No horse will compete in all three Triple Crown races this year as trainer Whit Beckman will target Ocelli at the June 20 Ohio Derby (G3). It marks the first Belmont Stakes (G1) since 1917 to be contested without a Preakness starter.
Zac Purton wrote his name into the history books when becoming the first jockey to register 2,000 winners in Hong Kong with success at Sha Tin Racecourse May 31.
The first day of the Magic Millions National Yearling Sale commences on the Gold Coast with 374 lots cataloged to go through the ring with action starting at 11 a.m. local time June 1-2.
When Ogden Mills "Dinny" Phipps died in April 2016 it was a time of overwhelming grief and sorrow for the Phipps family. It also brought one of Thoroughbred racing's most famed stables to a crossroads.
Redoubtable gelding Headley Grange took his role as an Inglis Digital poster boy to stunning new heights when he became an elite and weight-for-age winner in the May 30 Kingsford-Smith Cup (G1) at Eagle Farm Racecourse.
Lovcen's late turn of foot gets victory in the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby, G1T), leaving him one more race from a sweep of the Japanese Triple Crown.