Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has called upon Mike Smith to fill in for Tyler Gaffalione, who sustained a broken ankle in a starting gate mishap, to ride Madaket Road in Saturday’s $1 million Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park.

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) winner Henri Matisse (IRE) is entered for his 3-year-old debut March 30 in the Leopardstown Two Thousand Guineas Trial Stakes (G3) at Leopardstown.

The Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit announces the release of its 2024 Annual Report. Among the highlights are statistics on testing, results management, the adjudication of cases, investigations, and educational efforts.

Keeneland opens its spring meet on Friday, April 4, to launch 15 days of exceptional Thoroughbred racing, featuring 19 stakes worth a spring meet record $9.4 million. 

Volume 16 of IFHA Quarterly, a newsletter produced in partnership with the Japan Racing Association, has been released. 

So much has happened in the real world since American Pharoah swept the 2015 Triple Crown and capped his 3-year-old season with a historic “Grand Slam” win in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Keeneland.

Queen Azteca takes on males in the UAE Derby (G2) April 5 at Meydan Racecourse. She will be the lone Scandinavian on the card, and a first ride on the big night for Carlos Lopez.

A partnership between Kentucky Humane Society and Race for Aftercare will be commemorated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Oldham County Chamber of Commerce on April 7 from 2 – 4 p.m. ET at Hermitage Farm.

The UC Davis veterinary hospital recently added two experienced equine surgeons as clinical professors. 

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