Maker’s Mark Mile Stakes

Korea Racing Authority’s Knicks Go returned to the work tab April 9 at Churchill Downs, firing off three furlongs in :36 3/5 for trainer Brad Cox in his first move since a fourth in the Feb. 20 Saudi Cup at King Abdulaziz Racecourse.

The 11-year-old son of Malibu Moon will stand at Haras Cuatro Piedras. As a sire, he is represented on this year’s Road to the Kentucky Derby by O Besos, who closed for third in the Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby (G2).

Martin Keogh will be general manager of the property near Paris, Ky.

J. Keeler Johnson handicaps weekend racing at Keeneland and Oaklawn Park.

The Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association and Maryland Jockey Club have agreed to add racing days over the next several months to make up for cancellations in the winter and early spring because of weather conditions and EHV-1 restrictions.

The Kentucky Equine Drug Research Council unanimously advanced a motion April 9 that would change Kentucky’s drug-testing laboratory from Industrial Laboratories to the University of Kentucky Equine Analytical Chemistry Laboratory.

The champion sprinter is chasing the title of winningest stakes horse at Oaklawn. He’ll have to beat several talented racehorses to take his place in Arkansas history.

Even as a deadly pandemic stopped the world in its tracks, the business of horse racing continued—and thankfully, so too did the art of writing about it.

Kim Hammond was fined $500 and has begun serving a 15-day suspension after one of her winning horses, Floroplus, tested positive for 3-hydroxylidocaine after a race at Turfway Park last month.