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.

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

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.

Given all of the major filly and mare turf stakes that trainer Chad Brown has captured since starting out in 2007, it’s hard to believe that he has yet to appear in the winner’s circle after the Saratoga Oaks (G2T) for 3-year-old fillies and mares.

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

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.

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.

In Beyond the Bidding, BloodHorse sales editor Olivia Newman takes a look at notable trends, accomplishments, and personalities around the North American sales scene.

Letters to the editor for the Aug. 6 issue of BloodHorse Daily include a submission critical of the omission of the Preakness (G1) in the recently announced Churchill Downs Inc.-New York Racing Association championship series for 3-year-olds.

There will be a touch of nostalgia attached to the Aug. 8 Whitney Stakes (G1) thanks to trainer Mark Casse and D. J. Stable’s brilliant 4-year-old filly Nitrogen.