Sports Management Company Athlete’s Advantage announced April 6 a new N.I.L. endorsement agreement between the star quarterback of the University of Kentucky football team, Will Levis, and the stallion War of Will, standing at Claiborne Farm.

The target dates for the work are Easter Sunday, April 17, through Wednesday, April 20. The alternative dates are Monday, April 25, through Wednesday, April 27.

After 30+ years, Hallway Feeds Technical Services Team Member Steve Caddel has announced his retirement in April 2022 from the leading equine feed manufacturer.

The Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund Advisory Committee met April 5 with recommendations to increase purse funds for KTDF registered horses running on Kentucky racetracks.

Gayla Rankin was at her Texas home in 2020 viewing videos and photos of horses entered in the Keeneland September Yearling Sale when she zeroed in on a daughter of champion sprinter Runhappy. That filly is now the dual stakes winner Happy Soul.

Ciaron Maher, Australia’s biggest trainer, came out on top during Day 1 of the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, backing his judgment to land the “colt of the sale,” the top-priced AU$1.5 million son of I Am Invincible April 5.

KEEP announced that the Commonwealth Racing Challenge kicks off April 8th, opening the Keeneland spring race meet. This encourages KEEP members to visit Kentucky’s racetracks during the 2022 Kentucky horse racing circuit.

Dollars and Sense with Frank Angst

When turf racing makes its 2022 debut at Aqueduct Racetrack April 7 it will generate an enthusiastic round of applause from those New York fans eager to once again see lush green courses and races with large fields and great betting opportunities.

The Maryland Racing Commission April 5 voted unanimously to not collect and remit the annual assessments that will be charged by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority beginning July 1, 2022.