With 2-year-old races well under way at Saratoga Race Course, trainer Jimmy Toner sent out a 2-year-old daughter of Tapit and dual grade 1 winner Winter Memories, named Seasons, who did not disappoint in her debut.
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Kentucky Derby (G1)-winning jockey Stewart Elliott accomplished his 5,000th win Aug. 9 at Lone Star Park, where the 55-year-old guided Bloom Racing Stable's Power End to a half-length victory in a five-furlong turf allowance.
Enable will miss York's Ebor meeting and a clash with Love in the Darley Yorkshire Oaks (G1) next week, to give her the best chance of winning a historic third Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1), John Gosden said.
Golden Chance Farm, home of the 1970 Kentucky Derby winner Dust Commander, is being offered for sale for the first time in decades.
Wooderson has been acquired for stud duty by Burdette Thoroughbred Farm, Goshen, Ark., in a deal brokered by Chad Schumer of Schumer Bloodstock.
Due to travel restrictions in New York State, Fasig Tipton announced Aug. 10 that the sales company will conduct the Saratoga Fall and Midlantic December Mixed sales as a two-day sale scheduled for Dec. 7-8 in Maryland.
Cosmetology, a 2-year-old daughter of Bradester, gave the freshman sire his first winner when she took an Aug. 9 maiden special weight at Lone Star Park in her second start late Sunday.
Keeneland has announced Aug. 10 that William and Donna Shively's Dixiana Farm will sponsor the $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1), the Fall Meet's prestigious invitational turf stakes for 3-year-old fillies held Oct. 10.
While COVID-19 concerns and related restrictions have forced the Jockey Club Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to become a virtual gathering, the annual meeting will welcome one of history's top cyclists and broadcasters.
The Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia announced Aug. 10 it would award the prize money to the connections of horses placed second-10th in the Feb. 29 Saudi Cup but continue to withhold the first-place money from Maximum Security pending its investigation.
Cannon Thoroughbreds' homebred Smooth Like Strait, carrying the co-highweight of 124 pounds under jockey Umbertpo Rispoli, ran to his odds in the $126,500 La Jolla Handicap (G3T) Aug. 9 at Del Mar, winning his second straight stakes of the season.
Tiz the Law is the clear-cut horse to beat in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) in the eyes of bettors as he closed as the even-money favorite Aug. 9 in Pool 7 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager.
Anderson Stables' Lady Kate broke through at the stakes level in the $100,000 Groupie Doll Stakes Aug. 9 at Ellis Park, defeating multiple graded stakes winners Street Band and Lady Apple.
Unwilling to have his perfect 2020 record marred with a less than perfect finish, Bruce Lunsford's Art Collector led at every point of call Aug. 9 to bring home his fourth consecutive win in the $193,750 Runhappy Ellis Park Derby at Ellis Park.
Wertheimer and Frere's homebred Spinoff scored his first stakes win in the $82,450 Alydar Stakes at Saratoga Race Course, where he outran Endorsed and Bodexpress to post a 2 3/4-length victory Aug. 9.
Tiz the Law came out of his 5 1/2-length Runhappy Travers (G1) victory in good order and was reported to be bright-eyed Sunday morning at Saratoga Race Course.
New Farm homebred Heir Port became the first winner for Mosler Aug. 9, scoring on debut in a $29,500 maiden claiming race at Monmouth Park over six furlongs.
Driving out of New York Aug. 9 with his stakes-winning gelding American Sailor in tow, trainer Wayne Potts was enjoying every mile of the journey home to Maryland.
Patricia Generazio's homebred Pure Sensation, a 9-year-old Zensational gelding, was retired following a seventh-place finish in the Aug. 8 Troy Stakes (G3T) at Saratoga Race Course.
Freshman sire Anchor Down was represented by his first winner Aug. 9 when Drop Anchor scored an upset at odds of 12-1 in a six-furlong maiden special weight test at Ellis Park in his debut.
Taylor Made Stallions' Mshawish sired his first winner when Miss Wild posted a dominating 15-length victory Aug. 9 at Monmouth Park in her debut.
Space Blues may have carried the white cap of the Godolphin second string but he produced a performance out of the top drawer to hunt down the front-runners and land a first career group 1 in the Prix Maurice de Gheest.
The Keeneland Phoenix Stakes (G1) had a wide open look to it beforehand, but Lucky Vega ripped up the pre-race script by turning the first group 1 juvenile contest of the season into a procession.
Phoenix Thoroughbreds vice president Tom Ludt has become the latest high-profile racing professional to cut ties with the troubled organization, citing concerns over allegations that money from a fake cryptocurrency may have been invested.
The much-improved Bodhicitta continued her dramatic ascent up the female turf ranks Aug. 8 at Del Mar, winning the $151,000 Yellow Ribbon Handicap (G2T) by a nose over former $32,000 claimer Tonahutu.
Chris Drakos and Ryan Hanson's Weston won his second race in as many starts and marked the first black-type winner for his freshman sire, Hit It a Bomb, by taking the $151,000 Best Pal Stakes (G2) Aug. 8 at Del Mar.
Raj Jagnanan's American Sailor secured the first graded stakes victory of his career, and of his trainer, when promoted to first by the stewards in the $200,000 Troy Stakes (G3T) Aug. 8 at Saratoga Race Course.
Jockey Paco Lopez was taken by ambulance to Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, N.J., for X-rays and evaluation after suffering an apparent right elbow injury following a fall in the 10th race at Monmouth Park Aug. 8.
Accomplished Peruvian equestrian Bernardo Alvarez-Calderon died Aug. 8 at his home in Lima, Peru, due to complications from a fall.
Sackatoga Stable's Tiz the Law cemented his status as the favorite for the Sept. 5 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) with a brilliant victory Aug. 8 in the $980,000 Runhappy Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.
Michael Lund Petersen's Gamine continued her brilliant ways Aug. 8 with a seven-length victory in the $291,000 Longines Test Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.
A day after some of the leading 2-year-olds in the country competed in the Saratoga Special Stakes Presented by Miller Lite (G2), another promising youngster by the name of Mutasaabeq was unveiled Aug. 8 in the fifth race at Saratoga Race Course.
Serengeti Empress returned to top form Aug. 8 in the $300,000 Ballerina Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, turning back fellow grade 1 winner Bellafina to claim the victory.
Earthlight is unbeaten in six starts, albeit nearly a year removed from his best effort, when he beat Raffle Prize in the Darley Prix Morny (G1). He has since beaten Golden Horde in the Middle Park Stakes (G1) and readily won a listed race July 12.
Whether in the sales ring or on the racetrack, County Final is commanding attention. The 2-year-old Oxbow colt, a $475,000 sales topper earlier this summer, picked up his first stakes win Aug. 8 by winning the $71,500 Tyro Stakes at Monmouth Park.
Steel Bull looks to be a ball of speed. A breeze-up graduate, he built on his debut win at Naas with victory in the July 29 Molecomb Stakes (G3) at Goodwood, but faces a big test stepping up to six furlongs in the Phoenix Stakes (G1) at the Curragh.
As of 12:25 p.m. EDT, Tiz the Law is a 1-5 favorite in advance wagering for the Aug. 8 Midsummer Derby at Saratoga Race Course. Of the $33,268 wagered to win so far, $20,690 has been placed on the 3-year-old son of Constitution.
My Girl Red, a 2-year-old filly by Texas Red, pushed her record to 2-for-2 for trainer Keith Desormeaux and owner Eric Brehm Aug. 7 by winning the $150,500 Sorrento Stakes (G2) at Del Mar by 4 3/4 lengths.
Trainer Steve Asmussen couldn't recall a prize to match his gifts for winning the 115th running of the $150,000 Saratoga Special Presented by Miller Lite (G2) with J. Kirk Robison's Jackie Warrior.
Spielberg, a $1 million yearling who is slated to contest a six-furlong maiden special weight Aug. 8 at Del Mar will face Superman Shaq, a half brother to champion Monomoy Girl, and Waspirant, whose dam was a grade 1 winner.
Purses at Arlington International Racecourse will be raised 20% during the middle portion of its summer meet, according to levels listed in its recently released second condition book. That period covers racing there from Aug. 20-Sept. 12.
Santa Anita Park's autumn stakes schedule will be similar to those from past seasons. The track has planned 24 stakes, 15 graded, over 18 racing days from Sept. 19 through Oct. 25.
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The Aug. 8 Yellow Ribbon Handicap (G2T) at Del Mar presents another sizable opportunity to Sir Prancealot, the European stallion who has become something of a surprise hit in the United States.
The memory of Sherwood Chillingworth, the longtime director and executive vice president of the Oak Tree Racing Association, will be honored with the Chillingworth Stakes to be run during Santa Anita's autumn season.
As she was in 2003, Robin Smullen remains Barclay Tagg's experienced and trusted assistant trainer, and more importantly in the grand scheme of life, she has bonded with him emotionally as a life partner.
Racing will go ahead at the Curragh Aug. 9 despite a partial lockdown in County Kildare starting at midnight Friday, which will see movements restricted once again.
Top Racing, Global Thoroughbred, and GDS Racing Stable's Bodexpress will look to dominate the $85,000 Alydar, a 1 1/8-mile test for 4-year-olds and up that have not won a stake this year other than state-bred, at Saratoga Race Course.
The horse racing industry lost an avid horsewoman earlier this summer with the death of Dolly von Stade Bostwick Jr. on June 20 at age 66 at her home in Indiantown, Fla.
