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Portions of Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio have been impacted by flooding after heavy rainfall in the region last week, including around the racetracks Ellis Park near Henderson, Ky., and Belterra Park on the outskirts of Cincinnati.

Breeders' Cup announces the 2025 schedule for the Breeders' Cup Dirt Dozen, an incentive-driven program offering participation bonuses to horsemen preparing runners for dirt races at the Breeders' Cup World Championships.

The International Federation of Horseracing Authorities' International Grading and Race Planning Advisory Committee has approved the promotion of Uruguay to Part I for the 2025 publication of the International Cataloguing Standards Book.

The Road, presented by Gainesway and Darby Dan Farm

Multiple grade 1 winner and first-crop sire Code of Honor registered his first winner posthumously when his daughter Code of Valor won her debut April 10 at Turf Paradise.

The fifth day of the under tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale saw a quartet of youngsters stand out as they each worked an eighth in :09 4/5 to tie for the fastest time of the day at the distance.

The fourth annual Horse Racing Women's Association Conference, previously known as the Summit, will take place in Lexington for the first time Oct. 8-9. The event will be hosted at Limestone Hall.

Having notched 3,616 victories, jockey David Flores is accustomed to trips to the winner's circle—though his win April 10 in the first race at Keeneland marked his first win anywhere since 2021.

Via Sistina chases her seventh group 1 for the season in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) at Randwick Racecourse April 12. Grade 1 winner Full Count Felicia and 2024 Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T) runner-up Rousham Park are among her competitors.

The Virginia Thoroughbred Association has announced that Jill Byrne will take over as the organization's Executive Director.

Three-time group 1 winner California Spangle has been retired. In a career that spanned 34 starts, the Tony Cruz-trained gelding won on 13 occasions.

More than 700 students from 15 post primary schools across County Tipperary attended the inaugural Coolmore Careers Day April 10.

For Laurie Scott of the Great Strides Equestrian Foundation, the biggest impact of escorting a group of teenage students to Saratoga Race Course as part of the New York Racing Association's Leg Up! program didn't happen on the day of their visit.

After finishing a close second with Savaglee in the Australian Guineas (G1), trainer Pam Gerard sends out New Zealand-bred Dubai Gold in the April 12 Australian Oaks (G1).

With 26 graded stakes victories to its credit, Godolphin is tied with Claiborne Farm at the top of that statistic in Keeneland history. Jabaara could provide the tie-breaker when she goes to the starting gate in the April 12 Jenny Wiley Stakes (G1T).

The Breeders' Cup announced an expanded schedule for the 2025 Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In, which will feature 93 races in 15 countries—the most in Breeders' Cup history.

Despite his third-place finish to U.S.-trained Hit Show and Mixto in the April 5 Dubai World Cup (G1), Saudi Cup (G1) hero Forever Young remains at the top of the most recent Longines Word's Best Racehorse Rankings for 2025.

A new chapter in equine science and research is underway as the University of Kentucky announces the transition of its Equine Analytical Chemistry Laboratory to new ownership under Eagle Diagnostics.

The Fasig-Tipton April Digital Sale closed April 9 with 64 horses sold for $1,822,500. The sale averaged $28,476, with a median of $15,000 and a clearance rate of 74%. Crimson Frost sold for $240,000 to Gracie Bloodstock, agent, to top the sale.

WinStar Farm's Elliott Walden said April 9 that River Thames came out of his third-place finish in the Blue Grass Stakes (G1) fine and will be pointed to the Kentucky Derby (G1).