In this week's The Challenge, presented by Gainesway, horses competing in the Whitney Stakes (G1) and Fourstardave Stakes (G1T) Aug. 8 figure to leave their mark at the Breeders' Cup this fall, just as they have regularly done through the years.
On a special midweek episode of BloodHorse Monday: Louie Rabaut, Frank Angst, Bob Ehalt, and Sean Collins discuss changes to the Triple Crown and introduction of the Thoroughbred Championship Series.
The globe-trotting Ruiva turns up this weekend in the Sorrento Stakes (G3) at Del Mar for the Wesley Ward stable after an impressive effort in the Queen Mary Stakes (G2) during England's Royal Ascot meet in June.
With a July release of plans to launch the Horse Racing League, the team-based league's co-founder Greg Maffei proved a timely choice as keynote speaker at The Jockey Club's Round Table on Matters Pertaining to Racing Aug. 6.
Gude Affair has been recognized as the 2025 Rood & Riddle Sport Horse of the Year Award winner. The presentation of the award will be Sept. 10 during the TOBA National Awards Dinner, hosted at The Kentucky Castle in Versailles, Ky.
In case anyone failed to get the memo after many of the presentations at this year's edition of The Jockey Club Round Table focused on building fan interest, Everett Dobson hammered home the message in his closing remarks.