Horse Racing News

Mine That Bird, the 2009 Kentucky Derby winner, left New Mexico on Wednesday morning bound for Churchill Downs, where he will be trained by D. Wayne Lukas, Leonard Blach, a co-owner of the gelding, said Wednesday.

Ernie Paragallo, once one of the leading owners of Thoroughbred racehorses in New York, was sentenced to two years in Greene County jail and assessed a $33,000 fine.

The New York Racing Association reiterated on Monday that if it does not receive financial assistance from the state, it will be unable to complete the Belmont Park spring/summer meet. The meet runs through July 18.

Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver, whose Triple Crown hopes were dashed by an eighth-place finish in Saturday's Preakness Stakes, arrived at Belmont Park Sunday morning and will get a brief freshening before being pointed for a summer/fall campaign.

After finishing third in the Kentucky Derby, and then second in the Preakness Stakes, trainer Dale Romans is hoping he can finally get to the top in the last leg of the Triple Crown, the June 5 Belmont Stakes.

The drought continues. For the 32nd straight year -- tacking on yet one more year in the ongoing record of Triple Crown futility -- there will be no sweep of racing's most coveted prize.

Lookin at Lucky won the Preakness, ending Super Saver's bid to become the first Triple Crown winner in 32 years.

Taqarub went right to the front and never looked back en route to a 13-1 upset of the Grade 3, $100,000 Maryland Sprint Handicap on the Preakness undercard at Pimlico.

Rainbow View overcame some early trouble and further traffic at the top of the stretch to close resolutely and capture the Grade 3, $100,000 Gallorette Handicap for older female turf horses on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course.

The two Grade 1 winners in Saturday's Shuvee Handicap finished first and second, but not in the order most bettors thought they would, as Funny Moon posted a decisive victory by 2 3/4 lengths over defending titlist Seattle Smooth in the Grade 2 race.