The board of directors of the Maryland Horse Breeders Association reelects Richard Blue as president, Josh Pons as vice president, and Michael Horning as secretary/treasurer.
Brooklyn, N.Y., native Nick Santagata is a 30-year veteran of the sport, who retired as a grade 1-winning jockey and is a longtime jockey valet at New York Racing Association tracks.
There are 440 lots cataloged for the July (Early) Sale—176 racehorses (90 race fillies), 122 broodmares, 73 racehorse shares, 39 weanlings, 19 yearlings, four unraced stock, three stallion shares, two stallions, one breeding right and one 2-year-old.
The Asian Racing Federation provides an update on the implementation of special processes for black-type races in Australia and advises on recent decisions based on the results of races run between August and December 2025.
The Joe Sharp-trained Creole Chrome is seeking his first graded stakes victory in the $300,000 Indiana Derby (G3) July 11 at Horseshoe Indianapolis. He faces seven other rivals in the 1 1/16 contest, which includes the highly regarded Leading Change.
With all conditions considered, Karl Burke's superstar filly Venetian Sun could enter the July Cup Stakes (G1) at Newmarket Racecourse July 11 as one of the favorites. Saturday morning's decision will put a potential third group 1 win on the line.
Two horses that spent the late winter and spring on the Road to the Kentucky Derby and another that has blown away New York-bred competition at every asking headline the field for the July 13 New York Derby at Finger Lakes.