Starting Silver Dust’s 2021 campaign in a turf race wasn’t trainer Bret Calhoun’s optimal plan, but he believes it worked out for the best.

The April 7 Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale at Lone Star Park recorded the highest gross, average, and median since the Texas Thoroughbred Association and Lone Star took over operation of the auction in 2016, TTA reported.

Jennifer Hoyt, who has served as Media Relations Manager for the last 10 years, has been promoted to Director of Racing at Oaklawn Park.

As perennial leading trainer Larry Rivelli arrives with 100 horses this week, and with 75 other trainers on deck for the 2021 race season that begins April 30, Arlington International Racecourse has announced its full stakes schedule.

The Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders April 7 announced the 2020 Kentucky-bred champions, merit award winners, and Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund leaders.

Familiar rivals Into Mystic and Elle Z will face off once again April 10 in the $100,000 Giant’s Causeway Stakes at Keeneland sprinting 5 1/2 furlongs on the grass.

Grade 1 winner Simply Ravishing, who weakened to finish last of six in the Ashland Stakes (G1) at Keeneland April 3, has been retired from racing to become a broodmare.

The New York Racing Association believes a new mobile sports betting measure in the state will permit bettors under the future system to wager on horse racing.

Trainer Joe Orseno issued a statement April 8 clarifying the status of his starter Imprimis, who finished second to Bound for Nowhere in the April 3 Shakertown Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland while racing without the anti-bleeding medication Lasix.

Breeders’ Cup, one of Thoroughbred racing’s most prestigious international events, today unveiled its official logo for the 2022 Breeders’ Cup World Championships, which will be held on Nov. 4 and Nov. 5, at Keeneland.