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Stivers, started with McMahon and Hill in 2016, and will oversee finances for seven current United States-based Bourbon Lane partnerships, four New Zealand partnerships, and two pinhooking LLCs, among others.

Roll On Big Joe and Dr. Venkman, the 1-2 finishers in the Kelly's Landing Stakes at Churchill Downs, meet again in the $400,000 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) July 26 at Del Mar.

Letters to the Editor for the July 24 issue of BloodHorse Daily

Barry Irwin's Team Valor International announced July 23 the acquisition of group 3-winning filly Queen Azteca. She will make her first North American start Aug. 16 in the Alabama Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.

Fueled by business from historical horse racing gaming in Virginia and Kentucky, Churchill Downs Inc. reported all-time record net revenue of $934.4 million during the second quarter of 2025. CDI also announced increases in other key metrics.

The Texas Thoroughbred Association Summer Yearling Sale will showcase a record number of offerings Aug. 26 at the Mary Ruyle Thoroughbred Sales Pavilion on the grounds of Lone Star Park near Dallas. A total of 261 yearlings have been consigned.

Arrogates Hercules has been relocated to Caines Stallion Station near Wynnewood, Okla., joining multiple graded stakes winners Airoforce, Colonel John, Uncle Vinny, and other stallions there.

There will be a fervent hope for sunshine July 25 when the $200,000 Amsterdam Stakes (G2) is contested at Saratoga Race Course 

Atlantic Friends Racing's Historic Heart fended off the challenge of grade 1 winner Proven Innocent to notch his first top-level triumph in the July 23 $150,000 A. P. Smithwick Memorial Handicap (NSA-1) at Saratoga Race Course.

There will be a fervent hope for sunshine July 25 when the $200,000 Amsterdam Stakes (G2) is contested at Saratoga Race Course 

Hidden Brook Farm's commitment to top-tier horsemanship is being proven once again with the emergence of Dr. Venkman, who seeks his first grade 1 victory July 26 in the Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) at Del Mar.

The New York Racing Association announced July 23 that the precautionary quarantine of barn 28 at Saratoga Race Course has been lifted by the New York State Department of Agriculture effective immediately.

William Buick has been confirmed as the rider of Field of Gold in the July 30 Sussex Stakes (G1) at Goodwood and enjoyed a first feel of the classy Juddmonte-owned gray on the Newmarket gallops July 23.

Stewards in New Jersey issued jockey Umberto Rispoli a one-day suspension and fined him $6,000 for exceeding the permitted number of riding-crop strikes in riding Journalism to victory in the July 19 Haskell Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park.

A panel of racing experts voted Irad Ortiz Jr. as Jockey of the Week for the week of July 14-20. He won at Finger Lakes, Saratoga, Monmouth Park, and returned to Saratoga for another win, ending the week with 10 wins.

On the July 21 episode of BloodHorse Monday, we recap Journalism's Haskell Stakes (G1) victory, Jonathan Green of D. J. Stable talks Sandman before the Jim Dandy Stakes (G2), and Monmouth Park's Dennis Drazin talks New Jersey racing.

The July Digital Sale closed July 22 with 137 horses sold for $4,808,500. The sale averaged $35,098, with a median of $15,000. The clearance rate of 81% represented the 137 horses sold from 169 offered.

Ken Freirich will match up to $100,000 for donations raised on this year's Annual Day of Giving. The fundraising program puts key Thoroughbred industry charities in the spotlight 100 days out from the Breeders' Cup World Championships at Del Mar.

Oaklawn will offer a record 62 stakes races during the 64-day racing season. Stakes purses alone will exceed $18.3 million, more than double the total from the 2019 season.

Maiden Watch: Week of July 14-July 20