Porter On Pedigrees

Launched in 2019, the Ladies of the Lawn Series at Woodbine consists of three turf races for fillies and mares, the July 24 $200,000 Dance Smartly Stakes (G2T), Aug. 21 $200,000 Canadian Stakes (G2T), and Oct. 8 $750,000 E.P. Taylor Stakes (G1T).

Santa Anita Park’s Memorial Day Weekend “Folds of Honor” Charity Poker Tournament, conducted May 28, raised more than $40,000 to help provide scholarships to spouses and children of disabled or fallen American military veterans. 

A lawyer representing Presque Isle Downs informed the State Racing Commission in Pennsylvania May 31 that a five-year live-racing agreement has been reached between the track and the Pennsylvania Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association.

The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario suspended the license of trainer Robert Gerl May 30 for 20 years and issued a fine of $100,000. Two horses (Arafat and Komunist) trained by Gerl tested positive for ostarine (enobosarm).

Fern Circle Stables, Back Racing, and Magdalena Racing’s Creative Minister recorded his first breeze over Belmont Park’s main track May 31, putting in his penultimate work for the June 11 Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets (G1).

A $1 million veterinary malpractice action decided in favor of Priscilla and Carlo Vaccarezza by a Los Angeles jury has been set aside by the trial judge.

A fire that broke out in a section of the old Suffolk Downs grandstand was classified as five-alarm by 11 p.m. Monday, May 30, and by 12 a.m. Tuesday it was a six-alarm blaze.

Fasig-Tipton’s July horses of racing age sale has been expanded to include breeding stock.

A $1 million veterinary malpractice action decided in favor of Priscilla and Carlo Vaccarezza by a Los Angeles jury has been set aside by the trial judge.