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Trainer Ian Wilkes said Burnham Square will get the rest of the year off and point to a 2026 turf campaign.

Star mare Treasurethe Moment showed she could provide champion Yulong teammate Via Sistina some stiff opposition if they clash in the spring by producing a breathtaking victory in a classic edition of the Memsie Stakes (G1) Aug. 31.

Donnacha O'Brien's star filly Porta Fortuna (IRE) will miss her planned return in the Matron Stakes (G1) and may not be seen on the track again following a decision to sell her.

Centennial Farms' Antiquarian withstood the late run of Sierra Leone to win the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Saratoga Race Course; a race that saw Irad Ortiz Jr. knocked off of prominent contender Mindframe in the early going.

Del Mar track management may need to rethink the name of the Del Mar Handicap (G2T) after Gold Phoenix captured the 1 3/8-mile turf event for the fourth year in a row Aug. 30.

Without the ability to export its television signal to other venues, Remington Park cancels the final nine races Aug. 30.

Fierceness easily defeated 2-5 favorite Journalism in a highly anticipated clash between the 4-year-old star and this year's Preakness Stakes (G1) winner in the $1 million Pacific Classic Stakes (G1) Aug. 30 at Del Mar.

Traveling from across the pond and the widest gate in the field of 12, Wimbledon Hawkeye was given a perfectly timed ride by Frankie Dettori to outlast grade 1 winner Burnham Square in the Nashville Derby Invitational (G3T) at Kentucky Downs Aug. 30.

Formidable Man, trained by Michael McCarthy, is now 6-for-6 at Del Mar, adding the Del Mar Mile (G2T) to his earlier victory in the Eddie Read Stakes (G2T) during the summer meeting.

Start times for three days next weekend have changed at Prairie Meadows due to an anticipated number of Quarter Horse trials to be held all three days.

Motorious three-peats in the $153,500 Green Flash Handicap (G3T) at Del Mar, winning via disqualification.

Bellezza rallied from last to first to win the Flower Bowl Stakes (G2T) Aug. 30 at Saratoga Race Course, notching her second graded win and fourth in-the-money finish since being imported from her native Ireland.

Baoma Corp's Nysos, the 8-5 morning line favorite in the $1 million Pacific Classic (G1) Aug. 30, was scratched Saturday morning, per Equibase.

Taylor Made senior Thoroughbred adviser Stuart Angus died Aug. 28 after a courageous five-year battle with cancer.

Ryan Moore is set to miss the rest of the season with a stress fracture in his right femur, which will rule him out of the Irish Champions Festival, Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1), and Breeders' Cup, as well as many other major autumn races.

Millionaire Get Smokin, a six-time stakes winner, has retired at the age of 8. The son of Get Stormy, distinguished on the track for his bullish, front-running tactics, will be sent to trainer Mark Casse's farm near Ocala, Fla., for his retirement.

The catalog is now online for the Inglis Digital USA September Sale, featuring a slate of 65 offerings for a wide variety of buyers, from those looking to build up their racing stables to breeders aiming to grow their operations.

The catalog is now online for the Inglis Digital USA September Sale, featuring a slate of 65 offerings for a wide variety of buyers, from those looking to build up their racing stables to breeders aiming to grow their operations.

The 12-horse field for the $3.5 million Nashville Derby (G3T) at Kentucky Downs Aug. 30 features dirt grade 1 winners switching surfaces, proven commodities over the grass, and horses on the upswing looking to make a name for themselves.

Jupiter Stable's Phileas Fogg is already a graded stakes winner at 1 1/4 miles over the Saratoga main track and will look to repeat that feat in the Aug. 31 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (G1) as he looks for his first top-level stakes victory.