Haffner was identified as a potential 2027 Two Thousand Guineas Stakes (G1) and Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby, G1) contender by Aidan O’Brien after landing the Acomb Stakes (G3) impressively under Ryan Moore Aug. 19 at York Racecourse.

Luis Rivera Jr. made the most of his opportunity in the Philip H. Iselin Stakes (G3) at Monmouth Park. Riding the 6-year-old Bishops Bay for the first time, Rivera earned the first graded stakes victory of his riding career.

In this week’s Porter on Pedigrees, Luster, who rolled to victory in the Aug. 15 King’s Plate Stakes at Woodbine, is from the first crop of 2021 Horse of the Year and champion older dirt male Knicks Go.

Quotes of interest include NTRA’s Tom Rooney on the SAFE Act; trainer Josie Carroll on King’s Plate Stakes winner Luster; and owner, handicapper Bob Hansen on computer-assisted wagering.

Motorious isn’t in the same Del Mar class as Gold Phoenix, a record-setting winner of six stakes at the seaside track, but he is doing his best to emulate him. He goes for a fourth consecutive victory in the Aug. 22 Green Flash Handicap (G2T) there.

Willie Mullins has never been afraid to break new ground in pursuit of winners, as he proved when joining flat superpowers such as Coolmore, Godolphin, and Juddmonte on the buying bench at the Arqana August Yearling Sale. 

Bankrupt Hawthorne Racecourse is seeking approval to use the United States Marshals Service to forcibly evict the remaining residents of the track backstretch “using whatever force necessary …”

Juveniles Inshallah and Q B Rocket—who cost a combined $4 million at auction—are BloodHorse Maiden Watch Hot Prospects after delivering on expectations with first-out victories Aug. 15. 

Bankrupt Hawthorne Racecourse is seeking approval to use the U.S. Marshals Service to forcibly evict the remaining residents of the track backstretch “using whatever force necessary …”

Breeders Sales of Louisiana announces the addition of Mansfield Racing dispersal as a supplement to the Preferred Yearling Sale to be held Sept. 1 in Opelousas, La.