Blood-Horse

Michael Lay's Cruden Bay returned July 20 from an 11-month layoff to secure a second consecutive victory in the $175,000 Connaught Cup (G2T) at Woodbine.

Pereira's mount Origami (IRE) clipped heels and fell near the three-eighths pole. Both horse and rider momentarily stayed down on the grass before Origami got up on her feet. Pereira tried to stand up but promptly laid back down on the ground.

Raging Torrent, a two-time grade 1 winner, has been retired after developing a suspensory injury to his left foreleg. It has not been decided yet where he will begin his stud career.

As the connections of the top finishers in the Haskell Stakes (G1) spend the next few days and weeks mulling plans for their 3-year-olds, some interesting possibilities abound.

Amiloc will not be confirmed for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) July 26, with his trainer Ralph Beckett keen to give him more time to recover from his Royal Ascot exertions.

Thought Process gives trainer Phil D'Amato his third San Clemente Handicap (G2T) in four years and the trainer's second stakes win on the July 19 Del Mar card, following the Wickerr Stakes with Almendares.

Back in against Mullikin and Nakatomi, horses he beat in the True North Stakes (G3) at Saratoga Race Course in June, the result was the same July 19 in the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Stakes (G2), with Book'em Danno prevailing by 2 1/2 lengths.

Future Is Now recorded a bounce-back win in the July 19 Caress Stakes (G3T) at Saratoga Race Course after a runner-up finish in the June 5 Intercontinental Stakes (G2T).

Already a graded stakes winner as a 3- and 4-year-old, Randomized added to her extensive résumé at 5 with an emphatic score in the July 19 $495,000 Molly Pitcher Stakes (G3) at Monmouth Park.

Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Journalism mounted a sustained rally and caught Goal Oriented and Gosger near the wire to win the $1,017,500 Haskell Stakes (G1) July 19 at Monmouth Park.

Five weeks after romping in front-running fashion in the 1 1/8-mile Monmouth Stakes, Redistricting proved similarly adept over a 1 3/8-mile distance in taking the $612,000 United Nations Stakes (G2T) over the turf course there July 19.

Scottish Lassie could not be beat in the $465,000 Coaching Club American Oaks Invitational Stakes (G1) July 19 at Saratoga Race Course, taking the field gate to wire for a dominating 15 1/2-length victory.

After finishing third against Raging Torrent and Fierceness in the Metropolitan Handicap (G1), the Monmouth Cup (G3) seemed like a soft touch for Just a Touch. His odds of 1-9 only strengthened that belief. Then Monmouth Park turned into Saratoga.

Magnitude breezed a solo half-mile in :51.68 July 19 over the Oklahoma Training Track at Saratoga Race Course as he awaits the Aug. 23 Travers Stakes (G1), the 1 1/4-mile midsummer highlight for 3-year-olds of the Saratoga meet.

Minnie Hauk was made to work hard but ultimately prevailed by 1 1/4 lengths to complete an Epsom-Irish Oaks (G1) double by taking the latter race July 19 at the Curragh.

The New York Racing Association and the New York State Gaming Commission have placed a group of horses located in Barn 28 on the main track side of Saratoga Race Course under quarantine due to a suspected case of strangles.

Whisper Hill Farm's Leslie's Rose surged to a 3 3/4-length win over Dazzling Move in the Shuvee Stakes (G2) July 18 to register her first win since the 2024 Ashland (G1). Heavily favored Raging Sea lacked her usual closing kick and finished third.

Adding the hardware from the $1 million Haskell Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park to the trophy case would be a dream realized for any horseman, but it would be a most prized possession for a Jersey guy.

When Whitham Thoroughbreds homebred Burnham Square enters the starting gate for the Haskell Stakes (G1) July 19, it will mark the first time they have had a runner in Monmouth Park's showcase race since 2017.

After Book'em Danno won the True North Stakes (G3), Mark Rubenstein and his partners in Atlantic Six Racing have brought the 4-year-old back to Saratoga for the Alfred G. Vanderbilt (G2). The field also includes grade 1 winners Nakatomi and Mullikin.