The nomination deadline is approaching for NYTHA's D. Wayne Lukas Award, which recognizes a New York-based assistant trainer who demonstrates the qualities that the late Lukas exemplified.
Estrange gains her first group 1 victory with smooth success in the Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh winning the race by 1 1/2 lengths over One Look.
French-bred 6-year-old Splash Back rewards her bold importation from Europe in becoming an elite winner in the June 27 Tattersall's Tiara (G1) for fillies and mares at Eagle Farm.
As much as Aqueduct Racetrack will remain open for simulcasting through Labor Day, come Sunday afternoon at about 5:50 p.m. ET, the thundering sound of hooves striking the ground will forever go silent.
Donald Dizney, owner of Double Diamond Farm in Florida, bred and raced the son of Gone West. Bahamian Squall beat grade 1 winner Trinniberg in the 2013 Smile Sprint Handicap (G2) and ran second in the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1).