With a July release of plans to launch the Horse Racing League, the team-based league's co-founder, Greg Maffei, proved a timely choice as keynote speaker at The Jockey Club's Round Table on Matters Pertaining to Racing Aug. 6.

Roger Cimbora Jr.'s homebred Twenty Six Black seeks his first graded victory as the 5-2 morning-line favorite in the Aug. 9 Troy Stakes (G2T). 

As a number of presenters talked about engaging new fans at the 2026 edition of The Jockey Club's Round Table on Matters Pertaining to Racing Aug. 6 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., marketing expert Tor Edwards noted that young people are aware of racing.

Racing Australia has announced the finalists for the 2025-26 Australian Racehorse of the Year awards, with Half Yours, Autumn Glow, Via Sistina, Sheza Alibi, and Sir Delius among the contenders for the top honor.

Davant Latham's Trendsetter, winner of the Lexington Stakes (G3), aims for his second graded stakes win in the $400,000 West Virginia Derby (G3) Aug. 9 at Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort.

Princess Loulou, the dam of classic heroine and three-time group 1 winner Nashwa, has died from colic at age 16, Blue Diamond Stud announced Aug. 6.

Among Lady's Secret's memorable wins in 1986 was a tour-de-force performance against males in the 59th edition of the Whitney Handicap (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.

The Jockey Club's 2026 Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing held Aug. 6 at the Saratoga Springs City Center in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

If the Saratoga Derby Stakes (G1T) mirrors the Belmont Derby (G1T), get ready for a sensational stretch battle.

The Ontario Thoroughbred Improvement Program (TIP) announced the addition of four new $150,000 stakes races for Ontario-breds age 4 and older to expand local opportunities on the Woodbine stakes schedule.