Blood-Horse

Dollars & Sense with Frank Angst looks at how Woodbine and NYRA are partnering with technology companies to provide new handicapping and wagering tools for horseplayers.

The July 20 Hawthorne Race Course bankruptcy hearing provided a triple whammy for horsemen: Racing is over; there is no money to pay some $1 million in purses due to them; and they have to clear out from their backstretch home by Aug. 31.

The 2026 Autumn Meet at Santa Anita Park will feature 26 stakes races that includes seven "Win and You're In" events for this year's Breeders' Cup. Santa Anita's 19-day Autumn Meet opens Sept. 25 and runs through Nov. 1.

On the July 20 episode of BloodHorse Monday: Lindsay Schultz on winning the Haskell Stakes (G1) with Baby Vino, Umberto Rispoli takes us through Journalism's San Diego Handicap (G2), and Atlantic Six's Jay Briscione on the honor of Book'em Danno Day.

Mizdirection won the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1) in 2012 and 2013, and retired with more than $1.7 million in earnings. She would sell later as a broodmare prospect for $2.7 million. She was the second stakes winner produced by Deceptive.

Equine Eyes is a hands-on, research-driven interactive and playful experience designed to simulate how horses perceive the world.

The event is an opportunity to support the nation's oldest and largest Thoroughbred aftercare organization.

Woodbine Entertainment announced the E.P. Taylor Turf Course is scheduled to return to racing use Aug. 8—several weeks ahead of the original Sept. 1 reopening target.

The Hong Kong study involving 2,924 horses found a modest connection between daily treatments of the gastric treatment and preventative omeprazole and increased risk of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhaging, known commonly as bleeding.

Citing handle declines this year, the NTRA sent a letter July 17 to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calling on the Treasury and the IRS to back legislation that would restore the gambling loss provision to the previous level.

Next year's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) is set for another major prize money boost and will be run for a British record £2.5 million (approx. US$3,361,575), Ascot officials revealed.

The Canterbury Park Hall of Fame Class of 2026 includes Thoroughbred owner and breeder Pete Mattson and former chief veterinarian and Minnesota Racing Commission chair Dr. Camille McArdle.

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 318 entries for the New York Bred Yearlings Sale, to be held Aug. 16-17 in the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Shadai Race Horse's Masquerade Ball and Teruya Yoshida's Wurttemberg arrived at Newmarket July 12 and are settling into their new surroundings while preparing for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) July 25 at Ascot.

A change in equipment and distance proved a difference maker for G T Five Hundred July 19 as he pulled off a surprise 31-1 upset in the $144,995 Connaught Cup Stakes (G2T) at Woodbine.

With Hall of Famer John Velazquez barely needing to ask her for anything, Luster dominated her rivals in the $535,166 Woodbine Oaks July 19.

With a devastating late rally, Learntodiscover gets up in time to pull a 23-1 upset in the $225,000 Quick Call Stakes (G3T) July 19 at Saratoga Race Course.

In her first start off a 10-month layoff, grade 1 winner Kilwin showed no signs of rust while winning the $175,000 Twin Bridges Stakes July 19 at Ellis Park.

The $1 million Haskell Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park had a surprising winner and a bunch of surprising efforts.

Andy Burnham is set to focus on "the daily priorities facing people across the country" when he becomes prime minister July 20.