Horse Racing News

Former Kentucky Derby and Preakness champion Real Quiet has died.

Whitney Handicap winner Blame completed preparations for Saturday's Grade 1, $750,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park with a half-mile workout Monday morning in 48 seconds over Keeneland's Polytrack.

Though all signs point to reigning Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra running in this weekend's Grade 1, $350,000 Beldame at Belmont, her connections have still not officially confirmed that she is running in the 1 1/8-mile race.

Blind Luck will break from the rail while giving each of her rivals 10 pounds on Saturday when she runs in the Grade 2, $750,000 Fitz Dixon Cotillion at Parx Racing at Philadelphia Park.

Cheltenham Racecourse managing director Edward Gillespie has announced a five-year sponsorship deal with Stan James.

Irish trainer Eamon Tyrrell and jockey Jason Behan are found guilty of 'deliberately preventing a horse from winning' at Newcastle on 4 August.

Long Run will attempt to dethrone four-time winner Kauto Star in the King George VI Chase on 26 December.

A decision on whether Epsom Derby winner Workforce will run in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp is not expected until Thursday at the earliest.

Zenyatta worked six furlongs in 1:13.80 on Saturday at Hollywood Park, the final workout before the 6-year-old mare will seek to extend her unbeaten streak to 19 races in the $250,000 Lady's Secret Stakes next Saturday.

After a spring and summer of agonizing defeats in major races for 3-year-olds, trainer Nick Zito finally got to taste the thrill of victory in Saturday's $1 million Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing.

My Jen was up in the final yards to nail fellow longshot Moontune Missy by a head in Saturday's Grade 2, $150,000 Gallant Bloom Handicap.

In May, when Apart rolled to a more than seven-length win in a maiden special weight at Churchill Downs, his connections started thinking about making a certain Grade 2, $500,000 race this fall at Louisiana Downs.

Frankie Dettori rides four winners on the trot at Ascot, including the QEII Stakes on Poet's Voice, 14 years on from his record-breaking 'Magnificent Seven'.