Horse Racing

9:05 PM ET Just 12 days after falling into a sinkhole, 6-year-old Mr Changue was victorious in his first race back, winning at Fort Erie Race Track in Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday. While grazing in the track’s backstretch on July 11, the ground opened up and swallowed Mr Changue after a nearby water-main break triggered

3:54 PM ET Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer is suing Del Mar Thoroughbred Club after the track refused to give him stalls and then eventually refused to let him enter horses in its current meet, according to a civil lawsuit filed in San Diego County Superior Court last week. The suit alleges Hollendorfer was

11:44 PM ET Associated Press OCEANPORT, N.J. — Not again. That was the reaction of owner Gary West when the inquiry sign flashed after Maximum Security crossed the finish line first in the $1 million Haskell Invitational on Saturday evening at hot and steamy Monmouth Park. Unlike in the Kentucky Derby, the stewards let the

6:47 PM ET Associated Press OCEANPORT, N.J. — With extreme heat draining fans and causing concern about the horses, Monmouth Park canceled six afternoon races and pushed back its stakes races — including the $1 million Haskell Invitational headlined by Maximum Security — to Saturday evening. The decision came after the start of the first

6:38 PM ET Associated Press SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Marylou Whitney, a successful thoroughbred breeder and owner whose family helped keep Saratoga Race Course open in the 1970s, has died. She was 93. The New York Racing Association said she died Friday at her estate in Saratoga Springs, after a long illness. No further details

1:37 AM ET Nick Quinn A mouth watering day across the country with Randwick and Flemington taking centre stage. Both programs look punter friendly and I am keen on two runners at both cards. BEST BET: Sylvia’s Mother (Flemington Race 7, No.1) NEXT BEST: Sir Elton (Randwick Race 3, No.1) VALUE BET: Scholarly (Randwick Race

4:18 PM ET Associated Press SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The New York Racing Association has canceled Saturday’s card of racing at Saratoga Race Course due to excessive heat forecast for eastern New York. The National Weather Service is predicting a heat index as high as 110 degrees. Training will be permitted Saturday on both the

2:19 PM ET Two horses suffered fatal injuries Thursday morning after colliding in an accident during training hours at Del Mar racetrack in California, a spokesman for the track confirmed on Thursday. The accident occurred around 6:30 a.m. P.T. when Charge a Bunch, an unraced 2-year-old colt trained by Carla Gaines, threw rider Giovanni Franco

5:32 PM ET Associated Press OCEANPORT, N.J. — Maximum Security will make his second start since being disqualified in the Kentucky Derby, taking on six rivals in the $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park on Saturday. The Jason Servis-trained colt drew the outside No. 7 post Wednesday for the 1 1/8-mile race. Luis Saez

6:14 PM ET Associated Press SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Former New York Yankees star Mariano Rivera was the New York Racing Association’s guest of honor on Friday at Saratoga Race Course, and he walked away with custom-made pinstriped jockey’s silks with his No. 42 on the back. Rivera was driven to the winner’s circle before