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The National Thoroughbred Racing Association is teaming up with Dean Dorton, a Top 100 CPA and advisory firm, to host a deep dive webinar on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and its tax implications affecting Thoroughbred racing.

Walmac Farm's freshman sire Core Beliefs was represented by his first winner when the 2-year-old filly Nour scored on debut in a $25,000 maiden claiming race July 18 at Gulfstream Park. 

Minnie Hauk appears to face a straightforward task against six inferior rivals as she bids to follow up last month's Epsom Oaks (G1) success in the July 19 Irish Oaks (G1) at the Curragh.

Bruton Street-US's Proven Innocent will look to double up on top-level stakes victories for Hall of Fame trainer Jack Fisher in the July 23 A.P. Smithwick Memorial (NSA-G1), a 2 3/8-mile steeplechase handicap at Saratoga Race Course.

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Thought Process returned from a layoff to capture an allowance race by 5 3/4 lengths after winning two stakes as a 2-year-old.

The Illinois Racing Board on July 17 approved a request from Hawthorne Race Course to reduce its remaining 2025 schedule from three days per week to two.

Icon Racing, the syndicate group created by MLB all-star and World Series Champion Jayson Werth, earned its first win July 17 with its first starter as Sacred Goddess won a New York-bred maiden race at Saratoga Race Course.

Wesley Ward will send out the talented Kehoe Beach to tango with the boys for the first time in nine starts in the July 20 CA$175,000 Connaught Cup Stakes (G2T) at Woodbine.

Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse will aim for his fifth win in the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks at Woodbine Racetrack July 20, where he brings a five-horse contingent to the 1 1/8 mile race over the all-weather track.

Total racing wagering turnover for the season was HK$138.85 billion, representing a 3.0% increase on the 2023/24 season.

Blue Heaven Farm's grade 3 winner and dual grade 1-placed Pyrenees, retired last month due to injury, has been sold and will begin stud duty next year at Arboreum Farm in the Republic of Korea, according to Adam Corndorf of Blue Heaven Farm. 

Nysos, one of the top horses in the nation, is expected to run in the July 26 San Diego Handicap (G2) at Del Mar.

Dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse celebrated his 4,000th winner July 17 when It's Witchcraft prevailed in a three-way finish to win the eleventh race at Colonial Downs.

A dual graded stakes winner and millionaire, Scylla will try for her first win in more than a year when she battles Jody's Pride, R Disaster, and other female sprinters in the $200,000 Honorable Miss Stakes (G2) July 20 at Saratoga Race Course.

Darby Dan Farm's first-year stallion Blazing Sevens, a Classic-placed son of Good Magic and impressive winner of the Champagne Stakes (G1) at 2, will be shuttling to Chile for the Southern Hemisphere breeding season.

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 190 entries for its July Digital Sale, which may now be viewed online. Bidding opened July 17 and will close July 22, beginning at 2 p.m. ET.

Del Mar will begin a new effort to give its youthful fans an inside look at the game with an up-close-and-personal session in the paddock on race days starting July 20.

After Book'em Danno won the True North Stakes, 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 one winners Nakatomi and Mullikin.

Long Shadows Farm and ACTT Naturally will host visiting hours and tours every Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., from July 22 through August 26. Located 30 minutes from Saratoga Springs, in Cambridge, NY.