Horse Racing News

Big Drama aims at a Grade 1 again in Vanderbilt
Posted 8/7/10 2:57 PM by David Grening

Big Drama's first two forays into Grade 1 company were unsuccessful. His connections hope the third time is the charm when Big Drama seeks his first Grade 1 victory in Sunday's $250,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap at Saratoga.

Wickedly Perfect captures Sorrento at Del Mar
Posted 8/7/10 2:54 PM by Steve Andersen

Wickedly Perfect gave jockey Rafael Bejarano his fourth win on Friday with a game performance in the $150,000 Sorrento Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Del Mar.

Muscle Massive wins Hambletonian at Meadowlands
Posted 8/7/10 2:38 PM by Mike Farrell

Muscle Massive edged Lucky Chucky by a half-length in the $1.5 million Hambletonian for 3-year-old trotters on Saturday at the Meadowlands Racetrack.

Franny Freud retired before G1 Test Stakes
Posted 8/5/10 4:39 PM by Jay Privman

The complexion of the Grade 1, $250,000 Test Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga changed dramatically Thursday afternoon, when Franny Freud, the morning-line favorite, was removed from the race because of an injury.

Concord Point looks to avoid duel in West Virginia Derby
Posted 8/5/10 4:26 PM by Marty McGee

Six days after being at Monmouth Park to send out Lookin At Lucky to win the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational, trainer Bob Baffert will be staying home at Del Mar when his stable goes after another rich stakes for 3-year-olds back East.

Claire Novak: Franny Freud a success story for New York program
Posted 8/5/10 1:33 PM by Claire Novak

She is a small-framed filly but stocky, with a twisted sort of whitish blaze and the muscles of a quarter horse sprinter.

Zenyatta entered for Clement Hirsch at Del Mar
Posted 8/4/10 3:49 PM by Steve Andersen

Zenyatta was entered in Saturday's $300,000 Clement Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar on Wednesday, the same morning she made her much-anticipated first appearance of the season on the Del Mar Polytrack surface.

Lookin At Lucky recovering from illness
Posted 8/4/10 3:48 PM by Jay Privman

Lookin At Lucky, who scored a powerful victory in the Haskell Invitational on Sunday, is still at Monmouth Park, recovering from a minor illness from which he is improving, trainer Bob Baffert said Wednesday morning at Saratoga.

Blame set to challenge Quality Road in Saratoga's Whitney
Posted 8/4/10 3:44 PM by David Grening

He has won six of his last seven starts, including the Grade 1 Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs. But just how good Blame is may not be known until Saturday, when he takes on Quality Road in the Grade 1, $750,000 Whitney Handicap at Saratoga.

Diana Handicap:Proviso outlasts Shared Account, Forever Together in three-way photo
Posted 8/1/10 6:21 PM by Mike Welsch

Mike Smith made a successful return to Saratoga and helped his old pal Bill Mott win the Grade 1 Diana for the fourth time in the last six years.