Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and Legislative Affairs, Vince Gabbert, has left Keeneland to follow endeavors outside of the company, as first reported by Thoroughbred Daily News.

The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association announced June 20 that the 37th annual TOBA national awards dinner will be held Sept. 10 at Keeneland. The event honors owners and breeders from 21 different states and Canada.

Appointed chairman of the board for the New York Racing Association at the end of 2021, Holliday brings to the position the kind of racing and business experience that is vital for NYRA as it faces a crucial period.

More Than Ready has sired graded stakes winners in 12 countries.

Phil D’Amato’s sensational Santa Anita Park meet was capped by a win in the final race of the day June 19 in the $100,000 American Stakes (G3T) with Hong Kong Harry.

Valor Farm’s Bradester was represented by his first black-type stakes winner June 19, when Come to the Party sprinted home in wire-to-wire fashion in the Pan Zareta division of the Texas Stallion Stakes at Lone Star Park.

Owner Nick White was still buzzing a day on from Holloway Boy’s shock success in the Chesham at Royal Ascot, even though he had to find time to do the staff rotas at the garden center he owns near Southend.

Reeves Thoroughbred Racing’s Dakota Gold won his seasonal debut in the $150,000 Spectacular Bid division of the New York Stallion Stakes June 19 at Belmont Park. Fifth last out in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T), he was the 1-2 favorite.

Santa Anita’s 18-day Autumn meet, which begins Friday, Sept. 30, will be highlighted by 26 stakes, 15 of them graded. Overnight purses remain the same as last year.

The first race for the June 22 nine-race program at Churchill Downs has been changed from 12:45 p.m. to 10:30 a.m. in anticipation of expected hot temperatures in the Louisville area later that day. The final race of the day will now be 2:20 p.m.