Blood-Horse

Last year's Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) winner Starlust is set to prepare for Royal Ascot in the May 24 Temple Stakes (G2) at Haydock as he embarks on his final season before going to stud in Australia.

A Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority report released May 20 that covers the first quarter of 2025 suggests horse racing is seeing consistently better safety numbers under its oversight.

My Mane Squeeze earned New York-bred Horse of the Year honors and led a haul for her owner and breeder, William "Buck" Butler, during the New York Thoroughbred Breeders' Awards Ceremony May 19 at Sacred Saratoga at GMP Farm in Schuylerville.