Espinoza returns to exercising horses after injury

The Breeders’ Cup got off to a soggy but rousing start when 8-1 chance Maryfield splashed home first in the Filly and Mare Sprint on Friday at a waterlogged Monmouth Park.

Odds-on favourite Peeping Fawn, ridden by Johnny Murtagh, wins the Yorkshire Oaks at York.

After years under state and federal investigation, the New York Racing Association is in line for a state bailout from near bankruptcy to again run the New York thoroughbred racing tracks it has long claimed to own. It was the specter of a long, costly court battle over that disputed claim to the Aqueduct, Belmont and Saratoga tracks that helped NYRA gain Gov.