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.
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.
C R K Stable's Englishman moves into the Top 10 in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred Poll following his impressive victory in the H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes (G1).
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.
On July 4, Will Stroud scored a grade 1 double at Saratoga, thanks to co-owning Belmont Derby Stakes (G1) winner Title Role (GB) and Belmont Oaks Stakes (G1) winner Kensington Lane (IRE).