One of the most anticipated events of the summer, the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation’s Barbeque at the Barn, has been scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 23, and will again be held at the beautiful Saratoga Winery. The event has annually sold out.

Prior NY law required that a member of the state regulatory panel overseeing the industry would serve as a temporary race steward if the agency’s appointed steward was absent or there was an inability to appoint either of the other two stewards.

Candy Raid, trained by Keith Desormeaux, is the 5-2 morning-line favorite. She’s 0-for-3 in graded stakes but gets serious class relief after chasing 3-year-old filly standouts Nest and Secret Oath.

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA), New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (NYTHA), and New York Thoroughbred Breeders (NYTB) will host the second annual New York Thoroughbred Aftercare Day on Thursday, July 21 at Saratoga.

In her most recent, the 6-year-old daughter of Temple City posted a half-length triumph in the 1 1/2 mile, $160,000 Keertana Overnight Stakes over the Churchill Downs turf course May 2.

Fresh off of a win in the May 20 George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2), Interstatedaydream is the only horse in the field of eight entered in the July 9 Indiana Oaks (G3) at Horseshoe Indianapolis to have a win in graded stakes company.

In her most recent, the 6-year-old daughter of Temple City posted a half-length triumph in the 1 1/2-mile, $160,000 Keertana Overnight Stakes over the Churchill Downs turf course May 2.

Porter on Pedigrees

The daughter of Paynter comes into the race off consecutive wins in the Obeah Stakes and Serena’s Song Stakes. She is 2-for-2 at Delaware Park.

In some of the first rulings published since the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s Racetrack Safety Program began July 2, California stewards have begun fining and suspending jockeys under the HISA’s riding-crop rules.