Horse Racing News

A day after the California Horse Racing Board rejected the Oak Tree Racing Association's plan to race at Santa Anita this fall, officials with Oak Tree and Hollywood Park intensified the process of moving the meeting to Hollywood Park for the first time.

I Want Revenge faces five rivals Saturday in the second start of his comeback, the Grade 3, $300,000 Phillip H. Iselin Stakes at Monmouth Park.

In this week's installment of "The Fallen," retired Hall of Famer and all-around guy who should know better Gary Stevens finds himself grinding through a veritable rainbow of pain after sustaining a fracture of his left clavicle.

The California Horse Racing Board denied a request Thursday from the Oak Tree Racing Association to conduct an autumn meeting at Santa Anita.

Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer compares his filly, Blind Luck, to a former heavyweight champion boxer.

Frank Stronach told a group of about 250 horsemen on Wednesday evening that Santa Anita will replace its existing Pro-Ride synthetic surface with a conventional dirt track after the conclusion of the Oak Tree at Santa Anita meeting Oct. 31.

The same horses pre-entered Friday in the 28th Arlington Million were officially entered Tuesday in an informal racing-office draw at Arlington Park, with the 7-5 morning-line favorite, Gio Ponti, landing post 6 in a 10-horse field.

Kantharos maintained his reputation as the best 2-year-old on the East Coast with a relatively easy 7 1/4-length victory in Monday's Grade 2, $150,000 Saratoga Special at Saratoga.

Makfi handed Goldikova a shocking defeat at Deauville on Sunday as he beat the two-time Breeders' Cup Mile winner by 2 1/2 lengths in the Group 1, $769,000 Prix Jacques Le Marois.

Direct Line upset the showcase race of the Ellis Park meet by nailing an even pricier longshot, West Hope, in the final strides of the Grade 3, $100,000 Gardenia on Saturday.