Churchill Downs Inc. announced July 26 a major renovation project that will update and refresh the Jockey Club Suites at Churchill Downs.

Rather than race at Saratoga Race Course, some graded-quality 3-year-old fillies are competing in New Jersey, with 10 fillies entered July 29 in the $250,000 Monmouth Oaks (G3) at 1 1/16 miles on dirt at Monmouth Park.

Larry Bates, who spent more than 60 years as an equestrian in North America and Europe, has died in South Florida. 

Brown was suspended 18 months by the Horse Racing Integrity and Welfare Unit following a positive test for isoxsuprine in one of the horses he trains.

Echo Zulu zoomed around the Saratoga main track to win the Honorable Miss Handicap (G2) in dominating fashion for jockey Florent Geroux and trainer Steve Asmussen.

Colonial Downs today announced it is canceling Friday’s racing program out of an abundance of caution due to excessive heat forecast. The Friday card will be brought back as drawn on Aug 2.

The evening before the grade 3 Oklahoma Derby at Remington Park this fall will not lack for star power. The newest class for the Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame will be inducted during the races on Saturday night, Sept. 23.

Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil sentenced Thoroughbred trainer Jason Servis to four years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, and administer adulterated or misbranded performance-enhancing drugs to racehorses.

Liz Bishop, the longtime, award-winning television news anchor at the Albany, N.Y., CBS affiliate station (WRGB-TV), has served as the master of ceremonies at dozens if not hundreds of events in the Capitol region through the years.

Echo Zulu zoomed around the Saratoga main track to win the Honorable Miss (G2) in dominating fashion for jockey Florent Geroux and trainer Steve Asmussen.