Woodbine congratulates the Senate of Canada on passing Bill C-218 at Third Reading debate earlier today. The Bill will now proceed to Royal Assent, the final milestone to legalize single-event sports wagering in Canada.

Ger Lyons will take the wraps off Sacred Bridge, Juddmonte’s full sister to 2020 Matriarch Stakes (G1T) winner Viadera, in the opening Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden at Naas Racecourse June 23.

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission approved an amendment to the state’s riding crop rule at its June 22 meeting that the Jockeys’ Guild hopes can become a uniform rule across North America. 

Ger Lyons will take the wraps off Sacred Bridge, Juddmonte’s full sister to 2020 Matriarch Stakes (G1T) winner Viadera, in the opening Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden at Naas Racecourse June 23.

The New York Racing Association announced June 22 significant increases to its purse schedule for the 2021 summer meet at Saratoga Race Course, which opens July 15 and continues through Sept. 6.

The upcoming Fasig-Tipton Santa Anita 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale includes a horse that is already stakes-placed, as well as others that have gone through other 2-year-old sales or were not ready in time for those earlier sales in the East.

Not all the American horses that raced at Royal Ascot last week are immediately returning to America. Trainer Brendan Walsh said June 22 that DARRS’ millionaire Extravagant Kid is pointed toward the July Cup (G1) at Newmarket July 10.

Bruce Lunsford’s 2020 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2) winner Art Collector makes his 4-year-old debut against eight rivals in the $110,000 Kelly’s Landing Overnight Stakes at Churchill Downs June 25.

The Caribbean Thoroughbred Aftercare is struggling to manage a booming Puerto Rican racehorse population without increased financial support from the racing industry.

Fixed-odds wagering on horse races in New Jersey figures to soon be a reality after the state’s senate and general assembly each unanimously passed a bill June 21 allowing such wagers.