Reigning champion sprinter Book'em Danno will not participate in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) Oct. 31 at Keeneland as he will not be ready in time to compete in a final prep race.
Winchell Thoroughbreds' Magnitude returned to the worktab Sept. 6 for the first time since the Aug. 8 Whitney Stakes (G1), going an easy half-mile in :51 3/5 on Saratoga Race Course's Oklahoma Training Track.
Sean Alfortish, a disbarred attorney and a former president of the Louisiana HBPA, was found guilty by a New Orleans jury on multiple charges involving a lengthy scheme to defraud trucking and insurance companies with false claims.