The six semifinalists for this year’s Dr. Tony Ryan Book Awards synopsized below emerged from an exceptional group of authors that included three past winners of this competition.

Twenty-to-1 morning line longshot Kentucky-bred County Final scales back in distance with his sights set on the $200,000 Highlander Stakes (G2T) June 29 at Woodbine.

Champion Pretty Mischievous has yet to encounter her preferred racing conditions this year. She returned to the worktab June 27, with her connections hoping that the second half of the year will improve.

Betfred will sponsor all five British Classics next season, having replaced Qipco as backers of the Two Thousand Guineas (G1) and One Thousand Guineas (G1), and the bookmaker will offer a £2 million bonus for any winner of the British Triple Crown.

J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Stephen Foster.

Fasig-Tipton has released the initial catalog for its July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale, to be held July 8 in Lexington beginning at 3 p.m. ET.

Deterministic possesses all the key ingredients to be a top performer on turf when he makes his grass debut June 29 in the $250,000 Manila Stakes (G3T) at Aqueduct Racetrack.

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The What’s Going On Here column from the July issue of BloodHorse magazine.

Calcolery, a 2-year-old filly by freshman stallion Calculator, breaks her maiden June 26 at Horseshoe Indianapolis to give her sire his first winner.