In this week's Porter on Pedigrees, Saratoga Special Stakes (G2) winner Twinkle Town shines a spotlight on WinStar Farm's repatriated sire Take Charge Indy.

Manitoba Oaks

The Thoroughbred Championship Series is a hot topic on podcasts this week; as well as the death of horse whisperer Monty Roberts.

Debutante Stakes

Magnitude is coming off an impressive 1 1/4-length victory in the June 27 Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs and now heads into the Aug. 8 Whitney Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.

Jockey Robby Albarado, the regular rider on Horses of the Year Curlin and Mineshaft, has died at the age of 52.

A pair of nicely bred juvenile fillies in Life Changing and Voyager have been named BloodHorse Maiden Watch Hot Prospects following their impressive victories in the past week at Saratoga Race Course.

The Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association announces the PTHA Per Start Bonus Initiative Program, a new incentive designed to encourage more participation in overnight races at Parx Racing during the late summer racing schedule.

Hawthorne Race Course, bankrupt and one deadline away from being sold for demolition, has applied for 2027 racing dates.

Siblings to some of the breakout stars of the 2026 flat season are among a blockbuster 469 lots cataloged for Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, the highest-profile auction of its kind in Europe.