The List: An Update and Review of the Top 25 General Sires List Rankings

Willow Oak won her debut by 1 1/4 lengths and is a homebred for Dede McGehee.

The owners of Castleton Lyons Farm filed plans May 31 to “subdivide more than 1,000 acres of the property into 16 different lots,” according to the Lexington Herald-Leader. The lots will range in size from 40 acres to more than 80 acres. 

William Buick has been full of praise for Notable Speech, who bids to confirm his position as Europe’s best 3-year-old miler against the winners of the Irish and French Two Thousand Guineas in the St James’s Palace Stakes (G1) at Royal Ascot June 18.

Toby Sheets, assistant to Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen and based in New York, was found dead June 16 on the Greek island of Mathraki. He is among several tourists who have died recently, all believed related to an intense heat wave.

White Birch was a notable absentee as a field of 10 was declared for the Prince of Wales’s Stakes (G1) at Royal Ascot June 19. The race will feature a duel between Breeders’ Cup winners Auguste Rodin and Inspiral.

With an extreme heat warning in effect for the city of Toronto, Woodbine has made the decision to push back the start of Thursday’s live racing in the best interest of horse welfare.

Sparkling Plenty, winner of the Prix de Diane (G1) a little more than 26 hours earlier, was hammered down for £8,100,000 at the Goffs London Sale June 17, only for it to transpire that the classic-winning filly had, remarkably, been bought back. 

Fresh from record turnover on Derby day at Epsom this month, the World Pool returns to Royal Ascot for the biggest five days of the year June 18-22.

Toby Sheets, assistant to Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen and based in New York, was found dead June 16 on the Greek island of Mathraki. He is among several tourists who have died recently, all believed related to an intense heatwave.