Latest Horse Racing News

• 23rd May 2013 First Winner for Pioneerof the Nile

  Dual grade I winner and first-crop sire Pioneerof the Nile saw his first winner May 12 as juvenile filly Zarnica won her first start in a 1,000-meter race in Russia at the Rostov-On-Don Hippodrome.

  Source: BloodHorse | First Winner for Pioneerof the Nile

• 23rd May 2013 TOC Commits to Uniform Medication Program

  Thoroughbred Owners of California will join regulators from eight states in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast by committing to implement the Mid Atlantic Uniform Medication Program beginning in January 2014.

  Source: BloodHorse | TOC Commits to Uniform Medication Program

• 23rd May 2013 Magician Tops Field of 10 in Irish Guineas

  Trainer Aidan O'Brien will send out four of the 10 runners in the Tattersalls Irish Two Thousand Guineas (Ire-I) May 25, including early favorite Magician, as he bids for a ninth win in the classic at the Curragh.

  Source: BloodHorse | Magician Tops Field of 10 in Irish Guineas

• 23rd May 2013 Firecracker Likely Next Stop for Wise Dan

  Defending Horse of the Year Wise Dan will likely target the Firecracker Handicap at Churchill, trainer Charlie LoPresti said May 23. His half brother, Successful Dan, is on track for the June 15 Stephen Foster there.

  Source: BloodHorse | Firecracker Likely Next Stop for Wise Dan

• 23rd May 2013 Silky gets off to a flier at Clonmel

  Silky made the best possible start to her career with victory in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden at Clonmel.

  Source: RTÉ Racing | Silky gets off to a flier at Clonmel

• 23rd May 2013 McGaughey Hopes to Run Orb in Belmont

  Kentucky Derby winner Orb returned to the Belmont Park main track May 23 for the first time since his fourth-place finish in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I), galloping a mile and pleasing trainer Shug McGaughey.

  Source: BloodHorse | McGaughey Hopes to Run Orb in Belmont

• 23rd May 2013 Popular Runner Autism Awareness Dies

  In his first start back after more than a year April 14, dual graded stakes winner Autism Awareness winner suffered an injury in an April 14 allowance optional claiming race at Santa Anita Park. He was later euthanized.

  Source: BloodHorse | Popular Runner Autism Awareness Dies

• 23rd May 2013 Dettori in France in bid to speed up comeback

  FRANKIE DETTORI has returned to France determined to meet every demand made of him by French authorities in the expectation he may soon be cleared to ride.

  Source: Racing Post | Dettori in France in bid to speed up comeback

• 23rd May 2013 Beckett reveals riding plans for Oaks duo

  Ralph Beckett has firmed up the riding arrangements for his Investec Oaks contenders, with Jim Crowley sticking with Secret Gesture and Richard Hughes coming in for the mount on Talent.

  Source: RTÉ Racing | Beckett reveals riding plans for Oaks duo

• 23rd May 2013 Bolger bullish about Dawn Approach's Derby bid

  JIM BOLGER has revealed Investec Derby favourite Dawn Approach has been thriving since winning the Qipco 2,000 Guineas earlier this month.

  Source: Racing Post | Bolger bullish about Dawn Approach's Derby bid

• 23rd May 2013 Sheikh Mohammed issues steroid decree

  Sheikh Mohammed has vowed his Godolphin operation will go from "strength to strength" after ordering a decree banning the use of anabolic steroids in Dubai.

  Source: RTÉ Racing | Sheikh Mohammed issues steroid decree