Horse Racing

5:42 PM ET Associated Press OCEANPORT, N.J. — Maximum Security returned to racing for the first time since being disqualified in the Kentucky Derby, and simply got beat. There was no controversy this time. King for a Day stalked Maximum Security from the start, took the lead in the stretch and posted a one-length victory

7:54 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Jockey Rafael Bejarano rode his 4,000th career winner at Santa Anita. He guided filly Portal Creek to a victory in the third race Saturday for trainer Bob Hess Jr. The 36-year-old Peruvian jockey says Santa Anita has always been a special place for him. He won six

9:42 PM ET Nick Quinn ROSEHILL BEST BET – SYLVIA’S MOTHER (Rosehill, Race 8, No.12) There has been early money for the Hawkes trained Sylvia’s Mother who looks perfectly placed to resume from a spell with a win. Sylvia’s Mother had won four straight races before being a beaten favourite in the Group 2 Light

1:45 PM ET Associated Press OCEANPORT, N.J. — Maximum Security will race this weekend for the first time since being disqualified in the Kentucky Derby. The Jason Servis-trained colt was among six 3-year-olds entered Thursday for the $150,000 Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park on Sunday. The 1 1/16-mile race in New Jersey will be the

12:09 AM ET New safety measures designed to protect horses training and racing at Santa Anita will be overseen by a five-member team of independent veterinarians and stewards from the California Horse Racing Board, it was announced Wednesday night. The CHRB will work closely with The Stronach Group, which owns the facility, to implement the

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1:46 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — Baltimore has withdrawn a lawsuit against the owners of the historic city racetrack that hosts the Preakness Stakes, the Triple Crown series’ middle jewel. Earlier this year, Maryland’s biggest city had asked a court to grant ownership of the Pimlico horse track and the Preakness race to Baltimore

8:03 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein has joined the California Horse Racing Board in calling for Santa Anita to immediately suspend the remainder of its meet after the deaths of two more horses last weekend. A total of 29 horses have now died since the track opened for the

8:48 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — A second horse in two days and 29th overall has died at Santa Anita, where management has chosen to continue racing for the rest of the current meet. Truffalino collapsed in the final stages of the third race on turf Sunday. A track spokesman says the 3-year-old

10:03 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Tacitus was well rested for a run on his home track. It just didn’t work out. The favored Tacitus finished second to Sir Winston in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. The 3-year-old colt, who skipped the Preakness after finishing third in the Kentucky Derby, had one of

7:31 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Sir Winston gave the Triple Crown another unexpected turn, rallying to capture the Belmont Stakes on Saturday in a 10-1 upset. The win gave trainer Mark Casse the final two jewels in the showcase for 3-year-old thoroughbreds. He won the Preakness with War of Will, who was

10:19 PM ET ELMONT, N.Y. — A wacky Triple Crown season ended with another surprise on Saturday. Sir Winston, who went off at relatively steep odds of 10-1, held off favorite Tacitus to win the 151st Belmont Stakes. It marked a second consecutive Triple Crown victory for trainer Mark Casse, who also works with Preakness

4:33 AM ET Nick Quinn Possibly the best day of winter racing in 2019 with three Group 1 races at Eagle Farm and tremendous support cards at Flemington and Randwick. Kiwi star The Bostonian is a clear favourite to win the Stradbroke having already claimed the Doomben 10,000 and the Kingsford-Smith Cup, but it is

9:09 PM ET The colt River Derby sustained a catastrophic injury while training at Santa Anita on Wednesday morning, becoming the 27th horse to die in racing or training at the Southern California track since the season began Dec. 26. River Derby, an unraced 2-year-old, suffered a fractured shoulder, his trainer, Ruben Gomez, told the

8:43 AM ET There was a glimmer of hope that Country House and Maximum Security could have a rematch in the Belmont Stakes and give fans a shot of a much sought after “grudge match.” Those hopes were dashed, as the headliners in the final leg of the Triple Crown are Preakness winner War of

6:52 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Tacitus was made the slight favorite over Preakness winner War of Will in a Belmont Stakes that wraps up a whacky Triple Crown. Tacitus and War of Will got the outside No. 10 and 9 post positions, respectively, on Tuesday in the draw at Citi Field, but

7:44 PM ET Nick Quinn CAULFIELD BEST BET BANDIPUR, Caulfield, Race 5, No.3 A James Cummings-trained galloper who has won two of his past three starts and looks well placed to win again. He should get a lovely run just off a good tempo and with Craig Williams in the saddle should be hard to

4:57 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — The owner of Santa Anita is investigating whether new rules were followed before the 26th horse death at the Southern California racetrack. Kochees, a 9-year-old gelding, was euthanized Sunday after injuring his left front leg in a race a day earlier. It was the third horse death