Trainer Mark Casse, a recent inductee to the Hall of Fame, has joined the Water Hay Oats Alliance in calling for passage of the Horseracing Integrity Act.
The two-day Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-old sale which concluded Tuesday surpassed $23 million in gross sales and included a seven-figure seller.
Defending Monmouth Park riding champ Paco Lopez, a six-time meet winner there, returns with a seventh title in mind.
Midnight Bisou, dominant winner of the Fleur de Lis on Saturday, leads the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll for older horses.
Kelly Breen is one of several trainers who could contend for the Monmouth Park title, with last year’s top two both under indictment.
Jockey Trevor McCarthy, slugging it out with Sheldon Russell for leading rider at Laurel Park, won four races Saturday.
Monmouth Park’s meet feature, the Grade 1 Haskell, drew 33 nominations, the track announced Friday, including three from eight-time winner Bob Baffert.
Off to the Races Radio returns Saturday, June 20 with a great show featuring former jockey Julie Krone, the only woman to win a Triple Crown race.
Multiple stakes winner Cordmaker, who nearly upset last year’s G3 Pimlico Special, has been training well towards his return, trainer Rodney Jenkins said.
Stakes winner Ionic and graded stakes-placed Theodora B. will tangle in the Friday allowance feature at Laurel Park.