Godolphin's Charlie Appleby-trained Pacific Avenue sustained an injury to his right foreleg the morning of Aug. 5 during routine exercise at Saratoga Race Course and has been scratched from the Aug. 8 $750,000 Saratoga Derby (G1).
Fortitudine made a striking start to his career Aug. 5 at Kempton Park, when the full brother to Rebel's Romance demolished his rivals by 21 lengths in the 1 3/8-mile novice on the all-weather surface.
Deterministic aims to win his second consecutive Fourstardave Stakes (G1T) and extend his win streak to six Aug. 8 when he faces a rematch with Rhetorical and a tough field in the $750,000 contest at Saratoga Race Course.
After being a leading contender throughout the Road to the Kentucky Oaks, Explora could earn her first grade 1 victory sprinting if she wins the $500,000 Test Stakes (G1) Aug. 8 at Saratoga Race Course.
Take A Breath heads the home team contingent against an eastern invasion in the $200,000 Yellow Ribbon Stakes (G2T) Aug. 8, going a mile and one-sixteenth on the Del Mar turf course.
A landmark week for the Triple Crown and the North American 3-year-old division continued Aug. 5 when the new version of the Maryland Jockey Club announced a date change for its most important race, the Preakness Stakes (G1).
All nine entrants in the 1-mile National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes (G2T) are cutting back in distance Aug. 7 at Saratoga Race Course, a move trainer Brad Cox hopes is beneficial for Touch of Fire.
Hall of Fame trainer Jack Fisher finished first and third in the $150,000 A. P. Smithwick Memorial Handicap (NSA-1) Aug. 5 at Saratoga Race Course, taking the triumph with Smart Uncle.
Hall of Famer John Velazquez secured his 800th North American graded stakes win July 31 at Saratoga Race Course in the Amsterdam Stakes (G2) aboard Local Knowledge.
Fasig-Tipton and NYRA will show their continued support for the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance by helping showcase the organization's mission to fans and buyers at both The Saratoga Sale and Whitney Stakes (G1) weekend at Saratoga Race Course.