Santa Ana Stakes

Trainer Simon Callaghan patiently waited for the day when his student, the Medaglia d’Oro filly Ballet Dancing, would run a longer distance than the 1 1/8 miles she topped out at during her 3-year-old season.

Uncle Mo filly becomes the first grade 1 winner bred by Gayle Benson of Benson Farm.

Kathleen O’Connell described supplanting Kim Hammond as the No. 1-winning female trainer in North American Thoroughbred racing history as an accomplishment.

The Under Tack Show for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s expanded 2023 March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training begins March 14.

Agent George Moore has started a private investment fund to trade horses into the lucrative Hong Kong market as owners from the racing mecca find it increasingly difficult to source proven horses from Australia.

Jessica Harrington, the most successful female trainer at the Cheltenham Festival and one of the top dual-purpose trainers in racing, has revealed she is receiving treatment for breast cancer.

Arabian Knight, winner of the Jan. 28 Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park, will no longer pursue a start in the May 6 Kentucky Derby (G1) according to an announcement posted on Twitter March 11 by owner Zedan Racing Stables.

Former trainer Todd Scherer was shot in a tack room at one of the barns at Fonner Park the morning of March 10, according to KLIN News. Scherer, 62, was found dead from gunshot wounds.

Day two of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association National Horseplayers Championship has Francis Boustany of Lafayette, La., clinging to the lead.