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Colonial Downs has canceled racing for July 4, the track announced on social media. Like much of the country, Virginia has been hit by sweltering heat this week.

Seeking to bounce back from a disappointing fourth last out over wet ground, French star Calandagan resumes racing July 5 in France in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (G1).

NYRA's "Saratoga Live" begins another highly anticipated summer season of live racing broadcasts on FS1 and FS2 from Saratoga Race Course.

A grade 1 showdown for 3-year-olds on the grass takes place July 4 in the Belmont Derby (G1T) at Saratoga Race Course.

This sixth annual New York Thoroughbred Aftercare Day will be held July 24 in conjunction with the $200,000 Rick Violette Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.

Sweet Azteca and Grand Slam Smile, two multiple stakes winners out of Grand Slam mares, meet for the first time in the July 4 Great Lady M Stakes (G2) at Los Alamitos Race Course.

On America's 250th birthday at Saratoga Race Course, Centennial Farms' Antiquarian will look to turn the tables in the $500,000 Suburban Stakes (G2) and avenge the narrow defeat he suffered to Phileas Fogg in last year's running of the race.

Saratoga Race Course has provided a mixed bag of adventures for multiple grade 1 winner Zulu Kingdom.

Box Office Hit wins her racing debut July 2 by 6 1/4 lengths at Thistledown for Mast Thoroughbreds and trainer Robert Gorham.

Aidan O'Brien's bid to become the first trainer to win the Eclipse Stakes (G1) four years in a row will be stronger than expected after he surprisingly revealed Constitution River and Hawk Mountain will both run July 4 at Sandown Park.

Colonial Downs is the latest track to cancel racing July 3 because of extreme summer heat gripping much of the country. The Virginia track has rescheduled its Friday card, moving it in its entirety as drawn to July 6.

Woodbine announced July 2 that racing July 3 has been canceled because of ongoing underground infrastructure repairs. Contractors remain on-site working to resolve the issue.

Book'em Danno, a champion and multimillionaire, is one of the most successful New Jersey-breds ever. He will be honored July 17 with a Book'em Danno Day at Monmouth Park and is scheduled to compete the same day in the Mr. Prospector Stakes.

A rare opportunity to secure the last-crop offspring by the late great Savabeel is available via the National Online Breeding Stock Sale on Gavelhouse Plus, with two mares in foal to the legendary stallion on offer.

Christophe Soumillon's ban for riding to benefit a stablemate is reduced to five days from eight on appeal after the disciplinary panel concluded that while his ride on Puerto Rico aided Gstaad, it was not his intention to do so.

Fasig-Tipton, in partnership with the CTBA, will offer a $500,000 bonus tied to this year's Fasig-Tipton California Fall Yearlings Sale. The bonus will be awarded to the first sale graduate that wins a grade 1 race in the United States at age 2 or 3.

A hospitalized Frankie Dettori said he is "very sore" after breaking ribs and his thumb in a car accident July 1 near Newmarket.

Chris Moore, Chance Moquett, and Blake Sims join the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority's Next Generation Advisory Group.

Maryland's Board of Public Works approves the Maryland Stadium Authority's request to purchase Laurel Park to serve as the training center. This comes after the Maryland Stadium Authority supported the deal in April.

Del Rio Racing's grade 1 winner Fil Dor is the 158-pound high weight as one of two entrants for trainer Ricky Hendriks in the $150,000 Leo O'Brien Stakes (NSA-1), a 2 3/8-mile steeplechase handicap for older horses, July 5 at Saratoga Race Course.