Horse Racing News

Precious Kitten has been listed as the 9-5 morning-line favorite in a field of nine entered in the $750,000 Beverly D., the Grade 1 race that usually bears itself out as a critical stop for the filly-mare turf contingent.

"Mick Fitzgerald is as popular as they come in jump racing"

Evita Argentina ($17.20) gave the stallion Candy Ride his first stakes winner in Wednesday's $150,000 Sorrento Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Del Mar.

"Fitzgerald's been a cracking asset to racing over the past few years and will be missed" - GI

Grand National-winning jockey Mick Fitzgerald is forced to retire from racing on medical advice.

Trainer Mark Hennig was getting a little nervous as he watched a series of slow fractions posted on the tote board while Wesley was still "looking at all of them" after the opening six furlongs..

Seaside Retreat ($12.60) broke the 1 1/4-mile course record Monday at Woodbine, taking the $305,900 Nijinsky Stakes over favored Strike a Deal.

While last Friday's Arlington Million pre-entry deadline has long since come and gone, the composition of the field for Saturday's Million remained - to a somewhat surprising degree - in flux as of Monday.

The La Jolla, at 1 1/16 miles on turf, returns Yankee Bravo to the surface over which he won his first two races.

The final two-week race meeting at Bay Meadows begins Wednesday, when the San Mateo County Fair meeting - better known as the Bay Meadows Fair - begins its 10-day run.

Curlin worked five furlongs in 1:02.69 over the Oklahoma training track at Saratoga early Monday morning.