Trainer Andrew Balding wins his fifth edition of the City of York Stakes (G1) with Never So Brave Aug. 23.

Sara Elbadwi & Megan Burgess look ahead to the Travers Stakes and Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga.

Banishing continued to pay immense dividends for co-owner Lawrence P. Roman and trainer/co-owner David Jacobson by winning the $1 million Charles Town Classic Stakes (G2) Aug. 22 at Charles Town Races.

Saffie Joseph Jr. sent four fillies to the starting gate for the $750,000 Charles Town Oaks (G2) Aug. 22 with his Indy Bay coming out on top to earn the trainer his second consecutive victory in the event.

California-bred champion Chismosa has faced the brilliant Sweet Azteca four times, winning once, and will try again in the Rancho Bernardo Handicap (G3) at Del Mar.

Harris Farms’ first-crop sire Halladay, a grade 1-winning son of international sire War Front, got his first winner when his 2-year-old son Arkadelphia won Aug. 22 at Del Mar.

In this week’s edition of On Racing: a discussion of the history of the Travers Stakes (G1), field sizes, and the recent records established by Doncho and jockey Perry Ouzts.

Retired jockey Ron Turcotte, remembered for riding Secretariat to win the 1973 Triple Crown during a Hall of Fame career, died of natural causes Aug. 22 in his Drummond home outside Grand Falls, New Brunswick, in Canada. 

A pair of full siblings to Breeders’ Cup winners square off in a competitive six-furlong maiden special weight for 2-year-old fillies Aug. 23 at Ellis Park.

Top-class colt Rosallion heads the field for the newly upgraded City of York Stakes (G1).