International Thoroughbred Breeders Federation conference scheduled this month in Japan.

The $200,000 Calvin Houghland Iroquois is the longest of the National Steeplechase Association’s grade 1 races at three miles. Millionaire Snap Decision towers over the field of six.

The Racehorse Owners Association, the representative body for owners in British racing, announced May 10 the departure of its chief executive, Charlie Liverton.

Two-time stakes winner Amdist Waves attempts to rebound in her sophomore debut as she faces an oversubscribed field in the $175,000 Soaring Softly Stakes (G3T) at Aqueduct Racetrack at six furlongs on the outer turf.

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The program requires out-of-state Thoroughbred horses to reside at least six consecutive months (prior to turning 3 years old) at a Virginia farm to receive a certification as a Virginia-certified thoroughbred horse.

Speaking during a National Thoroughbred Racing Association teleconference May 9, NTRA president and CEO Tom Rooney noted Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s signing of a bill into law Thursday that will remake Maryland racing around Pimlico Race Course.

The commercial stallion market loves 2-year-old success, and while it’s very early, freshman stallion Caracaro has given co-owners Global Thoroughbreds and Crestwood Farm a reason to get excited.

D. Wayne Lukas, inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1999, has given the mount aboard Just Steel in the May 18 Preakness Stakes (G1) to the latest jockey elected into the Hall of Fame: Joel Rosario, whose induction ceremony is this summer.

Follow Stronghold to the Kentucky Derby (G1) starting gate at Churchill Downs and the morning after the big race.