SANTA ANITA — By Matthew Lomon   Few horses, if any, are more deserving of having a Thoroughbred stakes named after them than Zenyatta.   For the winning connections of this Sunday’s Zenyatta Stakes (race 4 at Santa Anita), a victory will be much more meaningful than just...

SARATOGA — The upcoming Labor Day weekend is one of the most highly anticipated three-day stretches on the racing calendar, as Saratoga Race Course’s summer meet concludes, Del Mar in California reaches the second-to-last weekend of its popular summer meet, and the boutique...

ARCADIA, Calif. — Santa Anita will replace its dirt training track with a synthetic surface as part of nearly $32 million in improvements planned as the venerable racetrack absorbs an influx of horses, trainers and jockeys from Northern California’s Golden Gate Fields after it closes...