Asian Racing Conference attendees heard a steady stream of calls for the sport to step up to social responsibilities including horse and human welfare and reaction to climate change.

Tattersalls Online and Inglis Digital have collaborated on an online sale of mares covered on Southern Hemisphere time. The sale is the first of its kind within the global thoroughbred industry. It will be held during the December Sale, Dec. 11-12.

J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Pacific Classic, Jockey Club Gold Cup, and Shared Belief Stakes.

TOBA will honor national award winners at its awards dinner Sept. 7 at Fasig-Tipton in Lexington. Five national winners have been announced ahead of time, and BloodHorse Daily is offering profiles of these winners throughout the week.

Phil D’Amato trains three of the top four morning-line choices in the $300,000 Del Mar Handicap (G2T) Aug. 31, including Gold Phoenix, who has won each of the last two editions.

A Nyquist colt sold for CA$250,000 (US$185,376, CA$1=US$0.75) to top the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society’s (Ontario Division) Premier Yearling Sale Aug. 28 at Woodbine.

Stay Hot, Formidable Man, and Curlin’s Kaos have won stakes during the current Del Mar meet and will take on four other challengers in the Del Mar Derby.

Trainer Phil D’Amato is represented by three of the top four morning line choices in the $300,000 Del Mar Handicap (G2T) Aug. 31, including Gold Phoenix who has won each of the last two editions.

Customarily a late runner, Irish Aces was kept closer to the pace than usual by jockey Tyler Gaffalione in the Aug. 29 Tapit Stakes on opening day of Kentucky Downs’ seven-day, all-turf meet. The style change proved a difference maker.

After debuting at Saint-Cloud, the son of Ten Sovereigns (IRE) was purchased privately and transferred to trainer Chad Brown.