Former jockey turned attorney Cheyanna Closser (formerly Cheyanna Patrick) died July 29 from injuries sustained in a July 28 motor vehicle accident. She was 29.
Two King's Plate winners, Paramount Prince and Mansetti, and 2025 Prince of Wales Stakes victor Runaway Again will clash in the CA$175,000 Seagram Cup Stakes (G3) Aug. 1 at Woodbine.
Group 2 winner Arctic Glamour (Frosted) will likely visit Zoustar this spring after selling to Julia Ritchie and Widden Stud for AU$640,000 at the close of the Inglis Digital Australia July (Late) Sale July 29.
Graded stakes action Aug. 1 at Colonial Downs features the Graham Motion trainee and multiple graded stakes winner Gimme a Nother, as well as the Mark Casse-trained Alpyland, who seeks his third consecutive victory.
See The Fire has been tasked with winning the 1 1/4-mile Nassau Stakes (G1) for fillies and mares at Goodwood Racecourse this week for the Andrew Balding stable, but she faces a notable challenge from the Aidan O'Brien yard.
Thaddeus "Ted" Malloy, 92, of Prosperity, Pa., who earned the nickname "The Track Man" through his work on racing surfaces throughout his career, died May 17.
The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association announced July 29 that Puca was named the 2025 Broodmare of the Year and will be honored at the TOBA National Awards Dinner Sept. 10 at The Kentucky Castle in Versailles, Ky.
Obliteration may not live up to his name as often these days as he did at the start of his career. But last year's 10 1/2-length winner of the Sanford (G3) returns to Saratoga in search of another graded victory in the July 31 Amsterdam (G2).
The Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1) Aug. 1 at Del Mar includes defending champ Seismic Beauty and the California-bred trio of Hey Jessie, Om N Joy, and Majestic Oops in the 1 1/16-mile main track test and Breeders' Cup Challenge Series event.
The welcome back to the winner's enclosure Goodwood served up for Bow Echo after the Sussex Stakes (G1) highlighted better than any words the esteem with which the three-time group 1 winner and his connections are held.