Desormeaux looking to resurrect career

• Kent Desormeaux has five mounts Friday when Arlington Park begins its five-month meeting and then he will be off to Churchill Downs, scene of the three greatest triumphs of his distinguished career. More...

Merit Man takes on 12 in Swale Stakes

• Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - A baker's dozen of 3-year-olds has been entered in Saturday's $150,000 Swale Stakes at Gulfstream Park. The seven-furlong race has a post time of 5:35 p.m. (ET). More...

Politicallycorrect goes to extremes to upset Oklahoma D

• Ken and Sarah Ramsey's homebred Politicallycorrect rallied on the extreme outside to upset 2-1 favorite Willy Beamin in Sunday's $400,000 Oklahoma Derby at Remington Park. Hung out seven wide down the lane, the 10-1 chance came with an irresistible late charge beneath Kent Desormeaux to prevail in the shadow of the wire, snapping the favorite's six-race winning streak. More...

Churchill Downs: Romans, Desormeaux set for big day

• LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Jockey Kent Desormeaux and trainer Dale Romans can be forgiven if they forgo the obligatory paddock handshake after going through those motions a couple times Friday at Churchill Downs. After all, they’re scheduled to team up in eight of the 11 races on a twilight card, and all that faux formality would get a little tedious. More...

I'll Have Another to scratch from Belmont Stakes

• ELMONT, N.Y. – I’ll Have Another will scratch from Saturday’s Belmont Stakes due to developing tendonitis in his left foreleg, trainer Doug O’Neill said Friday. More...

Desormeaux will ride in Belmont Stakes aboard Guyana St

• NEW YORK (AP) -- Kent Desormeaux has landed a ride in the Belmont Stakes after losing his mount in the Preakness Stakes because he failed a Breathalyzer test. More...

Rick Snider: Derby losers have clean slate at Preakness

• Maybe Bodemeister won't get caught in the stretch again by Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another. Perhaps Creative Cause won't suffer another poor Derby trip early. Optimizer might not get caught on the rail to lose any chance in Louisville. More...

Dullahan forced to go wide, finishes third in Derby

• LOUISVILLE – The mud caked on Kent Desormeaux's face couldn't hide his scowl Saturday More...

Mane Character | Dullahan

• • Family ties: Dullahan is by Even The Score out of the Smart Strike mare Mining My Own. Even The Score earned $751,629 and got better with age, winning two Grade II stakes as a 6-year-old in 2004. Mining My Own never raced because of two leg fractures but is the dam of 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird. More...

SUNDAY SPECIAL: Iowans believe their horse Dullahan can

• Kent Desormeaux bounced off the skinny colt and bounded over to its owner with a broad smile. More...

Kentucky Derby: Dullahan will run for a cause

• Dullahan’s performance in the Kentucky Derby on May 5 could net a huge payday for an important charity in horse-racing circles. More...

2012 Kentucky Derby: Desormeaux eyes a 4th Derby win wi

• LOUISVILLE. Ky. - Kent Desormeaux has had two Kentucky Derby rides since he won the race for the third time in 2008 with favored Big Brown, those mounts being Hold Me Back (12th at 12-1 in 2009) and Paddy O’Prado (third at 12-1 in 2010). The 42-year-old Hall of Fame jockey said he strongly believes his mount in the upcoming Derby, Dullahan, is as “live as they come” and that he would be greatly humbled if he were to join revered company by winning a fourth Derby. More...

Desormeaux looking forward to Derby ride aboard Dullaha

• Kent Desormeaux is looking at a chance to make some major Kentucky Derby history on May 5 and he has high praise for the horse that may take him there -- Grade 1 Blue Grass winner Dullahan. More...

Blue Grass: Dullahan uses powerful late kick to reel in

• LEXINGTON, Ky. - Dullahan stamped himself as one of the favorites for the 138th Kentucky Derby and put himself in the record books by rolling past favored Hansen to win the 88th running of the Grade 1, $750,000 Blue Grass Stakes on a warm Saturday afternoon at Keeneland. More...

Blue Grass: Dullahan runs by Hansen late at Keeneland

• LEXINGTON, Ky. – In a performance strikingly similar to his Grade 1 Breeders’ Futurity triumph last fall at Keeneland, Dullahan closed from far off the pace to catch juvenile champion Hansen in the Saturday’s Grade 1, $750,000 Blue Grass at Keeneland. More...

Dullahan presents challenge for favored Hansen in Blue

• Having previously expressed a desire to dye his colt's white tail to match part of his silks, charismatic Dr. Kendall Hansen shocked no one when he let it slip this week that he had "a little bit of a surprise" planned with his champion charge Hansen in Keeneland's paddock for Saturday's Toyota Blue Grass Stakes. More...

Keeneland: Ward takes opening double

• LEXINGTON, Ky. – The opening of the Keeneland spring meet went very smoothly, especially if your name is Wesley Ward. The 44-year-old trainer was smiling broadly after the first two races of the meet, which he swept into a $2 daily double worth $17.80 after Skylander and Gentlemans Code reported home easy winners over the neatly groomed Polytrack. More...

Keeneland: Party continues, despite fewer East Coast sh

• LEXINGTON, Ky. – This side of Disney World, there aren’t many happier places right now than the city of Lexington. Days after seeing their beloved Kentucky Wildcats knock out their eighth NCAA basketball championship, area sports fans still have hoarse voices and “One Shining Moment” ringing in their ears. More...

DERBY HORSES

• Like many other top jockeys, Desormeaux is a product of Louisiana and started his riding career at Evangeline Downs. He has won the Kentucky Derby on three occasions guiding Real Quiet in 1998, Fusaichi Pegasus in 2000, and Big Brown in 2008. Desormeaux was inducted into racing’s Hall of Fame in 2004 and has won the Eclipse Award for top jockey three times. Other top horses include Paddy O'Prado, Summer Bird, Dullahan, and C. S. Silk. More...

Kentucky Derby hopefuls Dullahan, Howe Great in Gulfstr

• When the weights for Sunday's Grade III Palm Beach Stakes were assigned, it was fitting both Grade I winner Dullahan and Howe Great were given the task of carrying four more pounds than the rest of the six-horse field. More...

Dullahan Begins Derby March in Palm Beach

• Donegal Racing’s Dullahan, fourth behind Hansen and Union Rags last out in the Breeders Cup Juvenile (G1) at Churchill Downs on Nov. 5, will get a chance to join those star 3-year-olds on the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail when he makes his season debut in a field of six drawn for Sunday’s $150,000 Palm Beach Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park. More...

Swale Stakes attracts 10 three-year-olds

• Saturday's $150,000 Swale Stakes at Gulfstream Park has drawn a field of 10 three-year-olds. The seven-furlong test is the final local prep race for the Florida Derby on March 31. More...

Gulfstream Park: Sacristy rallies to stay perfect on di

• HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Sacristy remained undefeated since switching to dirt and became a stakes winner in the process, rallying from last to a 1 3/4-length victory over Say a Novena in Sunday’s Grade 3, $100,000 Old Hat Stakes at Gulfstream Park. More...

Aqueduct: O’Prado Again rallies to win Remsen Stakes

• OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Trainer Dale Romans finished third in the 2010 Kentucky Derby with Paddy O’Prado and fourth in this year’s Run for the Roses with Shackleford. Romans may have found his Derby hopeful for 2012 in O’Prado Again, who rallied to a three-quarter-length win in Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct. More...

Keeneland: Dullahan wears down Majestic City in Breeder

• LEXINGTON, Ky. – For much of this year Dullahan was largely known for being the half-brother of 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird. More...

Strong field in running Saturday for WinStar Kentucky C

• Mike Maker, Turfway Park’s leading trainer, will have a strong presence with five stakes contenders on the fall meet’s marquee day, Saturday’s WinStar Kentucky Cup Day of Champions. More...

Desormeaux guides Need an Angel to a win at Saratoga Ra

• SARATOGA SPRINGS – Under a ride by Hall of Famer Kent Desormeaux, 3-year-old filly Need an Angel won off a stalking trip, picking up a win in Monday’s seventh race, a $48,000 starter allowance optional claiming race for fillies and mares. More...

Churchill Downs: Flashy Lassie upsets in Debutante

• LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Heading into Saturday's Grade 3, $109,300 Debutante Stakes at Churchill Downs, favorites Shocktime and Culotte had the highest speed figures and the most eye-catching victories. But Flashy Lassie, a maiden $20,000 winner in her only start, had an intangible advantage - that being the good karma coming from trainer Garry Simms. More...

Belmont Park: Unrivaled Belle out to turn tables

• ELMONT, N.Y. – Unrivaled Belle was denied her second straight victory in the La Troienne Stakes at Churchill Downs when she was outfinished by the champion Blind Luck. Unrivaled Belle’s connections hope to be denied a second straight runner-up finish in the $250,000 Ogden Phipps Handicap when she looks to one-better her position from this race last year against five quality opponents in the Grade 1 race at Belmont Park on Saturday. More...

Kent Desormeaux: A jockey for all seasons

• To put Kent Desormeaux's riding career in perspective, consider that in his worst year during a quarter-century career, his mounts earned $4.6 million in purses. More...

Enjoy your retirement, Paddy O'Prado!

• If ever a horse begged for retirement, it was Paddy O’Prado. Don’t get me wrong. Paddy was in prime racing condition - a powerhouse Grade I winner, a fierce competitor, and so beautiful he could be cast in movies. I, like most fans, was very saddened by the colt's premature retirement. But…. dang! Not since Rubiano have I followed a horse who was so, um….ready for action. More...

Jockey "BEEFCAKE" Calender Charity Signing On

• There will be a special autograph signing for the first ever jockey “beefcake” calendar on Belmont Stakes Day, June 11 at Belmont Park. More...

Churchill Downs: Asmussen has two more live ones

• LOUISVILLE, Ky. – When Steve Asmussen has his Hall of Fame plaque enscribed in the near future, it probably won’t include how many times he won the Churchill Downs training title. There’s just too much other stuff to cram onto limited bronze, such as his deeds with Curlin and Rachel Alexandra and his thousands of victories at tracks throughout North America. More...

Paddy O’Prado wins the Dixie on the Preakness undercard

• BALTIMORE — Paddy O’Prado rallied from last to win the $200,000 Dixie Stakes on the turf, the richest stakes on the Preakness undercard Saturday at Pimlico. More...

Paddy O'Prado digs deep

• BALTIMORE -- The first stage of trainer Dale Romans's revised three-phase plan for his turf star Paddy O'Prado went to expectations Saturday at Pimlico, as the heavily favored gray 4-year-old colt rallied from last under Kent Desormeaux to win the Grade 2, $200,000 Dixie Stakes by 1 1/2 lengths over Baryshnikov. More...

First winner for Ocala-based sire High Cotton

• Ocala-based freshman sire High Cotton was represented by his first winner on Thursday when Tarpy’s Goal captured the second race at Churchill Downs. More...

Churchill Downs Turf Mile | British invader Aviate flie

• Aviate's second race in the United States was a winner. More...

'Wildcat' Claws Her Way to Eight Belles Win

• Victoria's Wildcat closed with a rush on the outside to take the $118,800 Eight Belles Stakes (gr. III) May 6 at Churchill Downs. Sent off at odds of 6-1, she was competing for the first time in an added-money event and left no doubt that she belonged with her 2 ¼-length triumph (VIDEO). More...

Diva Ash Boosts Resume With Edgewood Score

• Diva Ash didn’t let a lack of experience stand in her way of victory in the May 6 Edgewood Stakes Presented by Kentucky National Insurance for 3-year-old fillies at Churchill Downs (VIDEO). More...

The Most Critical Two Seconds in Sports

• They call the Kentucky Derby the most exciting two minutes in sports, but it also contains the most bizarre, fascinating and harrowing millisecond—the moment the steel starting gates pop open and release 20 half-mad, inexperienced thoroughbreds that zoom to 30 miles per hour in just a couple of strides. More...

Kentucky Oaks barn notes 4/25/11

• ARIENZA – Robert and Lawana Low’s Arienza galloped early Monday morning over a sloppy track under exercise rider Eva Jansson. More...

Jockeys pose in 2012 calendar to benefit Disabled rider

• As a lifelong racing fan and public relations professional, Christine Sabia has often found herself frustrated by racing’s inability to market to new fans. Working recently to create a website for Racing Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux, she had an idea. More...

And They're Off: Butler Almost Did It

• Steve and Lenny dissect the Florida Derby, discuss drugs, and talk with Kent Desormeaux about his beef cake jockey calender. More...

Ladies' Classic Winner Unrivaled Belle Back

• Unrivaled Belle makes her first start since capturing last fall's Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (gr. I) when she faces six rivals in the Rampart Stakes (gr. III) at Gulfstream Park April 2. More...

New Friends

• I arrived at Old Friends equine retirement home near Georgetown, Ky., on a cold and windy morning in early February. Michael Blowen, the enthusiastic president of Old Friends, said his favorite time of day is early morning when he makes the rounds feeding the horses. More...

Kentucky Derby hopefuls populate Davis Stakes

• Three-year-olds being pointed towards the Kentucky Derby have become commonplace at Tampa Bay Downs this time of year. Saturday's 1 1/16-mile $225,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes will feature several potential Run for the Roses contenders among its field of ten. More...

Holy Bull Starts Florida's Triple Crown Trail

• The withdrawal of Boys At Tosconova leaves a wide open field of nine sophomores to contest the $400,000 Holy Bull Stakes (gr. III) at Gulfstream Park Jan. 30, the first major step toward the Florida Derby (gr. I) this spring. More...

First Dude back for more in 2011; will run Saturday

• One of these days, First Dude is going to win one of these big races. Trainer Dale Romans hopes it comes Saturday when the hard-trying colt makes his 4-year-old debut in the $500,000 Sunshine Millions Classic at Gulfstream Park. More...

Sunshine Millions Classic All-Florida Affair

• Now in its ninth year, the Sunshine Millions was designed as an annual competition between California-breds and Florida-breds racing at Magna-owned tracks on each Coast. More...

TIGER GIRL (Hold That Tiger)

• TIGER GIRL (Hold That Tiger) makes her debut for trainer Bill Mott and will be handled by Kent Desormeaux. A mainstay in Louisiana until recently, Tiger Girl won minor grass stakes at Louisiana Downs and Retama Park last fall and narrowly missed winning another. She was subsequently trounced in a pair of Louisiana-bred stakes on dirt, but might wake up on a return to her preferred surface. More...

Black N Beauty Sharp in Gulfstream Victory

• Zayat Stables’ Black N Beauty probably earned himself a ticket to the $400,000 Holy Bull Stakes (gr. III) with a solid victory in a $51,500 allowance test for 3-year-olds at Gulfstream Park Jan. 7 (VIDEO). More...

Changing Skies Opens Up in La Prevoyante

• Favored Changing Skies pounced on Casablanca Smile in the stretch and proved a handy 3 3/4-length winner of the $100,000 La Prevoyante Handicap (gr. IIIT) on the turf at Calder Casino and Race Course Jan. 2 (VIDEO). More...

La Prevoyante Draws Solid Field of 11

• Green Hills Farm’s Chilean-bred Casablanca Smile completed her 2010 campaign with a sparkling seven-length victory in the Oct. 24 Dowager Stakes at Keeneland and will be among the favorites in a field of 11 fillies and mares set to launch their 2011 seasons in the $100,000 La Prevoyante Handicap (gr. IIIT) Jan. 2 at Calder Casino & Race Course. More...

C.S. Silk Romps by 9 3/4 Lengths in Closing-Day Feature

• William Pacella, George Bonomo and Fred Barbara’s C.S. Silk swept to the lead entering the top of the stretch and drew off to a 9 ¾-length victory in the $67,606 Top Corsage Purse, the closing-day feature on Sunday at Churchill Downs. More...

C.S. Silk blazes to lead, takes win at Churchill

• LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — C.S. Silk swept to the lead at the top of the stretch and took off for a 9 ¾-length win in the $67,606 Top Corsage Purse, the closing-day feature on Sunday at Churchill Downs. More...

Previewing another Fair Grounds Racing Season

• Less than 2 days away from the opening day of the 139th season of racing at the Fair Grounds and the traditional opening day is in its rightful place - Thanksgiving Day. More...

Desormeaux, McGee reunite for Clark with Demarcation

• LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Kent Desormeaux was 18 and barely two years into his Hall of Fame riding career when he ventured outside his Maryland base to win the 1988 Clark Handicap aboard a former claimer named Balthazar B., trained by a 26-year-old Paul McGee. More...

Snapshot beats A Diehl by 3¾ lengths to win at Churchil

• Snapshot swept to a 3¾-length victory in Wednesday's $53,039 feature race for 3-year-olds and up at Churchill Downs. More...

Unrivaled Belle doesn't have to settle for second

• LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Unrivaled Belle, returning to the scene of her biggest victory this year, won the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic on Friday night at Churchill Downs. More...

Unrivaled Belle Rings True in Ladies' Classic

• Unrivaled Belle swept past the leaders at the head of the stretch and staving off favored Blind Luck after opening a big lead to win the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic (gr. I) Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs. More...

McGaughey's Strong Commitment Rallies Under Desorm

• Sequoia Racing’s Strong Commitment made a strong move around the far turn, drove past pace-setter Austons Sure Cure at the head of the stretch and went on to win Wednesday’s featured $50,131 Superbest allowance for 3-year-olds and up by 1 3/4 lengths over Longboarder at Churchill Downs. More...

Unrivaled Belle Likely for Ladies Classic

• Barring a last-minute decision, Unrivaled Belle will run in the Breeders’ Cup Ladies Classic (gr. I) instead of the Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (gr. I), said Bill Mott, the filly’s Hall of Fame trainer, Nov. 1 at Churchill Downs. More...

BREEDERS' CUP CONTENDER - Paddy O'Prado

• Race videos, Paddy O'Prado More...

Unrivaled Belle breezes on wet Churchill track

• LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Monday morning brought a much-needed light rain to Churchill Downs, where Breeders’ Cup hopefuls had the opportunity to work not only on the dirt but over a “good” turf course. More...

Unrivaled Belle Preps for Ladies Classic

• Gary Seidler and Peter Vegso’s Unrivaled Belle tuned up for a run in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic (gr. I) on Nov. 5 by working five furlongs in 1:00 3/5 under jockey Kent Desormeaux at Churchill Downs Oct. 25. More...

Horse racing: Paddy O'Prado to run in America'

• That’s what Paddy O’Prado’s owners will find out Nov. 6. The group, whose 11 owners include 10 Iowans, decided Thursday to run Paddy O’Prado in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic, America’s richest horse race. The Classic is the marquee race of the two-day Breeders’ Cup program on Nov. 5 and 6 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. More...

Desormeaux intends to ride at Fair Grounds

• LEXINGTON, Ky. – Aside from the very beginning of his Hall of Fame career and the occasional stakes engagement, Kent Desormeaux has never ridden all that often in his home state of Loui More...

Real Quiet And The Worst Beat In Racing History

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Paddy O'Prado Gets Grade I in Secretariat

• Donegal Racing’s Paddy O'Prado earned his first grade I win in the $400,000 Secretariat Stakes, taking over in upper stretch and bounding home to victory as the 1-2 favorite Aug. 21 at Arlington Park More...

Lisa's Booby Trap, Always First win at Saratoga

• SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - Lisa's Booby Trap, ridden by Kent Desormeaux, took the Loudonville for 3-year-old fillies, and long shot Always First won the John's Call in co-featured $70,000 stakes races Friday at Saratoga Race Course. More...

Changing Skies wins Waya Stakes at Saratoga

• SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - Changing Skies rallied to win the $70,000 Waya Stakes for fillies and mares age 4 and older by 2 1/4 lengths at Saratoga Race Course. More...

Mott gets 4,000th win as a trainer

• SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Bill Mott added another accomplishment to his Hall of Fame career Saturday when he became just the ninth trainer in Thoroughbred racing to record 4,000 winners in North America. The milestone victory came when Mystic took the seventh race at Saratoga, a first-level allowance race on turf. More...

Hoop Dreams

• Rumors abounded on Monday morning that the jockeys were planning to play a ringer in Wednesday evening's basketball game between the New York Horsemen and them. Word has it that one of the Siena College Final Four tournament team members - a 7-footer - will suit up on the side of the 5-footers. If that's the case, Las Vegas bookmakers will make the jockeys a six-point favorite. More...

Paddy O'Prado takes Virginia Derby

• Donegal Racing’s Paddy O'Prado, third in this year’s Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), has once again shown his top grass form, running again on the turf with a vengeance, taking the $600,000 Virginia Derby (gr. IIT) over firm turf at Colonial Downs July 17. More...

Paddy O'Prado heads Virginia Derby

• Paddy O'Prado has been assigned post 7 in a field of eight 3-year-olds entered in the Grade 2, $600,000 Virginia Derby, the Colonial Downs showcase set for Saturday. Paddy O'Prado, owned by the Donegal Racing of Jerry Crawford and trained by Dale Romans, was dominant in winning the June 19 Colonial Cup and has been listed as the 7-5 morning-line favorite in the 1 1/4-mile Virginia Derby. Kent Desormeaux has been named back aboard. More...

Gold d'Oro wins the Belmont feature

• NEW YORK (AP) — Gold d'Oro held off Dance Pass by a half length Sunday in the $53,000 allowance feature for fillies and mares on the turf at Belmont Park. The front-running victory was the second in 11 races for the 4-year-old trained by Bill Mott and ridden by Kent Desormeaux. The time was 2:01.60 for the 1 miles on the firm course. More...

Pletcher Enters Three in Mother Goose

• A trio of fillies from Todd Pletcher’s barn headline a well-matched group of 3-year-old fillies entered in Saturday’s 54th running of the Grade 1, $250,000 Mother Goose at Belmont Park. More...

Paddy O' Prado rolls in Colonial Turf

• Paddy O'Prado made a sensational return to grass Saturday by dominating the Grade 2, $500,000 Colonial Turf Cup at Colonial Downs in New Kent, Va. Third in the Kentucky Derby and sixth in the Preakness after racing primarily on turf, Paddy O'Prado reestablished himself as a major force in the 3-year-old turf division by drawing clear to win the 1 3/16-mile Colonial Cup by three lengths as the favorite. Kent Desormeaux was aboard for owner Donegal Racing and trainer Dale Romans. More...

New York Watch: Flawless

• Flawless lived up to the lofty expectations implied by her name, drawing off to 13 1ž4-length debut triumph at Belmont Park to become the 12th horse featured in the New York Watch series. More...

Treat Gently rebounds in Sheepshead Bay

• Treat Gently, a 5-year-old mare coming off dull next-to-last-place finishes in the Santa Ana Handicap and the Jenny Wiley, rebounded to win the 52nd running of the Grade 2, $150,000 Sheepshead Bay at Belmont Park on Saturday. Rediscovering the form that landed her a win in the Group 2 Prix de Malleret as a 3-year-old in France nearly two years ago, Treat Gently took over from pacesetter Pari turning for home and drove clear under Kent Desormeaux to win by 4 1/2 lengths. More...

Dr Zic upsets Informed Decision in Madison

• Dr. Zic pulled a 15-1 shocker in the $300,000 Vinery Madison (gr. I) April 8 at Keeneland, going wire-to-wire while upsetting defending champion Informed Decision, who finished third at odds of 1-2. More...

Evening Jewel wins Ashland to punch Oaks ticket

• Evening Jewel’s connections knew their filly could get the lead. The question was whether she could keep it among a star-studded field of 3-year-old closers in the Ashland Stakes. Co-owner Marilyn Braly hoped for the best, but braced for disappointment Saturday when Kent Desormeaux guided the horse to the lead early along the rail at Keeneland. More...

Unrivaled Belle Has No Match in Rampart

• Unrivaled Belle, benefitting from a poor break by Venezuelan shipper Bambera, took advantage of an uncontested lead and sailed home to a 1 3/4-length victory in the $150,000 Rampart Stakes (gr. III) March 20 at Gulfstream Park. More...

Summer Bird soars to Travers victory

• Summer Bird duplicated a feat accomplished by his sire, Birdstone, with a victory in the $1-million Shadwell Travers Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course to complete the Belmont Stakes (G1)-Travers double More...

No Stopping Hold Me Back in Lane's End

• WinStar Farm's homebred Hold Me Back overcame a poor break to win the $500,000 Lane's End Stakes (gr. II) (VIDEO) at Turfway Park in his first start of 2009 for trainer Bill Mott March 21. The 9-1 shot, ridden to victory by Kent Desormeaux, swept past the even more surprising Flying Private in mid-stretch to win by 1 3/4 lengths in the 1 1/8-mile Polytrack test for 3-year-olds. The final time was 1:49.63. More...