Miss Always Ready, a 9-year-old mare owned by Three Chimneys Farm, delivered a filly by Three Chimneys stallion Palace Malice on April 13 at the farm as part of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame’s Foal Patrol Season 4.

Every time he receives a call about a fire, Elmont fire chief Ron Conti gets an uneasy feeling.

Trainer Peter Miller was fined $500 by stewards in California after Hembree tested positive for isoflupredone after winning the Joe Hernandez Stakes (G2T) at Santa Anita Park Jan. 1.

The chances of Hidden Stash getting a spot in the starting gate for the Kentucky Derby (G1) grew immeasurably April 13 as trainer Chad Brown said he plans to run only one of his two qualifiers in the Kentucky Derby.

Fast runners and horsemanship have been responsible for trainer Steve Asmussen’s near-annual participation in the Kentucky Derby (G1) this century. But something else has played a role in him returning to the Derby this year: fate.

Hard Love came close to breaking through in his stakes debut last out and will look to break through in his third career start in the $100,000 Woodhaven Stakes, a 1 1/16-mile inner turf test for 3-year-olds April 17 at Aqueduct Racetrack. 

Action rumbled on well into the evening on a lively Day 1 of the Tattersalls Craven Sale April 13, with the session-topping Practical Joke filly (Lot 71) bringing a bid of 360,000 guineas (US$519,535) just as the clock struck 9 p.m. local time. 

The son of Kitten’s Joy sired a filly that foaled April 7 in Florida and another filly April 9 in Indiana.

BBN Racing’s Hidden Stash began preparations for a likely start in the Kentucky Derby (G1) by working a half-mile in :47 4/5 April 14 at Keeneland. The work was the fastest of 23 at the distance for the morning.

Cotai Glory became the latest first-season sire to get off the mark after Forca Brasil powered home in the first 2-year-old novice contest of the season at Newmarket April 13.