Elated owner Jeff Smith hailed Alcohol Free as the “real deal” after watching his Royal Ascot winner beat both the boys and older milers with authority in the £1 million Sussex Stakes (G1) July 28 at Goodwood.

Maybe July 29 will be the day when Lady Bowthorpe gets her first taste of group 1 glory in the Nassau Stakes (G1). If she does, it’s hard to imagine this Glorious Goodwood could have many more popular winners.

Horse racing at Hastings Racecourse will continue through the end of August thanks to owner/trainer Glen Todd giving the Vancouver track an interest-free million-dollar loan to fund purse money, according to a July 26 report from the Vancouver Sun.

Horse racing at Hastings Racecourse will continue through the end of August thanks to owner-trainer Glen Todd giving the Vancouver track an interest-free million-dollar loan to fund purse money, according to a July 26 report from the Vancouver Sun.

Measures that seek to address technical problems in previously passed laws are called “clean-up” bills. Then there is case of S.B. 6352, which is of considerable financial importance to the horsemen’s association of the New York Racing Association.

Three-year-olds Essential Quality and Hot Rod Charlie take second, third spots.

It was revealed at the July 27 Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission meeting that a trainer was suspended 60 days July 5 at Presque Isle Downs after a vehicle search revealed needles and syringes.

Trainer Jessica Harrington has apologized after she ‘won’ the 2-year-old fillies’ maiden at Galway July 27 with a 3-year-old handicapper.

The tractor driver at Ellis Park who suffered a medical emergency while operating a tractor July 23 has died, the Henderson, Ky., track announced in a July 27 statement.

Arlington International Racecourse president Tony Petrillo notified employees over the weekend of the Illinois track’s plans to lay off workers shortly after its current meet ends Sept. 25.