In response to the devastating barn fire the morning of June 16, Saratoga Casino Hotel announces a coordinated response that includes a $100,000 donation, upcoming fundraising efforts, and a memorial service to honor the horses lost in the tragedy.
For the second year in a row, Antonio Fresu finished as the leading jockey at the Santa Anita Hollywood Meet. Phil D'Amato bagged yet another Santa Anita trainers' title and Reddam Racing finished as leading owner.
Last year's St. Leger Stakes (G1) winner Scandinavia will face 10 rivals when he bids to land another group 1 success in the Gold Cup Stakes (G1) June 18 during the Royal Ascot meeting at Ascot Racecourse.
The British Horseracing Authority has confirmed a case of equine influenza in a vaccinated Thoroughbred based in a yard adjacent to the licensed training premises of Mel and Phil Rowley, near Bridgnorth in Shropshire.
Ombudsman once again showed his scintillating turn of foot to win the June 17 Prince of Wales's Stakes (G1) at Ascot Racecourse for a second year running with Minnie Hauk second and Daryz third.
Aidan O'Brien dismisses the suggestion that team tactics were employed in the June 16 St. James's Palace Stakes (G1) after Christophe Soumillon was handed an eight-day ban by the stewards.
Before Keeneland hosts the Breeders' Cup World Championships for the fourth time, the track will celebrate its 90th birthday with a 17-day fall meet from Oct. 2-24 featuring 22 stakes worth $10.7 million.
Michelle Pujals has retired as the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit's general counsel after serving four years in the position. HIWU has named Janelle Winston as Pujals' successor, effective immediately.