The Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission reports Dream Marie has been disqualified from what would have been her first career stakes win in the Obeah Stakes June 9 at Delaware Park after failing a post-race drug test.

Safe Conduct’s triumph in Sunday’s 162nd running of The Queen’s Plate, the first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, highlighted a tremendous day of world-class racing at Woodbine that produced the second-highest wagering handle in event history.

Due to forecasted extreme heat on Wednesday, Aug. 25 and Thursday, Aug. 26, Indiana Grand has changed post times for each of those days. Racing will now begin at 10 a.m. to accommodate the participants scheduled to race.

Although the two biggest races at Parx Racing, the Pennsylvania Derby (G1) and Cotillion Stakes (G1), aren’t until Sept. 25, an early sampling of what’s come is on display there Aug. 24.

Results of this Kentucky equine economy survey will provide county-by-county information to business owners, equine health providers, and policy makers.

William Lear Jr. has been reelected, while Barbara Banke and R. Alex Rankin are filling the expired positions of Everett Dobson and John Phillips.

With record numbers the order of the two days, Bloodstock South Africa and a host of happy vendors closed off the 2021 renewal of the August Sale at the TBA Sales Complex in Johannesburg on Saturday afternoon in a positive spirit.

William Lear Jr. has been reelected, while Barbara Banke and R. Alex Rankin are filling the expired positions of Everett R. Dobson and John W. Phillips.

Nick Alexander’s homebred Lieutenant Dan stepped up to graded company for the first time in the $101,500 Green Flash Handicap (G3T) at Del Mar and ran away with the five-furlong dash by 2 1/4 lengths. 

Horologist led at every point and finished 8 1/2 lengths ahead in the Summer Colony Stakes, a race for fillies and mares who have not won a graded stakes in 2021.