One Thousand Guineas (G1) winner Cachet will go in search of more classic glory after trainer George Boughey confirmed her participation in the French equivalent in Paris May 8.

Owner Jim Bakke always dreamed of winning a graded stakes for 3-year-olds on Kentucky Derby Day at Churchill Downs. It finally happened May 7, though not exactly in the most euphoric way he had pictured it.

Tickets for the 2022 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at historic Keeneland Racecourse are on sale now. The 39th annual running of the year-end championship will return to Lexington, Ky., Nov. 4 and 5.

Helen Kleberg Groves bred and raised multiple elite racehorses and developed several strong families that continue to be influential throughout the American Stud Book.

David Cabrera, who had been sidelined since April 8 from a riding accident, returned to Oaklawn Park to ride May 8 and was crowned a champion. The jockey captured his first career Oaklawn riding title with 62 victories.

Just as Churchill Downs Inc. reported record interest in the Kentucky Derby day in terms of wagering totals, NBC reports strong viewership.

Since the points qualifying system eliminated sprinters from the Kentucky Derby, the first past-the-post has almost always been an on-pace stretching out miler of sort that has dominated high-level North American middle-distance dirt in recent times.

Aidan O’Brien does not believe a record-extending ninth win in the Epsom Classic is a foregone conclusion, despite a clean sweep of the trials in the last week and the strong possibility he will saddle six runners June 4.

Echo Zulu, the champion 2-year-old filly of 2021, may have seen her last race at two turns.

Honoring the career of Beholder.