In the opening race of the June 17 card at the Royal Ascot meeting, Victorious (IRE) landed the Queen Mary Stakes (G2) for Aidan O’Brien, providing the trainer with his third winner of the week and leaving him one short of 100 Royal Ascot winners.

The shareholders of British Champions Day are delighted to announce that Qatar Holdings and Investment Company has extended its sponsorship of Britain’s richest race day, staged annually at Ascot Racecourse in October, to 2028.

While it’s not unusual for Paco Lopez to post double digit wins for the week, 20 wins was extraordinary. He was named Jockeys’ Guild Jockey of the Week for June 8-14.

In this week’s Porter on Pedigrees, we take a look at the international bloodlines of Dona Clota and Gimme a Nother, who each scored in grade 3s run June 13 in North America.

Raul Reyes’ Kings Equine will offer a filly (Hip 375) by perennial leading sire Into Mischief during the second session of the OBS June Sale. She is a half sister to multiple graded stakes winner and millionaire Fulsome.

At the end of the day of trade, 163 horses had changed hands for gross receipts of $9,066,000, including private sales. The average price was $55,620, with a median of $30,000.

Because of findings of the presence of a controlled medication substance or its metabolites, HIWU has disqualified a pair of runners who earned placings at Tampa Bay Downs in late March for veteran trainer Gerald Bennett.

Book Value, bred and trainer by Robert Gorham and owned by Marion Gorham, wins his racing debut June 16 at Thistledown by 3 3/4 lengths.

Squad Goals wins the Tom Ridge Stakes by 1 1/2 lengths June 15 at Presque Isle Downs.

English Two Thousand Guineas (G1) winner Bow Echo clung on to victory in the St. James’s Palace Stakes (G1) June 16 at Royal Ascot, holding off Irish Two Thousand Guineas (G1) winner Gstaad to maintain his unbeaten record.