The Shadwell-owned Minzaal was in a totally different league to his rivals in the Sprint Cup Stakes (G1), traveling powerfully into contention under Jim Crowley before blasting home to score over last year’s winner Emaraaty Ana.

It’s not unusual to see a high-priced yearling purchase switch from dirt to turf in its second career start. Turf is typically viewed as Plan B for when an initial try on dirt does not follow the expected script.

It’s not easy to run into trouble in a four-horse field, but the connections of Gulfport will attest how it can happen.

The victory was just one of a growing number of reminders that for Lukas, who turned 87 on Sept. 2, 2022, has been a renaissance in the truest sense of the word.

Winchell Thoroughbreds’ homebred Wicked Halo made a triumphant return to the site of her lone previous graded stakes victory to capture the Sept. 2 $250,000 Prioress Stakes (G2) for sophomore fillies going six furlongs at Saratoga Race Course.

Greg Wolf and Anthony Stabile preview the G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup and G2 Flower Bowl from Saratoga.

The Federal Trade Commission notified the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals by a Sept. 2 letter that the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority has proposed two rule changes to meet objections raised by two states and others in a federal lawsuit.

Finger Lakes Thoroughbred Adoption Program was recently advised by the Thoroughbred Charities of America that it would be receiving a 2022 grant in support of FLTAP’s work to transition equine athletes off the racetrack.

The owners of the sprinter Drafted have filed an appeal over a $26,000 loss of purse due to a riding-crop infraction from jockey Luis Rodriguez Castro in riding the gelding to a fifth-place finish in the Aug. 27 Forego Stakes (G1) at Saratoga.

Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher will watch the Pacific Classic (G1) and believes Flightline will be the winner of the big race at Del Mar.