Evangeline Downs Racetrack Casino & Hotel has announced the hiring of Rob Tuel as its new full-time track announcer replacing Michael Chamberlain, who had spent the last six years behind the microphone in Opelousas, Louisiana.

Returning to the scene where past glories were first conceived proved a running theme at a record-breaking edition of the Goffs UK Breeze-Up Sale, no more so than when Michael O’Callaghan capped the day Tally-Ho Stud with a Twilight Son colt.

Commonwealth Polo Club is hosting the first “Polo for the PDJF” on Friday, April 23, 2021, in Paris, Kentucky, with proceeds benefiting the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund. 

Rebel Stakes (G2) runner-up Hozier is under consideration for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1), trainer Bob Baffert indicated via text to Churchill Downs media.

The online auction benefiting Thoroughbred Charities of America will offer Kentucky-themed memorabilia and experiences.

Commentary from industry figures.

Chiasma is, and will be, the only full sister to the great unbeaten champion turned Juddmonte supersire, as very sadly her dam, Kind, died last month at age 20 a few days after foaling a colt by Kingman. The Galileo filly debuts April 23 at Sandown.

Normalcy may not be in full bloom at the New York Racing Association, but the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter with each passing week.

The third session of the International Forum for the Aftercare of Racehorses’ virtual conference series concluded April 21 following speeches on the various paths for Thoroughbreds in different countries at the conclusion of their racing careers.

When racing fans arrive for the 150th Kentucky Derby Day in 2024 they can expect to see a vastly different Churchill Downs racetrack facility but those renovations will not include a hotel.