The Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation board on Aug. 21 denied Breeders' Cup-winning trainer Maria Borell's request for a license to train in the state.
The Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In runs through Del Mar and York Racecourse this week, with six races offering paid, automatic berths into the Breeders' Cup Oct. 30-31 at Keeneland in Kentucky.
Arrowfield Stud has suffered a major and late blow on the eve of the breeding season, with shuttle sire Vandeek ruled out of action for the entire spring.
The pressure is on Knightsbridge to repeat his spectacular form from the Monmouth Cup Stakes (G3) in the $1 million Pacific Classic Stakes (G1) Aug. 22 at Del Mar, where he takes on 10 opponents, including Hit Show and Navajo Warrior.
The rain has arrived at York at a particularly inopportune moment for all three of the highly rated foreign challengers in the Aug. 21 Nunthorpe Stakes (G1), including Wesley Ward's impressive Royal Ascot winner Bacio.
Same jockey, same trainer, same owners, but a different day and superstar, as Kalpana continues Team Juddmonte's sensational summer in a puzzling Yorkshire Oaks (G1) Aug. 20 at York Racecourse.
Effective with all Thoroughbred overnight races starting Aug. 22 through the end of the 2026 racing season, Prairie Meadows and the Iowa Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association have agreed to increase race purses by $1,500 apiece.