Manny Franco topped the standings at Aqueduct suring the fall and winter meets and made it a clean sweep in Ozone Park when winning the spring meet title Saturday. Rudy Rodriguez topped all trainers to win his ninth Aqueduct title, while Repole Stable, Drawing Away Stable and Klaravich Stable tied for leading owner with four

Santa Anita Park and the Thoroughbred Owners of California announced a $10,000 per-race purse increase for all non-stakes races for the next six weeks Friday evening. The increase will go into effect Friday, Apr. 26 and last until at least June 2. The program will then be reevaluated for the final three weeks of the

Electric Forest, whose dam Forest Music and half-brother and sire Maclean’s Music (Distorted Humor) were both brilliantly fast, saw out two turns effectively Friday to make the grade. A debut winner sprinting here last April, the dark bay was off the board at even money in an optional claimer on GI Kentucky Oaks day the

Guarana (f, 3, Ghostzapper-Magical World, by Distorted Humor) wasn’t much of a secret at odds of 4-5, and ran to the money with a powerful, front-running debut win in the Keeneland slop Friday, easily good enough for ‘TDN Rising Star’ honors. She broke well and faced some early pressure through a sharp opening quarter in

Allegations of intentionally whipping a rival jockey during a race have resulted in a 60-day suspension for David Cohen, who entered Friday’s racing second in both wins and earnings at Oaklawn Park. According to the Oaklawn stewards, Cohen’s close-quarters whipping in the stretch run of the eighth race on Apr. 6 allegedly caused four welts