Despite being a Triple Crown winner on dirt, Justify strengthened his résumé as a top stallion for European turf races June 18 at Royal Ascot with offspring taking the 2 1/2-mile Gold Cup Stakes (G1) and finishing 1-2 in the 7-furlong Chesham Stakes.
As the new Maryland Jockey Club moves forward, it will have complete control, rights, and benefits of the Preakness Stakes (G1), which industry and political leaders in the state believe will be crucial for success.
Despite being a Triple Crown winner on dirt, Justify strengthened his résumé as a top stallion for European turf races June 18 at Royal Ascot with offspring taking the 2 1/2-mile Gold Cup Stakes (G1) and finishing 1-2 in the 7-furlong Chesham Stakes.
Group 1-winning sprinter Reserve Bank will continue his career as a stallion after being secured by Botty's Bloodstock though the inaugural Inglis Bull Ring sale, a new private auction platform powered by Inglis Digital.
The New York Racing Association announces the names for the New York legs of the Empire Trillium Series, a 14-race program of stakes races at Belmont Park and Woodbine restricted to horses foaled in New York or Canada.
Aidan O'Brien-trained stablemates Precise and True Love meet for the third time this season in the Coronation Stakes (G1) at Royal Ascot. Each filly owns a win over the other this season, with the Coronation a potential final rubber match.
New York stewards fine jockey Junior Alvarado $3,000 and suspend him for three racing days for exceeding the permitted number of strikes from his riding crop in guiding Chief Wallabee to a fourth-place finish in the June 6 Belmont Stakes (G1).
Kentucky-bred Scandinavia provided trainer Aidan O'Brien with his 100th winner at Royal Ascot by edging out defending winner Trawlerman in the final strides of a scintillating Gold Cup Stakes (G1) June 18 at Ascot Racecourse.