Preakness-winning jockey Kent Desormeaux in alcohol rehab
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) Preakness Stakes-winning jockey Kent Desormeaux has gone to alcohol rehabilitation but will return in time to ride Exaggerator in the Belmont Stakes next weekend.
Midnight Storm scores upset in Shoemaker Mile at Santa Anita
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) Midnight Storm won the Grade 1 Shoemaker Mile by a half-length at Santa Anita, earning an automatic berth in the Breeders’ Cup this fall.
Belmont Stakes not the same without a Triple Crown at stake
NEW YORK (AP) A year ago, the joint was jumpin’.
Harzand wins English Derby in richest British horse race
EPSOM, England (AP) Harzand held off fast-finishing favorite US Army Ranger to win the English Derby on Saturday, earning $1.27 million for his owners from the richest race ever run in Britain.
Harzand shrugs off pre-race scare, wins English Derby
EPSOM, England (AP) Harzand overcame a pre-race scare to win the English Derby for owner The Aga Khan on Saturday, holding off fast-finishing favorite US Army Ranger for a length-and-a-half victory in Britain’s richest horse race.
Lord Nelson wins feature by 3 1/2 lengths at Santa Anita
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) Lord Nelson won the $55,000 feature by 3 1/2 lengths Friday at Santa Anita, winning after a five-month layoff for trainer Bob Baffert.
Paging F. Scott Fitzgerald: Jay Gatsby wins Belmont feature
NEW YORK (AP) Jay Gatsby rallied for a 1 1/2- length victory Friday in the $85,000 allowance feature on the turf at Belmont Park.
Bat Cave rallies to win feature at Monmouth Park
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) Patrick Rochette’s Bat Cave wore down Unruly Heir in the final eighth of a mile to post a nearly length victory in the $50,000 allowance feature for New Jersey-bred horses at Monmouth Park on Friday.
Saratoga Dreamer wins Belmont Park turf feature
NEW YORK (AP) Saratoga Dreamer took charge midway on the turn and rolled to a 2 1/2-length victory Thursday in the $80,000 allowance feature on the turf at Belmont Park.
Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist returns to the track
BALTIMORE (AP) Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist has returned to the track for the first time since illness knocked him out of contention for the Belmont Stakes.
Comfort scoots up the rail to take Belmont Park feature
NEW YORK (AP) Comfort rallied along the rail Sunday to win the $80,000 allowance feature by 2 3/4 lengths at Belmont Park.
Wiggle It Jiggleit paces fastest mile at Harrah’s
CHESTER, Pa. (AP) Wiggle It Jiggleit paced the fastest mile in the 11-year history of Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday, winning the $200,000 Dorothy Mullin Invitational for older male pacers by 1 3/4 lengths over in 1:47.3.
Si Sage wins Charles Whittingham at Santa Anita
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) Si Sage led all the way to win the $200,000 Charles Whittingham Stakes by 2 1/2 lengths Sunday at Santa Anita.
She’s Hot Wired rallies late to win Monmouth Park feature
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) She’s Hot Wired overtook Bustin Out in the closing strides to win the $60,000 Open Mind Handicap by a nose at Monmouth Park on Monday.
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