Jordan Fishman, one of numerous individuals charged in a horse-doping scheme to distribute various misbranded and adulterated substances, has a change-of-plea hearing scheduled in court next week.

It was two years ago that Code of Honor ran in a grade 1 fall stakes at Belmont Park in preparation for a trip west to the Breeders’ Cup.

The 55th International Conference of Horseracing Authorities is scheduled to be held virtually for the second consecutive year, with a focus on global racing’s evolution and future challenges. It will be released Oct. 7.

Jordan Fishman, one of numerous individuals charged in a horse-doping scheme to distribute various misbranded and adulterated substances, has a change-of-plea hearing scheduled in court next week.

Trainer John Sadler and owners Kosta and Pete Hronis of Hronis Racing start Tripoli in the $300,000 Awesome Again Stakes (G1) Oct. 2 at Santa Anita, where the Pacific Classic (G1) winner battles Medina Spirit, Idol, and five others.

The New York Racing Association has submitted a Sept. 29 response to trainer Bob Baffert’s civil contempt motion calling it “meritless and irrelevant to the Court’s inquiry.”

More than 150 horses owned by the late Hamdan Al Maktoum’s Shadwell Estates have been cataloged for next month’s Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training Sale, an increase of 59% on last year’s figure and 120% higher than in 2019.

Murray Durst, the colorful co-owner of the graded stakes winner and one-time favorite for the 1998 Kentucky Derby (G1) Lil’s Lad, passed away Sept. 27 at the age of 89.

Rain or shine, racing on Gulfstream Park’s synthetic Tapeta course will debut Sept. 30, when four races on an eight-race program will be contested over the newly constructed all-weather oval.

Shedaresthedevil, the 2020 Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner, will be offered at The November Sale, Fasig-Tipton’s select breeding stock sale in Lexington Nov. 9. Hunter Valley Farm will consign the 4-year-old daughter of Daredevil.