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America's Best Racing announced the return of its 11th annual Pre-Preakness Party May 14 at Laurel Park. Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance and The Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation have been named as the event's primary charitable beneficiaries.

After the last major prep race weekend before the Kentucky Derby (G1), Renegade and Commandment retain the top two spots on the weekly National Thoroughbred Racing Association poll of top 3-year-olds.

Second Stride is inviting the community to celebrate with purpose as the excitement of Kentucky Derby season grows. For the first time, the non-profit organization will host a series of three spring fundraising events.

The List: An Update and Review of the Top 25 General Sires List Rankings

The 2025-26 Santa Anita Classic Meet wrapped up Sunday with Emisael Jaramillo as the leading jockey, Doug O'Neill as the top trainer, and Kretz Racing winning its first owner's title.

Consignor Tom McCrocklin sent out a filly (Hip 74) by Omaha Beach, who covered a quarter-mile in :20 4/5 to headline the first day of the under-tack show April 6 for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale.

The graded stakes winner by Charlatan was pulled up in the Santa Anita Oaks (G2) after apparently hitting herself during the break. Trainer Bob Baffert said she will undergo more diagnostics but otherwise appears to be fine.

Hope Road, a grade 1-winning homebred for Cicero Farms, will be retired from racing.

Multiple grade 1-winning jockey Tyler Baze scored a personal milestone at Santa Anita Park April 5, guiding Bob Grayson Jr.'s Gypsy Tears to the wire for the rider's 3,000th career victory.

On the April 6 episode of BloodHorse Monday: Spendthrift Farm's Ned Toffey discusses Further Ado's victory in the Blue Grass. Louie Rabaut and Joe Perez give reactions from Keeneland, Sean Collins and Bob Ehalt talk the final Aqueduct Wood Memorial.

A sensational start to 2026 around the world for Ghaiyyath extended to Europe as the promising Gethin gained a first listed victory in the April 6 Magnolia Stakes at Kempton.

Chad Brown's luck could take a dramatic swing for the better when he will send out Iron Honor in the $750,000 Wood Memorial Stakes (G2) for 3-year-olds in the last edition of New York's definitive Kentucky Derby (G1) prep at Aqueduct Racetrack.

A Kentucky-bred filly (Hip 59) from the second crop of grade 1 winner Yaupon sold for $350,000 April 1 to set an all-time record price for the Texas Thoroughbred Association 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale.

A colt by Gun Runner sold post-sale for $90,000 to Prancing Horse Farm, topping the OBSOnline March Second Chance Sale, a digital auction held March 27-31 featuring horses who breezed during the OBS March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale.

Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott takes on the Madison Stakes (G1) April 4 at Keeneland with Ragtime and Grand Job.

Bringing additional oomph to the April 4 card at Aqueduct Racetrack is the eagerly anticipated return of last year's champion male sprinter, Book'em Danno, in the Carter Stakes (G2).

Tony Allevato says NYRA is weighing options to offset the impending loss of television coverage of racing on FanDuel TV, including adding tracks to its "America's Day At The Races" show and the possible creation of a separate digital channel.

A top-drawer lineup of the finest breeding stock—as well as a share in Newgate stalwart Extreme Choice— headline the catalog for the 10th edition of the Inglis Chairman's Sale, which is now available online.

In a case brought by Churchill Downs, a federal court in Kentucky ruled the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority acted outside the law when it assessed fees for racetracks based partially on purse sizes.

Kentucky Derby (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1) alumnus Trojan Nation has found his forever home on a sprawling 2,500-acre ranch outside Cheyenne, Wyo., at the Center for Racehorse Retraining.