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Juvenile Turf Sprint added to Breeders' Cup lineup of races

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) The Breeders’ Cup is adding the Juvenile Turf Sprint to the two-day world championships lineup, which will feature 14 races to be run Nov. 2-3 at Churchill Downs.

Jockey Dylan Davis rides 5 winners on card at Aqueduct

NEW YORK (AP) It was a super Sunday for jockey Dylan Davis, who rode five winners from eight mounts at Aqueduct.

Gun Runner, a year later, finally gets his Pegasus shot

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) Gun Runner will start from one of the outside posts in Saturday’s Pegasus World Cup Invitational, a less-than-ideal situation even for the top horse in the sport right now.

Thoroughbred champ Point Given heads to Kentucky Horse Park

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) The Kentucky Horse Park’s Hall of Champions is getting a new resident. Point Given is retiring from stud duty and joining the Horse Park in the spring.

Rekindling storms home to win the 157th Melbourne Cup

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Irish horse Rekindling stormed home to win the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday, overhauling Johannes Vermeer near the finish to give trainer Joseph O’Brien a victory over his father, Aidan, in Australia’s most famous race.

Arrogate, Gun Runner square off in $6M Breeders' Cup Classic

DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) Arrogate and Gun Runner square off again in the $6 million Classic on Saturday, the marquee event on the second day of the Breeders’ Cup, which is being run for the first-time at Del Mar.

$2 million Distaff tops opening day of Breeders' Cup

DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) Breeders’ Cup weekend kicks off with four stakes Friday, topped by the $2 million Distaff, as Del Mar hosts the season-ending championships for the first time.

Gun Runner is 9-5 favorite for Breeders' Cup Classic

DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) Gun Runner, the top older horse on the East Coast, is the slight 9/5 favorite for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday at Del Mar.

Arrogate heads field of 14 horses for Breeders' Cup Classic

Defending champion Arrogate heads a full field of 14 horses for the Breeders’ Cup Classic, with the world’s all-time leading money earner facing off against a horse that has beaten him twice in a row in the $6 million race that includes five runners trained by Bob Baffert.

World's richest turf race won by Sydney's Redzel

SYDNEY (AP) Local galloper Redzel couldn’t be caught in the inaugural running of the world’s richest thoroughbred turf race, The Everest, at Sydney’s Randwick racecourse on Saturday.

Penny Chenery, owner of Triple Crown champ Secretariat, dies

Penny Chenery, who bred and raced 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat as well as realizing her disabled father’s dream to win the Kentucky Derby in 1972 with Riva Ridge, has died. She was 95.

Capri sees off Crystal Ocean to give O'Brien 5th St Leger

DONCASTER, England (AP) Ryan Moore rode Capri to victory in the William Hill St Leger at Doncaster for trainer Aidan O’Brien to win the final British classic of the flat-racing season for a fifth time on Saturday.

Delta Downs cancels $1M Jackpot, blames Hurricane Harvey

VINTON, La. (AP) Delta Downs is canceling the $1 million Jackpot race for 2-year-olds on Nov. 18 that offers qualifying points for next year’s Kentucky Derby.

Brian Sears sweeps Yonkers Trot and Messenger Stakes

YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) Hall of Fame driver Brian Sears swept the Yonkers Trot and Messenger Stakes on Saturday night at Yonkers Raceway.

Steps taken to improve horse safety after 17 deaths NY track

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) Additional safety measures are being implemented at Saratoga Race Course after the deaths of 17 horses on the grounds so far this year.

Bettor turns 40 cents into more than $250,000 at Gulfstream

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) A horseplayer Saturday turned 40 cents into more than $250,000, hitting the Rainbow 6 at Gulfstream Park.

After upset, Arrogate seeks revenge in $1M Pacific Classic

The rematch is on between Arrogate, North America’s richest thoroughbred, and Accelerate, the upstart colt that stunned Arrogate by 15 ¼ lengths last month.

Lakers owner Jeanie Buss sets up own horse racing stable

DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss has set up her own horse racing operation under the name Purple Rein Stable.

Devious Man, International Moni top Hambletonian elims

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) Devious Man and International Moni are the 5-2 favorites in their respective eliminations Saturday for the $1 million Hambletonian at the Meadowlands Racetrack.

Arrogate remains on course for Pacific Classic at Del Mar

DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) Bob Baffert wasn’t beating himself up a day after Arrogate’s upset loss in the San Diego Handicap at Del Mar that snapped the seven-race winning streak of the world’s top-ranked horse.

Accelerate stuns heavy favorite Arrogate at Del Mar

DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) Accelerate stunned overwhelming favorite Arrogate to win the $300,000 San Diego Handicap by 8 1/2 lengths at Del Mar, snapping the seven-race winning streak of the world’s top-ranked horse.

AJ Foyt-owned colt to run in $500,000 Indiana Derby

SHELBYVILLE, Ind. (AP) A.J. Foyt has found some new horsepower at age 82.

Correction: Obit-Diane Nelson story

In a story July 11 about the death of jockey Diane Nelson, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Nelson was 54. She was 51, according to a birthdate provided by The Jockeys’ Guild.

Teen is 1st apprentice to win Santa Anita title since '49

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) Evin Roman shared the riding title at Santa Anita’s winter-spring meet, becoming the second apprentice ever to do so and the first since 1949.

5-1 shot Pee Wee Reese wins American Stakes at Santa Anita

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) Pee Wee Reese won the $100,000 American Stakes by 1} lengths on closing day at Santa Anita.

Moore and O'Brien dominate at Royal Ascot

ASCOT, England (AP) The trainer-jockey combination of Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore earned a notable double in the feature races at Royal Ascot on Friday.

Harness racing legend Herve Filion dead at 77

The Hall of Fame driver won more than 15,000 races

Despite high temps, Royal Ascot-goers don finest outfits

ASCOT, England (AP) Despite unusually high temperatures, members of British society and the royal family have donned their finest hats and fancy outfits for the first day of the Royal Ascot horse race.

Injured jockey Frankie Dettori out of Royal Ascot

ASCOT, England (AP) Leading jockey Frankie Dettori will miss Royal Ascot because of an arm injury sustained when he was thrown off a horse in a parade ring last week.

How a $2 bet turned into an astonishing $891K on the Santa Anita Pick 6

A 4-1 shot completed the six-race sequence that turned one ticket into a jackpot