Headlined by a pair of grade 1 stakes offerings, Del Mar will present a $2.1 million stakes schedule during its 13th Bing Crosby Season Nov. 6-29.

In four decades as a jockey and trainer, Wesley Ward has won just about everything in racing except the Longacres Mile. That could change, however, when Ward sends out highly regarded Touchy in the Aug. 16 race at Emerald Downs.

In this clip from the Aug. 10 episode of BloodHorse Monday: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore shares his thoughts with co-host Louie Rabaut on moving the Preakness Stakes (G1) to the fourth Sunday of May and the overall impact it has on the Triple Crown.

With his 4 3/4-length victory in the Aug. 8 Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga, reigning Horse of the Year Sovereignty has ascended within the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings, tied with four other horses in sixth place with a 125 rating.

In this edition of Odds and Trends, J. Keeler Johnson examines which sires consistently pass on more stamina to their progeny than others.

Phil Kives Stakes

Letters to the editor for the Aug. 13 issue of BloodHorse Daily include a submission discussing the importance of the Triple Crown.

Darley Stallions' Cody's Wish leads the first-crop yearling sires standings after Fasig-Tipton's The Saratoga Sale with a $525,000 average.

Ellis Park's live racing schedule will be adjusted this weekend because of forecast heat index values of up to 109 degrees in the Henderson, Ky., area. 

A six-figure betting coup was pulled off in betting shops in Britain Aug. 9 after four out of five horses from the same training center won in the United States.