Blood-Horse

The Jockey Club announced the Racing Regulatory Veterinarian Fellowship, a loan repayment program that will award up to $25,000 in veterinary school loan repayment to an employed racing regulatory veterinarian.

Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas plans to keep his string in Kentucky this summer instead of stabling at Saratoga Race Course as he has done for more than four decades.

Dollars & Sense with Frank Angst

Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., reported June 9 that Joey P has succumbed to complications from a respiratory illness. He was 23.

Three stakes worth a combined $400,000 highlight the 2025 Los Angeles County Fair meet at Los Alamitos that begins June 20 and concludes July 6.

On the June 9 episode of BloodHorse Monday, Louie Rabaut, Sean Collins, and Frank Angst recap the Belmont Stakes (G1) and hear from trainer Bill Mott and jockey Junior Alvarado after Sovereignty's victory.

New York Thoroughbred Aftercare Day at Saratoga Race Course will be held Thursday, July 17, and once again the presentation of the Down Broadway Retired Racehorse of the Year Award will highlight the event.

Juddmonte has announced the appointment of six-time Irish champion flat jockey Colin Keane as its retained stable jockey with immediate effect.

Epsom's new general manager has said that "everything is on the table" in his mission to improve the Derby festival after a notable drop in crowd numbers at the track's flagship meeting.

A large group of the traveling community has set up a campsite on the Curragh, forcing a major gallop to be closed, and group 1-winning trainer Willie McCreery has said it is only a matter of time before one of his staff is injured.

The Jockey Club announced the recipients of its five academic scholarships June 9, which will be awarded for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Coolmore announced June 9 that Irish One Thousand Guineas (G1) winner Lake Victoria will not run at Royal Ascot next week, and will be rested in preparation for a late summer/autumn campaign.

As winning trainer Miguel Clement politely answered questions about Deterministic's front-end victory in the Manhattan Stakes (G1T) as dusk approached at Saratoga, he kept two eyes on the video board replaying his first grade 1 victory.

Longtime Minnesota owner and breeder Pete Mattson had a big night at Canterbury Park June 7, sweeping both stakes races with Thealligatorhunter and Retired Kathy.

Ag Bullet surged past male rivals in the stretch to register a clear win the $500,000 Jaipur Stakes (G1T) June 8 at Saratoga Race Course.

A known commodity on the turf, Saturday Flirt proved to be a Sunday darling when debuting on dirt to win her first stakes race in the $175,000 Soaring Softly Stakes June 8 at Saratoga Race Course.

In a field of four Kentucky Derby (G1) runners making their returns, East Avenue would not be denied his return to the winner's circle in the $387,000 Matt Winn Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs June 8.

A year ago, it was a Belmont Stakes (G1) week like no other for NYRA president and CEO Dave O'Rourke and his team. This year, it was also a rather unique Belmont Stakes experience for NYRA at the Spa, though for a different reason.

Five-time group 1-winning trainer Robbie Laing has died at the age of 66, passing in his sleep overnight June 7. Laing was at Flemington saddling up what was to be his final runner El Soleado just hours earlier.

Jantar Mantar rebounded from a bitter disappointment in Hong Kong and a long layoff to win the Yasuda Kinen (G1) June 8, earning a "Win and You're In" berth in the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1).