The John Hancock trainee is the first winner for Ashford Stud stallion Mo Town.

Champion male sprinter Jackie’s Warrior is scheduled to make his 2022 debut in the $500,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (G3) April 16 at Oaklawn Park.

Julie Cecil, the former wife of Sir Henry Cecil and a popular Newmarket trainer in her own right, died April 13 at the age of 80.

Trainer Gay Kelleway has delivered supplies and equine medical aid for horses being rescued from the war in Ukraine after a round trip of around 2,000 miles.

The colt out of the winning Congrats mare Sky Trail won by 1 3/4 lengths in the first race at Keeneland April 13.

The sale will begin at approximately 6:30 p.m. ET and be live-streamed on Keeneland.com and conducted as an integrated event, with live auctioneers at Keeneland and with horses presented for sale both physically on-site and at off-site locations.

The ninth season of the England’s All-Weather Championships winds up on Good Friday at its new venue, Newcastle Racecourse.

Following the opening-day Ashland Stakes (G1) April 8 at the Lexington oval, top-level action is again on deck for a Friday when Keeneland stages the $600,000 Maker’s Mark Mile Stakes (G1T). Smooth Like Strait leads the field.

A favorable weather forecast will allow the project to proceed at the preferred time rather than the following week. The track maintenance crew each year has examined the Pimlico surface prior to the May race meet.

The Atlanta-based Tim Livingston was the featured speaker for the ARCI conference session entitled “Behind the Curtain of Other Sports—What the Public May Never Get to See.”