According to a recent item by Matt Hegarty in the Daily Racing Form, the curious case of Pocahontas Stakes winner Sign raised more questions than it answered after an appeal held at the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission earlier this week. … Continue reading →

Flat Out will attempt to continue his reign over Belmont Park when he faces eight competitors, including seven graded stakes winners, on Monday in the 121st running of the Grade 1, $750,000 Metropolitan Handicap for 3-year-olds and up. The Met … Continue reading →

Things haven’t exactly gone according to plan this year for 2012 Breeders’ Cup Classic (Grade I) winner Fort Larned, but trainer Ian Wilkes will look for things to turn around beginning with the $500,000-added Stephen Foster Handicap (GI) at Churchill … Continue reading →

Graded stakes winner Autism Awareness, winner of the G3 El Camino Real Derby in 2008, broke down in an allowance optional claiming race at Santa Anita Park April 14 and had to be euthanized, according to a report by the … Continue reading →

Trainer Charles LoPresti indicated that Horse of the Year Wise Dan will likely attempt to defend his title in the G2 Firecracker Handicap at Churchill Downs June 29. In an interview in the Blood-Horse, LoPresti said that Wise Dan came … Continue reading →

Indicating that he has no plans to retire anytime soon, Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez is set to reach the 5,000 career victory milestone in the near future. Heading into the May 24 Belmont Park card, Velazquez sits at … Continue reading →

It’s been nearly two years since George and Lori Hall’s Ruler On Ice and Pants On Fire faced off in the Haskell Invitational in 2011. But this Saturday, the duo, collectively known as “Fire” and “Ice” are entered in Monmouth’s … Continue reading →

Several stakes performers recorded workouts over the last few days, including Bob Baffert-trained Grade I winners, Game On Dude and Liaison. Game On Dude, who won last year’s Hollywood Gold Cup, is on a four-race win streak. An earner of … Continue reading →

Chantal Sutherland, who retired from riding in August 2012, told the Daily Racing Form Thursday that she plans to return to the saddle at the start of the Del Mar meeting in July. Sutherland, who currently works for Del Mar’s … Continue reading →

Champion Groupie Doll, winner of the 2012 Eclipse Award for champion female sprinter, continues to jog two miles a day as she prepares for a return to the races later this year. Trainer Buff Bradley told the Daily Racing Form … Continue reading →