The April 23 telethon to benefit the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund will be presented by Lane’s End. 

Wagering options are scarce in the four-horse, $1 million Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) April 15 at Oaklawn Park, but are plentiful in the supporting $500,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (G3) on the card.

Just more than weeks remain until the $3 million Kentucky Derby (G1) and trainer Keith Desormeaux has ramped up his work pattern for Don’t Tell My Wife Stables and Ocean Reef Racing’s Rebel Stakes (G2) winner Confidence Game.

Kentucky HBPA speaks with David Fiske, the Winchell Family’s racing and bloodstock manager, about Disarm running in the 1 1/16-mile Lexington three weeks after running in the 1 3/16-mile Louisiana Derby and three weeks before the Kentucky Derby.

The Satsuki Sho (Japanese Two Thousand Guineas-G1) starts the Triple Crown series in Japan with a competitive field lacking the top two colts of 2022.

The Road, presented by Gainesway and Darby Dan Farm

Six months after the series began, the 2022-23 Road to the Kentucky Derby wraps up with Saturday’s running of the $400,000 Lexington Stakes (G3) at Keeneland.

Opportunities in Equine Practice Seminar, a professional forum created to encourage students to enter equine practice upon graduation, will meet Sept. 1-3 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Lexington.

The Jockey Club of Canada hosted the 48th Annual Sovereign Awards ceremony during the evening of April 13, when Moira was awarded the night’s most prestigious prize as Canada’s 2022 Horse of the Year.

Mangione wins on debut at Keeneland April 13 for owner/trainer/breeder Wesley Ward.