Due to extreme heat and high humidity, Woodbine announced the cancellation of live Thoroughbred racing Aug. 26.

Gamine appears, on paper, to be lengths the best in the $500,000 Ballerina Handicap (G1) Aug. 28 at Saratoga Race Course. She carries high weight of 126 pounds, spotting her six foes from three to 10 pounds.

1/ST CONTENT, the innovative operating group for 1/ST’s media and content companies, announced today the appointment of senior media executive Gregg Colvin as Chief Executive Officer.

The University of Louisville Equine Industry Program, with the support of the racing news website, Horse Racing Nation, announces the Fall 2021 speaker series focusing on the most current topics in the horse racing industry.

The Harry Angel story came full circle Aug. 25 at Goffs UK when a colt from the sire’s debut crop brought £220,000 (US$301,890) from Alex Elliott to top the second and final session of a decidedly solid Premier Yearling Sale.

Grade 1 winner Eight Rings, multiple graded winner C Z Rocket, and graded winner Brickyard Ride, who finished second, third, and fifth in the six-furlong Bing Crosby Stakes, are entered in the seven-furlong Pat O’Brien Stakes at Del Mar.

Led by Letruska and Swiss Skydiver, nine fillies and mares will line up in the $600,000 Personal Ensign Stakes presented by Lia Infiniti (G1) Aug. 28 at Saratoga Race Course.

Trainer Chad Brown won one for the proverbial thumb, notching his fifth victory on the card when Peter Brant’s Serve the King pressed on for a half-length win in the $120,000 John’s Call Stakes at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 25. 

The Thoroughbred Industry Employee Award’s Community Award winner is Nick Caras of the New York Racetrack Chaplaincy, with Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association’s Diana Pinones as runner-up.

The Harry Angel story came full circle at Goffs UK on Aug. 25 when a colt from the sire’s debut crop brought £220,000 from Alex Elliott to top the second and final session of a decidedly solid Premier Yearling Sale.