Trainer Matt Laurie knows the challenge that awaits multiple group 1 winner Treasurethe Moment as she steps into open company for the first time in the Aug. 30 Memsie Stakes (G1) at Caulfield Racecourse.

You can basically thank timing for creating a stellar edition of the Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (G1) Aug. 31 at Saratoga Race Course.

Shivananda Parbhoo, trainer of 2012 Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) winner Trinniberg, has been suspended for two years for a clenbuterol positive.

Repole Stable’s Final Score romps Aug. 28 in the $175,000 With Anticipation Stakes (G3T) a day after Time to Dream scored there for the owner and trainer Todd Pletcher.

Twenty-six six-figure lots changed hands during a decidedly solid renewal of the Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale, and the headline act on Day 2 was the penultimate yearling in the ring, a Mehmas colt who was knocked down at £150,000. 

Sprung from the seeds sown by its predecessor Zed Racing, Zed Champions presents racing, ownership, and breeding to players. Zed Picks allows participants to bet on the races and win prizes. 

Multiple graded stakes winner Spirit of Makena underwent surgery for an injury the horse sustained in his left front fetlock during the running of the Aug. 23 Pat O’Brien Stakes (G2) at Del Mar.

The New York Racing Association will move to penny breakage on its pari-mutuel payoffs beginning with the Sept. 1 card at Saratoga Race Course.

Motorious aims for a Green Flash Handicap (G3T) three-peat Aug. 30 when he faces an overflow field of turf sprinters on Pacific Classic day at Del Mar.

Trainer Miguel Clement sends out a trio of European imports, including favored La Mehana, in the $500,000 Flower Bowl Stakes (G2T) Aug. 30 at Saratoga Race Course.