Trainer Ricky Hendriks is well-suited with a pair of contenders in grade 1-winner Little Trilby and grade 1-placed Coutach for the Sept. 2 Jonathan Sheppard Memorial, a 2 3/8-mile steeplechase handicap for older horses, at Saratoga Race Course.
Fasig-Tipton's August Digital Sale closed Sept. 1 with gross sales of $5,790,000 for 198 horses sold. The average price was $29,242, with a clearance rate of 86%.
The Kentucky Turf Cup Invitational Stakes (G2T) has been a Kentucky Downs fixture since before the turn of the century, a 1 1/2-mile grass race that boasts a seven-figure purse and regularly draws elite turf runners from both the U.S. and abroad.
Voting has opened for the Inaugural Miss Mareworthy Pageant, a national digital competition that celebrates more than 100 Thoroughbred mares, from racing champions and accomplished producers to second-career athletes and beloved companions.
The Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association and Parx Racing are proud to partner with Stable Recovery for the inaugural running of the Stable Recovery Stakes on Pennsylvania Derby day Sept. 19.
Sales season rolls into Newmarket Sept. 2 for the sixth edition of the Tattersalls Somerville Sale, where 286 lots have been cataloged for the one-day sale.
Promising 2-year-olds Jas and Brickyard Belle are BloodHorse Maiden Watch Hot Prospects after scoring on turf this past week at Kentucky Downs and Saratoga Race Course, respectively.
Trainer Angel Quiroz is provisionally suspended effective at noon ET Sept. 1 following two positive out-of-competition test results for the bronchodilator albuterol. The trainer has had three horses test positive for albuterol since July 10.