Arqana’s chief executive Freddy Powell is hoping the market forces in effect at Fasig-Tipton will continue in Deauville for the company’s flagship August Yearling Sale Aug. 16-18.

Keeneland announced Aug. 7 that four horses—fillies by Flightline, Gun Runner and Into Mischief, plus a colt by Golden Pal—have been supplemented to Book 1 of the September Yearling Sale Sept. 8-9.

Trainer Phil D’Amato has half the field in Del Mar’s Yellow Ribbon Handicap (G2T), which gets a shipper from the Graham Motion barn in Heredia.

Letters to the Editor for the Aug. 7 issue of BloodHorse Daily

After failing to convince Florida legislators earlier this year to decouple its horse racing business from its right to offer slot machine gambling, Gulfstream Park filed a lawsuit that, if successful, would satisfy its goals via court order.

There is a lot of alliteration surrounding the co-feature event at Colonial Downs Aug. 9. Because while Be Your Best brings the credentials to be the likely favorite, Beach Bomb boasts the brilliance to beware of in the Beverly D. Stakes (G2T). 

Coming off a victorious run in the Penn Mile Stakes (G3T), Dream On will try to make it four wins from five starts this year in the $500,000 Secretariat Stakes (G2T) at Colonial Downs Aug. 9.

The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association announced Aug. 6 the election of David O’Farrell as chairman of its board of trustees.

David Scanlon and his wife, Blair King, purchase the former Eddie Woods Training Center near Ocala, Fla.

After arriving at Colonial Downs Aug. 3, Refai Alghraiban’s classy globetrotter Cairo was on the track Aug. 6 ahead of his run in the Arlington Million (G1T) Aug. 9. Trainer Alice Haynes was on hand for the Irish-bred’s move over the turf course.