Attorneys for Dr. George Maylin and connections of Medina Spirit lost an effort in New York to stop enforcement of a subpoena served on Maylin to produce research records about his study of Medina Spirit’s post-Derby positive for betamethasone.

The Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP) Foundation has launched the Gateway Education Program, a job shadow opportunity for Fayette County high school seniors.

Massachusetts lawmakers passed a compromise bill Aug. 1 between the House and Senate to legalize sports betting in the Commonwealth. State racetracks, casinos, and slots parlors are granted the rights to apply for one of 15 licenses.

Two-year-old racing is in full swing at Saratoga Race Course, Del Mar, and everywhere between.

The National Museum of Racing will induct the 2022 Hall of Fame class on Aug. 5 at Fasig-Tipton at 10:30 a.m. Longtime racecaller Tom Durkin will serve as the master of ceremonies. The event is open to the public and free to attend.

A day after Gunite vanquished his foes in the Amsterdam Stakes (G2) at Saratoga, the colt that handed him a 5 1/2-length defeat two months ago captured his first stakes victory in the Aug. 1 Housebuster Overnight Handicap at Colonial Downs.

New Zealand’s Lib and Katrina Petagna’s significant investment in the Australasian racing and breeding industry added a new chapter Aug.1, with the official opening of their private stud operation Elsdon Park at Matamata.

Santa Anita Park has announced that its 2022-23 Winter/Spring Stakes Schedule will offer fans and horsemen a total of 93 stakes, 10 of them grade I events, including the $750,000 Runhappy Santa Anita Derby (G1) on April 8.

Fresh off of a win in the Duke of Cambridge Stakes (G2) at Ascot Racecourse in June, Saffron Beach will take on dual group 1 winner Tenebrism in the Prix Rothschild (G1) Aug. 2 at Deauville.

Prosecutors are poised to offer more scientific evidence critical of Dr. George Maylin’s opinion betamethasone found in Medina Spirit came from an salve, but that if a salve was used, it was applied in far greater amounts than prescribed.