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Mirroring his winning performance in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) last fall, Sierra Leone rallied from behind a fast pace to defeat an all-star field in the $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1) Aug. 2 at Saratoga Race Course.

Deterministic successfully cut back to a mile to capture the $750,000 Fourstardave Stakes (G1T) Aug. 2 at Saratoga Race Course.

The presence of homebred Meringue in the Aug. 3 Adirondack Stakes (G3) and yearling colt Alekazam in Fasig-Tipton's The Saratoga Sale Aug. 4 shows how far Steve and Denise Smith have come in their breeding and racing operation over a few short years.

The instructions from trainer Mark Casse to jockey Jose Ortiz were simple. The plan was sound but Ewing rejected it.

Wathnan and Coolmore are doublehanded Aug. 3 in the Prix Rothschild (G1) at Deauville Racecourse, with the Aidan O'Brien pair January and Exactly among the better fillies over a mile.

Jockey Umberto Rispoli is enjoying the ride that Journalism has taken him on this year.

Tapbyangels became the first winner for Barton Thoroughbreds' freshman sire Tap Back when the 2-year-old gelding won by 2 1/4 lengths in a maiden $25,000 claiming race Aug. 1 at Emerald Downs.

There will be a heavy dose of sadness attached to the Aug. 2 Whitney Stakes (G1) at  Saratoga Race Course for JoAnn Pepper and her staff at Old Friends at Cabin Creek.

Two stakes worth a combined $200,000 will be run during the upcoming September Thoroughbred meet at Los Alamitos: the $75,000 E.B. Johnston Stakes on Sept. 13 and the $125,000 Dark Mirage Stakes on Sept. 20.

Lane's End's Flightline will have his first yearlings offered in the United States on display at Fasig-Tipton's prestigious The Saratoga Sale Aug. 4-5 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

If the question is who was the best horse in the $400,000 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes (G2T), a case can be made that it was Zulu Kingdom.

After 11 years playing with the Houston Oilers and the Dallas Cowboys, Mike Renfro is part of the CJ Thoroughbreds team that will send out Tom’s Magic in the $1 million King’s Plate Stakes on Aug. 16 at Woodbine.

Trainer Joe Sharp notched his 1,000th North American victory in race 6 at Ellis Park Aug. 1 when Master Game took a seven-furlong claiming tilt under Tyler Gaffalione.

From a business perspective, Mike Repole says running a champion like Fierceness at 4 without racing in the Middle East was a "dumb" decision due to the paucity of multimillion-dollar purses for older dirt horses in the United States.

On a pleasant summer day in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Pennsylvania-bred and Philadelphia sports hero Smarty Jones joins racing's immortals.

Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystik Dan took to the grass for the first time on Friday over Saratoga Race Course's Oklahoma turf training track, with NYRA clockers timing him through a solo five-eighths breeze in 1:02 flat.

Having a grade 1 win at Saratoga Race Course is a huge asset when it's time to run in another grade 1 at the Spa. But all grade 1s are not the same. Especially at Saratoga.

Known for featuring high-end broodmares and broodmare prospects, Fasig-Tipton's The November Sale near Lexington is commonly referred to as "The Night of the Stars."  Already one star is scheduled to be sold there this fall: Puca.

Everett Dobson, the chair of The Jockey Club, and Justin Paul, senior vice president of operations for Churchill Downs Inc., have been appointed to serve on the management committee of Equibase Company.

Delaware Park Casino presented a $12,000 check to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation—the casino’s charity of the month for June.