Baffert horses secure a 1-2 finish at Los Alamitos

A professional gambler accused of race-fixing had secret accounts with a betting firm, a court hears.

Human error was likely responsible for the spread of equine influenza which has hit two Australian states, curtailing horse racing and costing millions of dollars in lost jobs and revenue, Australia federal agriculture minister Peter McGauran said Friday. “It’s going to be human error, there’s no question, but were the quarantine procedures adequate?” McGauran said in a radio interview.

Breakdowns — at least two of them fatal — marred a record slate of stakes races Saturday at Keeneland in which four horses earned automatic spots in the Breeders’ Cup. Teuflesberg, the 17th-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, pulled up short in the Grade 3 Phoenix Handicap with fractures to both front legs.