Amplify Horse Racing and MyRacehorse announce “Amplify Junior, Sponsored by MyRacehorse” — which will have a children’s educational tour series to Kentucky, to help teach children and their parents/guardians about the Thoroughbred racing industry.

Dual Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox has an opportunity to add a Kentucky Oaks (G1) starter to his squad when he starts Flurry Racing Stables’ Interstatedaydream in the $600,000 Ashland Stakes (G1) April 8 at Keeneland.

Woodbine Entertainment, in partnership with Century Mile, April 5 announced the winner of the Canadian Derby (G3) will be awarded free entry to the Ontario Derby (G3), with potential of earning a bonus.

The TAA is seeking photos of Thoroughbreds at a TAA-accredited organization or of Thoroughbreds who have been adopted from a TAA-accredited organization. Online submissions will be accepted April 5 through June 11.

The one-eyed New York State-bred gelding Un Ojo came out of an eighth-place finish in the Arkansas Derby (G1) with some shoulder scrapes and stiffness but remains on course for a start in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1).

For the first time in 2021-22, Messier, one of the top Triple Crown prospects based in California, is an individual betting interest in the Kentucky Derby Future Wager.

Cyberknife and White Abarrio scored off-the-pace victories in top-level stakes action in the Arkansas Derby (G1) and Florida Derby (G1), respectively.

Byron King’s Top 12 on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, presented by Spendthrift Farm.

While most Kentucky Derby winners are whisked away to stud after racing, gelding Mine That Bird has remained in the lives of co-owners Allen and Leonard “Doc” Blach since his 2009 Derby upset and 2010 retirement from racing. 

Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation announced April 5 that Dell Hancock, chair of the foundation, has been named the fifth recipient of the Dinny Phipps Award. She will be presented with the award at the June 9 Belmont Stakes Charity Celebration.