Horse Racing News

Jockey Tad Leggett, who on July 2 underwent a nine-hour surgery for spinal injuries sustained in a spill at Fair Meadows, remains in the intensive care unit at St. John's in Tulsa, said his agent, Cynthia Smith.

Date With Destiny, the only offspring of the late champion miler George Washington, made her juvenile debut a winning one at Newbury on Friday with a comfortable victory in a seven-furlong maiden.

Jockey Eibar Coa rode his 4,000th career winner Friday aboard Maddy's Crowd in the ninth race at Monmouth Park.

Nicanor, the full brother to 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, will try to capitalize on his affinity for Delaware Park's turf course to record his first stakes victory in Saturday's $100,000 Sussex Stakes.

Trainer Christophe Clement admitted to having some trepidation regarding Gio Ponti entering the Manhattan Handicap on June 5.

Change and survive. That's the mode Ellis Park continues to find itself in, with the 2010 summer meet starting Saturday amid the familiar call for alternative gaming and a pared-down racing schedule.

One of the most impressive performances by a 3-year-old on the Belmont Stakes card unfolded hours before Drosselmeyer rallied to win the final jewel of the Triple Crown.

Rail Trip was an 8-1 outsider in the 2009 Hollywood Gold Cup, a race he won by three lengths in a performance that was one of the finest of his career.

Several weeks ago, when trainer Rick Dutrow first confirmed he was sending D' Funnybone to Calder for Saturday's $200,000 Carry Back Stakes, he asked what the race looked like.

Traveling seems to suit Gayego, who makes his 2010 American debut in Saturday's $250,000 Triple Bend Handicap at Hollywood Park.