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Jayson Werth enjoyed a 15-year career in major league baseball. Such an experience would seem difficult to top, but Werth says he has found something to match those baseball highlights: being one of the owners of dual grade 1 winner Dornoch.

Prairie Meadows Racetrack in Altoona, Iowa, will hold a mandatory payout of the Pick 5 jackpot July 29.

Graham Motion has two potential targets in mind for grade 1 winner Trikari while his other trainee The Grey Wizard prepares for a fall campaign potentially ending in the Melbourne Cup (G1).

A 2024 Second Quarter Metrics Report released by HISA, covering racing from April 1-June 30, exhibits a continued downward trajectory of the rate of racing-related equine fatalities in the industry since the HISA became fully operational.

The second day of the National HBPA Conference at Prairie Meadows focused on computer-assisted wagering's escalating presence in racetrack pools and the emergence of horse racing as a fixed-odds betting product on sportsbooks.

A trio of finalists have been selected from an incredibly strong slate of entries for the 19th annual Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award.

The July 27 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) is a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series event and provides a start over the host track for the World Championships.

Midnight Mammoth led every step of the way in the $100,000 Cougar II Stakes (G3) July 25 at Del Mar to give rider Armando Ayuso his first graded stakes victory and trainer Craig Dollase his first graded score since 2020.

Juan Hernandez at one time has ridden six of the nine Eddie Read Stakes (G2T) runners and will be aboard Du Jour for Baffert.

When morning-line favorite Roses for Debra scratched with a fever the morning of the race, her stablemate Dontlookbackatall was more than happy to finish the job with a late-closing victory in the Caress Stakes (G3T) at Saratoga Race Course.

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announces the appointment of Sara Ben-David as the acting executive director of the New Jersey Racing Commission.

In 1962's Santa Anita Handicap, jockey Donald Pierce was part of a three-horse entry that included Bill Shoemaker and Alex Maese. Pierce was on a horse named Physician, Shoemaker rode Prove It, and Maese was on Olden Times.

Corumbene Stud, established by Altomonte more than 40 years ago, has announced it's move from Dunedoo to the Thoroughbred heartland of the Hunter Valley.

Rebounding from a 3-year-old season in which he lost all six of his starts, Silver Knott, re-energized this year at age 4 as a turf marathoner, seeks a third consecutive stakes triumph July 28 when he races in the $250,000 Bowling Green Stakes (G2T).

Auguste Rodin will spearhead Aidan O'Brien's squad in the July 27 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) at Ascot Racecourse as the master trainer bids for a fifth victory in the 1 1/2-mile midsummer showpiece.

Henry Adams, a son of No Nay Never, was bred and trained by top international trainer Aidan O'Brien. He won the 2023 Tyros Stakes (G3) at 2 at Leopardstown.

Grade 1 winner Arabian Knight returns to the sight of his biggest victory while making his 4-year-old debut in the $300,000 San Diego Handicap (G2) at Del Mar July 27.

In a deal brokered by Matt Bowling of Bowling Bloodstock and J.P. Sullivan of Sullivan Bloodstock, GI Preakness winner Rombauer (by Twirling Candy), who stood his first season this year at War Horse Place in Lexington, Kentucky, will be shuttling to Chile, according to a press release from Bowling Bloodstock on Friday.

The John Fradkin homebred broke his maiden at first asking at Del Mar during the summer of 2020 and was the runner-up in the GI American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita in late September. As a 3-year-old, Rombauer was third in GII Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland before conquering the second leg of the Triple Crown at double-digit odds.

Now a six-year-old, the son of Twirling Candy–who stood his first season in 2024 for an advertised fee of $6,000 LFSN–will take up residence at Haras Porta Pia in Chile.

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World Record (c, 3, Gun Runner–Marwa {GB}, by Exceed And Excel {Aus}) added blinkers and never gave the field a chance in the GII Amsterdam Stakes.

A frontrunning winner at second asking May 27 which earned him a 'TDN Rising Star', and third last out June 30 in the Maxfield Stakes, both at Churchill Downs, the bay sped through a first quarter in :21.56 and a half in :44.64 as 4-5 favorite Jefferson Street (Street Sense) gave pursuit. Turning for home, it looked like the latter would briefly mount a rally but ultimately the winner proved too much for his rivals, winning with air to spare. Valentine Candy (Justify) ran third.

Friday, Saratoga
AMSTERDAM S.-GII, $194,000, Saratoga, 7-26, 3yo, 6 1/2f, 1:16.20, ft.
1–WORLD RECORD, 118, c, 3, by Gun Runner
                1st Dam: Marwa (GB), by Exceed And Excel (Aus)
                2nd Dam: La Cucina (Ire), by Last Tycoon (Ire)
                3rd Dam: Fandangerina, by Grey Dawn II
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. 'TDN Rising Star'. ($410,000 Wlg '21 KEENOV). O-Siena Farm LLC and WinStar Farm LLC; B-Runnymede Farm LLC, Falguieres Bloodstock, Gestut Zur Kuste AG, et (KY); T-Rodolphe Brisset; J-Flavien Prat. $110,000. Lifetime Record: 4-2-0-2, $205,750. Werk Nick Rating: F. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Jefferson Street, 118, c, 3, Street Sense–Apiary, by Bernardini. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. O/B-Godolphin (KY); T-William I. Mott. $40,000.
3–Valentine Candy, 122, c, 3, Justify–Taste Like Candy, by Candy Ride (Arg). 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($250,000 Ylg '22 FTKOCT). O-L. William Heiligbrodt, Corinne Heiligbrodt, Jackpot Farm, Whispering Oaks Farm LLC and Coteau Grove Farms; B-Pine Creek LP (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen. $24,000.
Margins: 6 3/4, 7 1/4, 3/4. Odds: 6.30, 0.85, 4.70.
Also Ran: Donegal Momentum, Pure Force.

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World Record (6-1) doesn't set one in GII Amsterdam but the 3-year-old runs pretty darned good, winning by 6 3/4 lengths for Flavien Prat and @BrissetRodolphe. Owned by @WinStarFarm and @SienaFarmKY. 1-4-5-2 pic.twitter.com/FVaMmHfdXU

— Tim Wilkin (@tjwilkin) July 26, 2024

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Julie Krone, who appeared in Friday's TDN in a photo by photograher Sarah Andrew riding TDN Rising Star Knightsbridge (Nyquist), accompanied by Bill Mott on his pony, is not back in Saratoga for any serious riding, she reported Friday morning.

Instead, Krone is in town working on the documentary of her life which is being produced by Sports Illustrated Studios and Spyglass Media Group. The documentary will cover Krone's racing career and on-track successes, as well as the injuries and struggles she faced.

“We were going to be in Saratoga filming for the documentary and I was just riding in Canada at the Flying Cross Jockey School,” she said of her appearance on Knightsbridge. “I'm really fit and we all know nothing is as fun as riding racehorses. I put these together and ended up on the extremely beautiful Bill Mott horse, Knightsbridge. I was all blissed out. Racehorses are so special. It gave me a lot of joy. I was walking on air after.”

Krone said that she will be in town through the Hall of Fame ceremonies next Friday, August 2, and doesn't have firm plans to do any additional riding while she's there. “We only jogged, and cantered the wrong way with the pony,” she said. “Still, though, she said it did make her wonder what if. “How fun would it be to be riding him, in front or stalking with his ears up just asking to run. He was so beautiful. So Godolphin.”

Knightsbridge has won his only two starts, a maiden race Nov. 4 at Chruchill Downs and an allowance March 28 at Gulfstream.

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