Last summer Judge Thomas Wingate urged lawyers to get results from Dr. George Maylin’s scientific testing of urine samples so the Medina Spirit case could move on. Almost a year later, Maylin said his research project is not even close to completion.

Meisho Hario defeated Dubai World Cup (G1) competitor Chuwa Wizard in the Teio Sho June 29 as Japan’s Mideast forces struggle to find victories back home.

Mid-Atlantic rider Jaime Rodriguez led the nation in wins last week posting 11 wins from 25 mounts earning Jockey of the Week. The award is voted on by a panel of racing experts, and honors jockeys who are members of the Jockeys’ Guild.

Coolmore’s U.S. Triple Crown winners Justify and American Pharoah will not return to Australia this breeding season with the stallions both rested from shuttle duties.

The results of an inbreeding study of around 6,000 Thoroughbreds show a strong correlation between inbreeding and horses that never start in a race. It also identified a link to a gene related to bone development in those horses that never raced.

The 3-year-old challenge in the Coral-Eclipse (G1) has been weakened after trainer Aidan O’Brien said Stone Age will skip the Sandown spectacular in favor of the Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes (G1T) at Belmont Park July 9.

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 183 main catalog entries for its July Selected Horses of All Ages Sale, to be held Monday, July 11, at the Newtown Paddocks in Lexington, beginning at 3:00 p.m.

The results of an inbreeding study of around 6,000 Thoroughbreds shows a strong correlation between inbreeding and horses that never start in a race and also identified a link to a gene related to bone development in those horses that never raced.

The American Triple Crown winners are expected to return to Australia for stud duty in 2023.

Mid-Atlantic rider Jaime Rodriguez led the nation in wins last week posting eleven wins from 25 mounts earning Jockey of the Week. The award is voted on by a panel of racing experts, and honors jockeys who are members of the Jockeys’ Guild.