Greg Wolf & Sara Elbadwi look ahead at the Whitney Stakes and the Test Stakes at Saratoga.

Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystik Dan took to the grass for the first time on Friday over Saratoga Race Course’s Oklahoma turf training track, with NYRA clockers timing him through a solo five-eighths breeze in 1:02 flat.

Known for featuring high-end broodmares and broodmare prospects, The November Sale at Fasig-Tipton near Lexington is commonly referred to as “The Night of the Stars.”  Already one star is scheduled to be sold there this fall: Puca.

Everett Dobson, the chair of The Jockey Club, and Justin Paul, senior vice president of operations for Churchill Downs Inc., have been appointed to serve on the management committee of Equibase Company.

Delaware Park Casino presented a $12,000 check to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation—the casino’s charity of the month for June.

Having a grade 1 win at Saratoga Race Course is a huge asset when it’s time to run in another grade 1 at the Spa. But all grade 1s are not the same. Especially at Saratoga.

Vercingetorix, who is based at Maine Chance Farms in the Western Cape, is South Africa’s champion sire for the first time and has done so in emphatic fashion, also taking the crown for top juvenile and 3-year-old stallion.

After nearly breaking Cogburn’s course record in the Harvey Pack Stakes, Bring Theband Home rolls into the $300,000 Troy Stakes (G2T) on a wave of momentum for owner/breeder Live Oak Plantation and trainer Mark Casse.

Robert Clay has been selected by the board of directors of the Thoroughbred Club of America as the 2025 Honor Guest, club president W. Chapman Hopkins announced Aug. 1.

After nearly breaking Cogburn’s course record in the Harvey Pack Stakes, Bring Theband Home rolls into the $300,000 Troy Stakes (G2T) on a wave of momentum for owner-breeder Live Oak Plantation and trainer Mark Casse.