In this week’s On Racing, Jay Hovdey looks back at Del Mar through the years.

The board of directors of the Maryland Horse Breeders Association reelects Richard Blue as president, Josh Pons as vice president, and Michael Horning as secretary/treasurer.

Ka Ying Rising and Romantic Warrior are co-Hong Kong champions.

The Reins of Hope 2026 online charity auction will open at 5 p.m. ET July 10, raising funds for those affected by the devastating June 16 barn fire at the Saratoga Casino Hotel harness track in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

The Joe Sharp-trained Creole Chrome is seeking his first graded stakes victory in the $300,000 Indiana Derby (G3) July 11 at Horseshoe Indianapolis. He faces seven other rivals in the 1 1/16 contest, which includes the highly regarded Leading Change.

Brooklyn, N.Y., native Nick Santagata is a 30-year veteran of the sport, who retired as a grade 1-winning jockey and is a longtime jockey valet at New York Racing Association tracks.

Three of Canterbury Park’s corporate partners have added $31,000 to the purses for its eight-race July 25 program.

Megan Burgess looks forward to the Bowling Green Stakes & the Caress Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.

There are 440 lots cataloged for the July (Early) Sale—176 racehorses (90 race fillies), 122 broodmares, 73 racehorse shares, 39 weanlings, 19 yearlings, four unraced stock, three stallion shares, two stallions, one breeding right and one 2-year-old.

Two horses that spent the late winter and spring on the Road to the Kentucky Derby and another that has blown away New York-bred competition at every asking headline the field for the July 13 New York Derby at Finger Lakes.