The Lion In Winter has died after sustaining a fracture on the gallops at Ballydoyle in preparation for a start at Royal Ascot.

Consignor Tom McCrocklin sent out Global Leader (Hip 220), a filly by Uncle Mo, to blaze a quarter-mile in :20 2/5 June 10, during Day 2 of the under-tack show for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales June 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age Sale.

The 23rd New Vocations All-Thoroughbred Charity Horse Show raised more than $180,000 to support racehorse aftercare. Proceeds from the May 29-31 event go directly toward New Vocations’ efforts to rehab, retrain, and rehome retiring racehorses.

Curtis and Beth Harrell have reopened a historic 370-acre farm, formerly the site of Bonne Chance Farm, as a boutique boarding operation for broodmares under the management of John Durr.

The nine-day season at Los Alamitos Race Course will begin June 19 and continue through July 5. Racing will be conducted Friday-Sunday all three weeks with first post at 1 p.m. PT.

Finger, a Gun Runner colt, moved to within one win of a sweep of the Japanese Dirt Triple Crown with a victory in the Tokyo Derby June 10 at Oi Racecourse.

The Take The Lead Thoroughbred Retirement Program announced today that donations to aftercare organizations on behalf of the horses retired through them will be increased.

Whitham Thoroughbreds’ dominant turf marathoner Burnham Square returns to the spotlight June 13 when he faces eight rivals in the fourth running of the $225,000 Chorleywood Stakes at Churchill Downs. 

The Remington Park Thoroughbred season begins Aug. 21 and features major races in the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby (G3) for 3-year-olds and the $300,000 Springboard Mile for 2-year-olds.

A peak audience of approximately 4.7 million viewers tunes into FOX for the June 6 Belmont Stakes (G1) from Saratoga Race Course on FOX during a 15-minute segment surrounding the race.