Six-time Kentucky Derby (G1)-winning trainer Bob Baffert, who has maintained a full-time string in Kentucky since the spring, has the Iroquois Stakes (G3) favorite in the Zedan Racing Stables' Salahudin.
Grade 1-placed Simply Joking comes east for the first time in almost a year with designs set on the Sept. 12 Princess Rooney Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park.
During an otherwise uneventful Sept. 9 meeting of the California Horse Racing Board, vice chair Oscar Gonzales expresses disappointment with what he considers an insufficient 45-day suspension issued by HISA to California trainer Librado Barocio.
A sole member of the catalog by box-office stallion Mehmas became the most expensive lot to be traded at the Osarus La Teste Yearling Sale since 2019 when bought by Spanish-based interests.
The Jockeys' Guild Education Foundation and Bluegrass Community and Technical College have launched an online course to help jockeys build academic skills, strengthen digital literacy, and prepare for future career-specific educational opportunities.
An ecstatic John Galvin of Fortuna Racing was "blown away'' and "thrilled'' with the sale of his high-class race filly Bellatrix Star, who topped the Inglis Digital Australia September (Early) Sale at AU$900,000.
This year's German Derby (G1) runner-up Chiefland headlines the initial entries for Arqana's Arc Sale at Saint-Cloud Racecourse after the opening day of ParisLongchamp's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) meeting Oct. 3.
The Breeders' Cup is next on the agenda for the Johnny Murtagh-trained Take Charge Star after the colt earned a big payday when bolting up in the Franklin-Simpson Stakes (G2T) Sept. 7 at Kentucky Downs under Jamie Spencer.
Four-time group 1 winner Fangirl has been retired following her third-place finish in the Chelmsford Stakes (G2) Sept. 5 at Randwick Racecourse. The 8-year-old bows out having won 12 of her 42 starts, and prize money exceeding AU$11 million.
Noting it has taken responsibility for a data breach involving horse owner Marshall Gramm, HISA outlined a number of steps it has taken to address the vulnerability in a Sept. 9 letter to the Federal Trade Commission.