A Union Rags filly consigned by Tom McCrocklin, agent, breezed the quickest quarter-mile May 12 during the second of three days of an under tack show preceding the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale.

Grade 1-winning turf specialist Arklow returns from a nearly six-month layoff against 13 foes in the $150,000 Louisville Stakes (G3T) at Churchill Downs May 15.

The New York legislature May 12 gave final approval to a plan to use purse money derived from video lottery terminal casino revenues to fund a health insurance program for trainers at New York Racing Association tracks.

Yuji Inaida’s France Go de Ina gave his connections some anxious moments May 12 at Pimlico Race Course, where the son of Will Take Charge lost his rider shortly after the finish line during a pre-race work for the May 15 Preakness Stakes (G1). 

Meredith Page Etchison, who worked in the Maryland horse industry and for Fasig-Tipton, died May 7 at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington of complications from cancer. She was 64.

Leading French jockey Pierre-Charles Boudot has been indicted for rape and has also been named as a person of interest in the case of an unnamed defendant accused of witness intimidation.

Last week High Definition was his stable’s number one prospect for the Epsom Derby (G1) until an unsatisfactory blood test ended that plan and by May 9 he had been usurped as favorite for the classic by his stablemate Bolshoi Ballet.

A visual look at the field for the 2021 Preakness Stakes in post position order.

The New York Racing Association announced May 12 the completion of a major renovation of the Oklahoma Training Track at Saratoga Race Course. 

A little crowd of jockeys formed around Ryan Moore as he was pulling up on Snowfall after the Musidora Stakes (G3) May 12, making him the center of attention—exactly the position he dislikes the most.