The trainer was also fined $2,500 for possession of an illegal needle and syringe.

A rule The Jockey Club adopted that limited the number of mares bred to a stallion each year created sharp divisions among breeders. The registrar rescinded the rule Feb. 17.

A rule The Jockey Club adopted that limited the number of mares bred to a stallion each year created sharp divisions among breeders. The registrar rescinded the rule Feb. 17.

Grade 1 winner Hog Creek Hustle arrived this week at Buck Pond Farm in Versailles, Ky., where he will debut at stud this breeding season.

After watching Ethereal Road work five furlongs from the gate Feb. 15 at Oaklawn, Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas said the eye-catching maiden winner earlier in the meeting will make his next start in the $1 million Rebel Stakes (G2).

Trainer Kenny McPeek, jockey Joe Talamo, and Bellarmine University men’s basketball coach Scotty Davenport are this week’s featured guests on Kentucky Racing Spotlight presented by the Kentucky HBPA. 

After establishing himself as one of the top 3-year-old sprinters in the country last year, Drain the Clock is scheduled to make his 2022 debut Feb. 19 in the Gulfstream Park Sprint, going six furlongs on the dirt for a chance at a $150,000 purse.

Churchill Downs Racetrack announced Feb. 17 that Master Milliner and owner of Louisville-based Formé Millinery Jenny Pfanenstiel has been named a Featured Milliner of the 148th Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1).

In a move that could become a trend, the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission Feb. 17 became the first North American jurisdiction to adopt the Category 1 interference standard used in much of the world.

A total of 38 Thoroughbred stakes races offering more than $4.6 million in purses will be featured during the 2022 racing season at Horseshoe Indianapolis (formerly Indiana Grand).