LONDON (AP) — The Godolphin doping scandal deepened Monday, with British racing authorities announcing that seven more horses have tested positive for steroids, including the winner of the world’s oldest classic.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Iotapa beat Ciao Bella Luna by 1¼ lengths Sunday in the $74,920 Railbird Stakes at Betfair Hollywood Park, giving jockey Joe Talamo a sweep of the weekend stakes races.

Trainer D. Wayne Lukas, his Preakness winner Oxbow, and the rest of his nine-horse contingent this week at Pimlico Race Course were on the highway before dawn May 19 heading back to the Hall of Fame conditioner’s home base at Churchill Downs.

Oxbow has won the Preakness, ruining Orb’s bid to capture the
Triple Crown.

BALTIMORE (AP) — All eyes will be on Kentucky Derby winner Orb in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday. The 3-year-old colt will take on eight challengers in the second leg of the Triple Crown. If he wins, Orb will attempt to become the first Triple Crown champion since Affirmed in 1978 at the Belmont Stakes on June 8. In the Preakness, Orb will be facing five horses he defeated in the Derby and three who did not run in the race.

Orb is ready for his whirl at history.

By Keith Weir LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) – Horse racing fans have backed a 15 million pound ($23 million) bond scheme that offers interest and discounts on tickets in return for helping to pay for the redevelopment of the Cheltenham course in western England. The Jockey Club, the owners of Cheltenham, have hit their investment target for the bond and will take applications until May 28 to mop up additional demand. …

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The Preakness draw was over, and trainer Shug McGaughey listed a variety of reasons why he was OK with having Kentucky Derby winner Orb starting Saturday’s race from the rail.

NEW YORK (AP) — Teaks North rallied to beat Hyper by 1 3/4 lengths Wednesday in the $90,000 Good Reward Stakes on the turf at Belmont Park.

The Preakness draw was over, and trainer Shug McGaughey listed a
variety of reasons why he was OK with having Kentucky Derby winner
Orb starting Saturday’s race from the rail.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Rosie Napravnik’s motivation for winning the Preakness has little to do with making history.

In a work trainer Shug McGaughey called ‘breathtaking” and said gave him “chills,” Kentucky Derby winner Orb sizzled a half-mile in :47.18 at Belmont Park May 13 in preparation for the May 18 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course.

Kentucky Derby winner Orb has completed his final workout before
the Preakness Stakes, breezing four furlongs in 47.18 seconds at
Belmont Park.

NEW YORK (AP) — Kentucky Derby winner Orb has completed his final workout before the Preakness Stakes, breezing four furlongs in 47.18 seconds at Belmont Park.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Demonstrative took the lead going to the last of 18 hurdles and won the $150,000 Calvin Houghland Iroquois Steeplechase Stakes by a head on Saturday.

Freedom Child has enjoyed an eventful career for a sophomore runner who only had one win, but everything finally went right for the Malibu Moon ridgling May 11 at rain-whipped Belmont Park.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Demonstrative, the 2012 runner-up for steeplechaser of the year, will make the $150,000, Grade 1 Iroquois Steeplechase his first race over jumps this year.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Demonstrative, the 2012 runner-up for steeplechaser of the year, will make the $150,000, Grade 1 Iroquois Steeplechase his first race over jumps this year.

Betfair Hollywood Park will close by year’s end and the
75-year-old racetrack property in Inglewood that hosted Seabiscuit
and the first Breeders’ Cup in 1984 will be developed by its
owner.

Betfair Hollywood Park will close by year’s end and the
75-year-old racetrack property in Inglewood that hosted Seabiscuit
and the first Breeders’ Cup in 1984 will be developed by its
owner.

DUBAI, May 9 (Reuters) – Godolphin trainer Saeed bin Suroor is taking over a training licence at the doping scandal-hit Moulton Paddocks operation temporarily until a new trainer is appointed, the racing stable said on Thursday. “The role is in addition to Saeed bin Suroor’s responsibilities for horses based at Godolphin Stables in Newmarket,” the stable said in a statement on its website. “The test results for horses at Moulton Paddocks are still awaited and there will be no runners from there until they are all known,” it added. …

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission received the post-race test results May 7 from both the Longines Kentucky Oaks and the Kentucky Derby, and all samples have been cleared with no irregularities found.

LONDON (AP) — Former Godolphin trainer Mahmood al-Zarooni has appealed his eight-year worldwide ban for doping race horses.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Ecstatic that his instincts about Golden Soul nearly paid off in the Kentucky Derby, trainer Dallas Stewart didn’t ponder the what-ifs.

Zayat Stables says that Nehro, runner-up to Animal Kingdom in
the 2011 Kentucky Derby, has died of colic.

Way back in the pack heading into the final turn, Orb was calm even if his jockey wasn’t.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Way back in the pack heading into the final turn, Orb was calm even if his jockey wasn’t.

Orb splashed through the slop to win the Kentucky Derby, coming
from far back in the pack and giving Hall of Fame trainer Shug
McGaughey his first victory in the 3-year-old classic.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A filly that trainer Todd Pletcher waffled on entering in the Kentucky Oaks has him poised to complete a rare double Saturday in the Kentucky Derby.