madman Diaries held off Vengeful Wildcat and Chipshot to win the Grade 3, $153,000 Sapling Stakes for 2-year-olds on Saturday at Monmouth Park.

Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux will be out of action a minimum of three weeks after sustaining a cracked vertebra as a result of a spill he was involved in during the running of Friday's second race at Saratoga.

There is a record pick six carryover of $1,597,470 for Saturday's 10-race program at Del Mar, after bettors failed to hit the wager from Wednesday through Friday.