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Illinois horsemen are represented on a committee of unsecured creditors formed to provide input to the Hawthorne Race Course bankruptcy proceedings.

Jesse Aviles and fiancé Rylee Thomas of J & R Thoroughbreds are aiming to make it big with a Drain the Clock filly, Hip 595, at the Ocala Breeders' Sales March of 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale March 12.

The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association hosted a sold-out Pedigree and Conformation Clinic March 9-10 in Ocala, Fla., at the Ocala Breeders' Sales complex.

A pair of progressive Ciaron Maher-trained 3-year-olds spearheaded the March 11 Inglis Australia Digital March (Early) Online Sale.

Coming off a fifth-place finish in the Forward Gal Stakes (G3), Mythical looks to get back into the winner's circle in the March 14 Any Limit Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

Tami Bobo celebrated a lucrative pinhook at the March 11 session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, when an Into Mischief colt (Hip 416) she bought for $75,000 was resold for $1.85 million to Frank Fletcher Racing.

When Ilkay Kantarmaci's younger brother, Mertkan, announced a hiatus from training in 2024, Ilkay took the reins of a 27-horse stable at Belmont Park, placing him in the leading role of a training career.

Dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse said Nitrogen will make her next start in the $1.25 million Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) April 11 after a third-place finish in the March 7 Azeri Stakes (G2).

A total of 447 yearlings are scheduled to go through the ring as this year's renewal arrives with a refreshed format, with non-Queensland Thoroughbred Incentive Scheme yearlings included for the first time.

Ciaran and Amy Dunne's Wavertree Stables reset the top of the Ocala Breeders' Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sales standings March 11 with a $2 million filly by Nyquist (Hip 372), who breezed a furlong in :09 3/5. Boyd Racing bought her.

Sometimes a birthday turns out extraordinarily memorable. Case in point, the 34th birthday of Juan Hernandez at Santa Anita Park March 7.

Veteran sprinter Tejano Twist has an opportunity to take another step toward the $2 million mark in career earnings when he faces an expected six other older runners in the $250,000 Whitmore Stakes (G3) March 14 at Oaklawn Park.

Canterbury Park announces that Jesse Sherwood has been named head starter for the 2026 race meet that begins May 23.

Consignor Jesse Hoppel sells his first seven-figure 2-year-old in training March 11 at the Ocala Breeders' Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale when agent Donato Lanni went to $1.05 million for Hip 299, a colt by Mo Town.

The New York Race Track Chaplaincy will honor Marc and Sheree Holliday with the John Hendrickson and Marylou Whitney Award for their generous support of the New York backstretch community at its 19th Annual Fundraising Brunch to be held Aug. 12.

Dual grade 1 winner La Cara and multiple graded stakes winner Quietside have been retired from racing and will begin their next chapters as broodmares.

Grade 1 winner Bottle of Rouge headlines a field of six in the March 14 Virginia Oaks at Colonial Downs.

Wavetree Stables consigns Hip 367, who is one of two Justify juveniles entered in the Ocala Breeders' Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. Both of them will be offered during the sale's second session March 11.

Drain the Clock's momentum from the under-tack show carried into the ring during the opening session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, when Hip 132 sold for $1.1 million to Pedro Lanz, agent for KAS Stables.

Consignor Cesar Loya experienced a milestone with the impressive profit from the Army Mule colt (Hip 139) he sold for $750,000 to Katsumi Yoshida's Northern Farm, setting a new record price for a horse sold by Loya.