Preakness Stakes News

Let the Horse of the Year debate begin. Saturday was a day to savor a brilliant performance by Zenyatta, who defeated 11 males with her explosive finishing speed to win a thrilling edition of the Breeders' Cup Classic .

The much anticipated race between Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta? Well, it's on, but only on paper.

Zenyatta beat the boys in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday, running her record to 14-0 in the most impressive effort of her career.

In 2007, Kentucky racing officials found cobra venom, a powerful painkiller, in the barn of Patrick Biancone, a horse trainer with prestigious victories from Hong Kong to France.

She's a mare set to race against a dozen of the world's most daunting male horses for the first time in her career, but Zenyatta seems to be the one inspiring fear.

Potential buyers submitted proposals Monday as the first step in the January auction of Laurel Park, where horses are being readied for a race, and Pimlico Race Course.

Want to meet the most famous racehorse of the year? Need a unique gift for the horse lover who has everything? Kendall-Jackson, Santa Rosa, California, is offering a private supervised visit with Rachel Alexandra, the 2009 Preakness Stakes winner.

Zenyatta, winning at Del Mar in August, is pre-entered in the Classic and Ladies' Classic.

Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro will be honored at the site of his greatest triumph a week before this year's Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs.

After nearly 30 years in the racing business, trainer Larry Jones became an overnight sensation in 2007 with Kentucky Derby contender Hard Spun.

While Magna's scheduled auction of its three Maryland facilities in early January has state officials cautiously optimistic about the ability to keep the Preakness Stakes, it has received mixed reviews by some local voices.

7 Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park, due to a cough he developed following his breeze Oct.

Blue Chagall got through an opening in midstretch and went on to a 3½-length victory Sunday in the $65,980 Lure Stakes at Santa Anita's Oak Tree meeting.

Jockey Kyle Kaenel has retired because of extensive injuries the 21-year-old rider sustained in an accident.

Three of the nation's elite sprinters and the top two local speedsters are among the 37 pre-entries for the 19th running of the $300,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash at Laurel Park Oct.

The Jan. 8 auction of Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park in Maryland got the go-ahead from a federal bankruptcy judge on Wednesday, The Baltimore Sun reported.

The owner of Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park is seeking permission to auction its Maryland racetracks.

Golf and rugby join the Olympics...Bradford to start...Filly is done...Manning works out COPENHAGEN Golf and rugby are headed to the Olympics.

Starlight Partners' Take the Points elevated his game over the summer after he was switched to turf, and he solidified his standing as a leader of the three-year-old turf division by scoring a hard-fought win in the Jamaica Handicap on Saturday at Belmont Park.

Dispersals of two of North America's leading breeders should spark added interest in this year's Keeneland November breeding stock sale.