Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse will aim for his fifth win in the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks at Woodbine Racetrack July 20, where he brings a five-horse contingent to the 1 1/8 mile race over the all-weather track.

Wesley Ward will send out the talented Kehoe Beach to tango with the boys for the first time in nine starts in the July 20 CA$175,000 Connaught Cup Stakes (G2T) at Woodbine.

Icon Racing, the syndicate group created by MLB all-star and World Series Champion Jayson Werth, earned their first win July 17 with they first starter as Sacred Goddess won a New York-bred maiden race at Saratoga Race Course.

Nysos, one of the top horses in the nation, is expected to run in the July 26 San Diego Handicap (G2) at Del Mar.

Total racing wagering turnover for the season was HK$138.85 billion, representing a 3.0% increase on the 2023/24 season.

Blue Heaven Farm’s grade 3 winner and dual grade 1-placed Pyrenees, retired last month due to injury, has been sold and will begin stud duty next year at Aboreum Farm in the Republic of Korea, according to Adam Corndorf of Blue Heaven Farm. 

Dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse celebrated his 4,000th winner July 17 when It’s Witchcraft prevailed in a three-way finish to win the eleventh race at Colonial Downs.

A dual graded stakes winner and millionaire, Scylla will try for her first win in more than a year when she battles Jody’s Pride, R Disaster, and other female sprinters in the $200,000 Honorable Miss Stakes (G2) July 20 at Saratoga Race Course.

Darby Dan Farm’s first-year stallion Blazing Sevens, a Classic-placed son of Good Magic and impressive winner of the Champagne Stakes (G1) at 2, will be shuttling to Chile for the Southern Hemisphere breeding season.

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 190 entries for its July Digital Sale, which may now be viewed online. Bidding opened July 17 and will close July 22, beginning at 2 p.m. ET.