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The Kentucky-bred champions were named. The awards were voted on by the full membership of KTA and KTOB.

Slay the Day takes the April 10 Limestone Stakes (G3T) at Keeneland, setting a new stakes record for trainer Brian Lynch and owner Flying Dutchmen Breeding and Racing.

Zulu Kingdom defeats reigning champion turf male Notable Speech in the April 10 Maker's Mark Mile Stakes (G1T) at Keeneland.

A dozen juveniles breezed a furlong in :09 4/5 during the April 10 fifth session of the under-tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training, among them a Jack Christopher colt consigned as Hip 822.

A total of 551 lots have been finalized for the sale, including 207 racehorses (89 race fillies), 186 broodmares, 76 racehorse shares, 49 yearlings, 21 weanlings, five 2-year-olds, four unbroken stock, two stallion shares, and one stallion.

Paul Townend will partner the Willie Mullins-trained favorite I Am Maximus, who has been declared in cheekpieces for the April 11 Grand National Steeplechase Handicap (NH-3).

Yarraman Park Stud has announced its service fees for 2026 and, once again, its multiple champion sire I Am Invincible takes pride of place on the roster, standing at an unchanged fee of AU$220,000.

The Oka Sho (Japanese One Thousand Guineas, G1T), kicks off Japan's classics season April 12 at Hanshin Racecourse.

Class President, scratched from the April 4 Blue Grass Stakes (G1) after not training to the satisfaction of Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher, is formally out of the Kentucky Derby (G1) and other Triple Crown races because of bone bruising.