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Veteran jockey E.J. Perrodin remained in intensive care Saturday, a day after a filly threw him and then fell on top of him during warmups for a race at New Orleans Fair Grounds. The 50-year-old rider has a broken pelvis and ribs and a lacerated liver, his agent, Tony Martin, said Saturday. Perrodin is in…

Trainer Bob Baffert may have expected too much too soon from Midnight Lute. Four weeks after winning the Breeders’ Cup Sprint, Midnight Lute was upset by Daaher in the $300,000 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct on Saturday. Midnight Lute, who staged an explosive rally to win the BC Sprint at Monmouth Park, appeared in perfect position…

A.P. Arrow won the Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs on Friday, taking the lead for good at the 16th pole and holding off Brass Hat by three-quarters of a length in the $500,000 race A.P. Arrow, ridden by Ramon Dominguez, was never far back while racing between horses three and four wide under light restraint.

A jockey whose horse had to be euthanized following a spill at Churchill Downs on Thanksgiving Day broke his collarbone. Jockey Rafael Mojica Jr. spent Thursday night in the hospital and will be sidelined for about six weeks, agent Julio Espinoza said Friday in a release from Churchill Downs. Espinoza said Mojica was thrown clear…

The Fair Grounds Race Course kicked off its 81-day thoroughbred meet Thursday with an added attraction: 245 slot machines the track hopes will boost purses and help it compete against other winter racing ovals. After delays caused by the track’s sale to Churchill Downs Inc. in 2004 and a season wiped out after Hurricane Katrina,…

Sales improved 8.6 percent at this year’s Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale over 2006 figures, officials said after the last session on Monday. Last year’s total of $313,843,800 was for 14 days, though, while this year the sale lasted 15 days and produced $340,877,200 in sales. The average price of $100,821 was also up, 1.1…

Good Night Shirt raced to his third Grade I victory in National Steeplechase Association competition and may have wrapped up the Eclipse Award on Sunday in the $150,000 Carolina First Colonial Cup Steeplechase. The 6-year-old Harold Via-owned gelding, ridden by William Dowling, edged Three Carat by 2 lengths, running 2 3/4 miles in 5:19.

Hambletonian winner and previously undefeated Donato Hanover was upset Saturday night in an elimination race at the Meadowlands for the $4.7 million Breeders Crown Championships. Donato Hanover, who had won 19 straight races and captured trotting’s triple crown, was outdueled in the stretch by Arch Madness in one of $610,000 3-year-old colt trot eliminations.

Two horses died and a jockey dislocated his shoulder in a connected series of tragedies during races at Cheltenham on Saturday. Ruby Walsh dislocated his shoulder in a heavy fall on favorite Willyanwoody in the Club 16-24 Novices Chase. Willyanwoody was badly injured and died within minutes of the fall, and Walsh’s injury meant he…

Fast Deal beat Splendid in Spring by 1 1/2 lengths Friday in the $55,000 feature race for fillies and mares at Churchill Downs. Fast Deal, the 4-year-old daughter of Grand Slam ridden by Miguel Mena, ran 6 furlongs in 1:10.68 and paid $10.40, $3.80 and $2.60. Splendid in Spring returned $3.40 and $2.80, and Girls…

Australia’s Stephen Bowditch shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over compatriot Paul Sheehan in the New Zealand Open. Diagnosed with clinical depression after losing his U.S. PGA Tour card at the end of 2006, Bowditch found his game Friday on the rugged Hills course to top the leaderboard at 10-under…

Southern California has two impressive freshmen. Davon Jefferson, the lesser known of the pair, scored 23 points and O.J. Mayo, one of the highest profile recruits of recent years, took charge late in the game to lead the 22nd-ranked Trojans to a 66-55 victory over Oklahoma on Thursday night. Jefferson had nine rebounds and was…