Longtime Louisiana trainer Eddie Johnston died Aug. 28 following a battle with cancer. He was 74. 

Monster Racing Stables’ The Critical Way held on for a third straight stakes victory and his first at the graded level in the $200,000 Parx Dash Stakes (G3) Aug. 31 at Parx Racing.

For the fourth consecutive week, Knicks Go is the No. 1 ranked horse in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll, while Gamine, winner of the Ballerina Handicap (G1) Aug. 28 at Saratoga Race Course, moved into fourth place.

Maximus Aurelius, a 3-year-old colt by Tapit out of champion Closed Hatches, sold for $40,000 to Pewter Stable to lead the Aug. 31 Keeneland August Digital Sale, held as part of Keeneland’s Digital Sales Ring platform.

Junior Coffey, a retired football star and one of the state’s most successful Thoroughbred trainers, died of congestive heart failure Aug. 30 at age 79. Coffey died at St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way, Wash., according to his wife Kathy Coffey.

It’s not unusual for a child to grow up with a fervent desire to be a jockey or horse trainer. But Hector Soler’s young daydreams involved an often overlooked racetrack job that gets little attention, except for the wrong reasons.

Maximus Aurelius, a 3-year-old colt by Tapit out of champion Closed Hatches, sold for $40,000 to Pewter Stable to lead today’s Keeneland August Digital Sale, held as part of Keeneland’s Digital Sales Ring platform.

The progress of Happy Romance and her first-time owners was one of the stories of the 2020 flat season, and dreams are alive that she can lower the colors of an illustrious set of rivals in the Sept. 4 Sprint Cup (G1) at Haydock.

There was a distinctly international vibe to the opening session of the Tattersalls August Sale in Newmarket Aug. 31 epitomized by the top lot, who boasted French form, was sold on behalf of an Irish owner, and went the way of Qatari interests.

Junior Coffey, a retired football star and one of the state’s most successful Thoroughbred trainers, died of congestive heart failure Monday at age 79. Coffey died at St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way, Wash., according to his wife Kathy Coffey.