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The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) is seeking public comment on its Proposed 2027 Budget. Comments should be sent to comments@hisaus.org with the subject line “Proposed 2027 Budget.” All pertinent comments will be posted to the HISA website. The deadline to submit comments is Monday, July 27, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. ET.

Draft versions of the Proposed 2027 Budget and Notice of Filing can be accessed here.

Following the expiration of the public comment period, HISA will review and consider all relevant feedback before sending the proposed budget to the HISA Board. If approved by the HISA Board, the proposed budget would then be submitted to the Federal Trade Commission.

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Mt. Brilliant's Greg Goodman has been selected by the Board of Directors of the Thoroughbred Club of America as the 2026 Honor Guest, Club President W. Chapman Hopkins announced Friday.

“The Thoroughbred Club of America is pleased to name Greg Goodman as our 2026 Honor Guest,” Hopkins said. “The breadth of Mr. Goodman's involvement in breeding, racing and land conservation efforts has left an indelible mark on the industry on the national and international stage. His impact on the Thoroughbred industry is matched only by his generosity in important philanthropic support, and we are honored to name him as our 2026 Honor Guest.”

Goodman will be honored by the Club at its 95th Testimonial Dinner, which will be held at Keeneland on Saturday, Sept. 26.

Goodman has been immersed in Thoroughbred racing his entire life, spending nearly three decades as an owner and breeder. Mt. Brilliant has been owned by the Goodman family for 30 years.

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Becoming his sire's first black-type winner, and keeping his record perfect in the process, Book Value (Mandaloun) strode home confidently to win the Hoover Stakes at Belterra Park.

Coming into this contest, the 1-2 betting favorite was last seen June 16 at Thistledown where he dominated fellow Ohio-breds by 3 3/4 lengths to break his maiden at first asking. The public preferred his victory over Battle Ready (Army Mule) to his outside–also coming in off a dominating victory against state-bred maidens at Thistledown–and they went off as the top pair in the wagering.

Breaking well with good early foot, Book Value sped out to the front to post an uncontested lead through :22.54 and four furlongs in :46.92 coming off the bend. Under steady handling, he extended his advantage over Skedazzle (Mobil) as that one tried valiantly to cut into the margin. The winner reported in by 5 1/2 lengths as Battle Ready overtook Skedazzle in the lane to claim second.

The victor is a half-brother to multiple stakes winner and GI La Brea Stakes-placed Livingmybestlife, whose first to the races is a juvenile Uncle Mo colt named Unreined. Book Value is the second stakes horse for Wall Street Lady, and the first for freshman sire Mandaloun. He has a yearling half-sister by Yaupon in the wings. This is the female line of third dam Chosen Lady, who produced the branch that yielded Wall Street Lady and another that claims GISW Well Chosen (Deputy Minister), herself mother of MGISW Telling (A.P. Indy). Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

HOOVER S., $75,000, Belterra, 7-17, (S), 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:04.25, ft.
1–BOOK VALUE, 119, g, 2, by Mandaloun
     1st Dam: Wall Street Lady, by Speightstown
     2nd Dam: Epistle, by Deputy Minister
     3rd Dam: Chosen Lady, by Secretariat
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Marion F. Gorham Revocable Trust; B/T-Robert Gorham (OH); J-Erik Barbaran. $45,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $65,340. *1/2 to Livingmybestlife (The Big Beast), MSW & GISP, $245,970.
2–Battle Ready, 118, g, 2, Army Mule–Drillit, by Drill. 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Mast Thoroughbreds LLC; B-Robert M Gorham & Mast thoroughbreds LLC (OH); T-Robert M. Gorham. $15,000.
3–Skedazzle, 119, g, 2, Mobil–Razzledazzle Me, by Warrior's Reward. ($9,500 Ylg '25 OTBOMX). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Marion F. Gorham Revocable Trust; B-Phantom Farms LLC (OH); T-Robert M. Gorham. $7,500.
Margins: 5HF, 1 3/4, HF. Odds: 0.50, 2.30, 19.40.
Also Ran: Sharon's Wish, Just a Dot, It's All Mischief, Majestuoso. Scratched: The Ace Project.

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Family and friends are invited to attend a 'Celebration of Life' to honor John W. Greathouse Jr. on Wednesday, July 22, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. ET. at the Thoroughbred Club of America. The address is 3555 Rice Road, Lexington, Kentucky.

Greathouse Jr. played a significant role in the operations at family-run Glencrest Farm. The longtime horseman passed away June 10.

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The New Mexico Department of Transportation has recommended Ruidoso Downs Racetrack close the entrance of the facility due to a faulty culvert that was originally damaged by floodwaters last year, the track's General Manager Rick Baugh said via a press release on Thursday, July 16.

“We requested that the New Mexico Department of Transportation inspect the condition of the culvert located at the entrance,” Baugh said. “The results of the investigation have confirmed our decision to temporarily close the casino and horse race simulcast operations to the public.”

The closure is subject to approval of the New Mexico Gaming Control Board. There will be an emergency meeting of the board on Wednesday, July 22 in Albuquerque.

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Golden Tempo (Curlin), the winner of the GI Kentucky Derby and GI Belmont Stakes, worked four furlongs in :48.40 at Keeneland on Friday morning in preparation for his next start, the Aug. 29, $1.25 million GI DraftKings Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.

Regular exercise rider Ameth Gonzalez was aboard the 3-year-old for trainer Cherie DeVaux.

Working by himself over a fast track, Derby-Belmont champ produced fractions of :12.80, :24.60, :36.60, 48.40, out five-eighths in 1:01.40 and out three-quarters in 1:14.80.

“Beautiful work. First work back since the Belmont,” assistant trainer David Carroll said. “Normally he breezes in company, but he went by himself today and was in hand the whole way. Couldn't ask for more–really happy with what I saw.”

Golden Tempo was reportedly sidelined by a minor illness according to his trainer late last month, which caused him to skip the GII Jim Dandy Stakes at the Spa Aug. 1.

The colt is expected to leave for Saratoga on Saturday, July 18 to prepare for the Travers.

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Woodbine Entertainment, Colonial Downs and Delaware Park have cancelled their respective live Thoroughbred racing programs due to poor air quality caused by extensive wildfires in Canada, the tracks said in press releases on Friday.

After shelving Thursday's card, Woodbine said that Environment Canada's air quality index for Toronto is again listed as 'High Risk' and is expected to remain at this level throughout Friday.

Canada's Thoroughbred track added that the decision to cancel comes through consultation with the HBPA, the Jockeys' Guild and the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO), and is consistent with the AGCO's air quality guidelines.

The cancellation has been made in the best interests of the health and safety of the horses and racing participants.

Woodbine Entertainment, with approval from the Alcohol Gaming Commission of Ontario and consultation from the HBPA, has added a rescheduled race card for this Monday (July 20) at Woodbine Racetrack.

According to the website IQAir, which tracks air quality, the numbers for Wilmington, Delaware throughout Friday were rated as “unhealthy.”

Delaware's Friday card will be moved to Tuesday, July 21.

Live racing is scheduled to resume at all three tracks on Saturday afternoon.

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – It only seems like trainer Chad Brown wins the GI Diana Stakes every year. Right?

Oh, yeah. The Diana, worth $500,000, has become Brown's personal playground. All you need to do to believe is just examine the stats.

The last four years, the winner of the 1 1/8-mile test on the inner turf course has come from Brown's barn. Nine of the last 10 editions of the Diana have belonged to a Brown filly or mare.

All told, since 2011, Brown has held the Diana trophy in the Saratoga winner's circle 10 times. That's ten wins over the last 15 runnings. Not a bad record.

The Diana, inaugurated in 1939, rolls around again on Saturday, and Brown, as usual, will be the one to beat. He has four horses entered in the field of seven and they are the top four choices: Kathynmarissa (American Pharoah), 2-1, Portfolio Duration (GB) (Night of Thunder {Ire}), 5-2, Segesta (Ghostzapper), 3-1 and Dynamic Pricing (Ire) (Night of Thunder {Ire}), 6-1.

Dynamic Pricing is the only one of the Brown quartet to have participated in the Diana before; she finished third last year as stablemate Excellent Truth (Ire) (Cotai Glory {GB}) won.

“This is a race I obviously point towards every year,” Brown said Thursday morning in his office at his barn at the Oklahoma Training Track. “The race holds a lot of prestige in the filly and mare turf division. It's one of the really big races in the country outside of the Breeders' Cup.”

Segesta in the paddock at the Spa | Sarah Andrew

Browns planning for the Diana starts long before he brings his horses to Saratoga in the springtime.

“It is difficult,” he said. “You have to have the right horses, and we have a feel as to what horses will fit that race. Then I start working backwards from (the Diana) many months out to see which ones can fit.”

As successful as he has been in the race, Brown is not resting on his laurels. That has never been his style, never will be either.

“Honestly, I don't focus too much with stuff in the rear view,” he said. “But I am very appreciative and honored. My team and I feel a huge sense of accomplishment when you look at that record. It does mean a lot.”

Brown has a big day on Saturday. Besides the Diana, he also has a horse running in the $1 million GI NYRABets Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park in Iron Honor (Nyquist), who is the 3-1 third choice on the morning line in the field of six.

He said he will be staying in Saratoga to saddle his horses in the Diana.

“It was a tough decision,” he said. “I have some good horses running (at Monmouth).”

You could say the same thing about the horses he has running at the Spa.

For now, Journalism (Curlin) is staying home.

The popular colt will make the third start of his 4-year-old season Saturday in the $300,000 GII San Diego Handicap at Del Mar in California.

Last month, Journalism finished third in the GI Met Mile at Saratoga and trainer Michael McCarthy had said before that race that he could bring him back to Saratoga for a race this summer, perhaps the $1 million GI Whitney Stakes Aug. 8.

McCarthy said Journalism ran “respectable” in the Met Mile, which was won by Nysos (Nyquist).

“We have a home game,” McCarthy said by phone from Del Mar, his summer base in California about the San Diego. “The horse has been on the road just about every time he has run for the past year and a half. Thought we would go ahead and start off right here at Del Mar and see where it takes us for the summer. Whatever race he runs after (the San Diego) remains to be seen.”

Journalism | Sarah Andrew

Jockey Umberto Rispoli, who rode Journalism in nine of his first 10 starts, will ride him in the San Diego. Jose Ortiz had the mount for Journalism's last three races but is riding in Saratoga on Saturday.

The San Diego is a prep for the $1 million GI Pacific Classic at Del Mar Aug. 22. Journalism finished second behind Fierceness (City of Light) in last year's Pacific Classic.

Journalism, owned by Aron Wellman's Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, the Coolmore partners Mrs. John Magnier, Michael B. Tabor and Derrick Smith and Bridlewood Farm, Don Alberto Stable and Elayne Stables Five, LLC, has two third place finishes in his two starts this year.

Before the Met Mile, he was third in the GII Oaklawn Handicap. In 13 career starts, Journalism has six wins, three seconds and three thirds. He failed to hit the board in last year's GI Breeders' Cup Classic, when he finished fourth.

In his only other start at Saratoga, Journalism was second in the 2025 GI Belmont Stakes behind Sovereignty (Into Mischief).

McCarthy said he does not have any horses in his barn that are currently being pointed to a trip to Saratoga this summer.

“I would have liked to have shipped them all to Saratoga to be honest with you,” he said. “Someday, that will happen. There are a couple spots we thought about … I obviously have a great deal of affection for Saratoga. I would like a (Saratoga) Grade I on my resume.”

McCarthy was an assistant to Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher, who is based in Saratoga every summer, for 11 years before going out on his own in 2014.

The other half of trainer Saffie Joseph Jr.'s senior citizen duo is running Saturday.

Skippylongstocking (Exaggerator) is still doing it for the barn, just as stablemate White Abarrio (Race Day) is. Both horses are competing at a high level at the age of seven.

Owned by David Alonso, Skippylongstocking is the 3-2 morning-line second choice in Saturday's $350,000 GIII Monmouth Cup Stakes at Monmouth Park. Joseph had thought about running Skippy in the $1 million GI Whitney Stakes at Saratoga Aug. 8, but decided a trip to the Jersey Shore fit his schedule better.

Skippylongstocking | Sarah Andrew

The morning-line favorite is the formidable Knightsbridge (Nyquist), who is 7-5 for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott.

“He really has already make his year,” Joseph said about Skippylongstocking outside his barn on the Saratoga backstretch. “He has had a great year so far.”

Indeed, he has.

Skippylongstocking has won two of three starts this year, the biggest being the GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream Park Jan. 24. He followed that with a victory in the GIII Essex Handicap at Oaklawn Park Mar. 21 and a second in the GII Alysheba Stakes at Churchill Downs on May 1.

One of the main reasons to take the road trip to Jersey is that Joseph has his eyes on the $1 million GII Charles Town Classic in West Virginia Aug. 28.

Skippylongstocking has run in the 1 1/8-mile, three turn Charles Town Classic three times in his career. He finished eighth last year and won it in 2023 and 2024.

“Why not go back to Charles Town?” Joseph said. “We will get a little break after Monmouth, and he has run well at Charles Town.

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According to a report by Steve Andersen in the Daily Racing Form, 2025 GI Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Bentornato (Valiant Minister) has suffered a sesamoid injury and is not expected to race again this year. Trainer Jose D'Angelo told the DRF that his sprint star is expected to return to racing in 2027 as a 6-year-old.

Bentornato breezed a half-mile at Saratoga July 4. The injury was detected “a few days ago,” D'Angelo said.

D'Angelo said that Bentornato will be “outside the track for a couple of months. He's got a small sesamoid fracture. The doctor said he has a good prognosis.”

In his most recent start, Bentornato finished second behind Book'em Danno (Bucchero) in the GIII True North Stakes at Saratoga on June 6. In his only other start this year, he was second in the GI Golden Shaheen Sprint in Dubai.

His is owned by Leon King Stable and TCC Stable and has won seven of 13 starts while earning $2,802,180. He has also won the GII Gallant Bob Stakes at Parx.
Bentornato also raced just twice in 2025.

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has agreed to stay the mandate on its June 11, 2026, opinion that the Horseracing and Safety Integrity Act (HISA) is partially unconstitutional after attorneys from the HISA Authority told the New Orleans-based court that an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court is forthcoming.

A mandate is the formal order that returns jurisdiction to the lower court and makes an appellate ruling effective.

The case dates to a 2021 lawsuit spearheaded by the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association (HBPA) and 12 of its affiliates against the HISA Authority and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Last month the Fifth Circuit issued a new opinion that essentially came to the same conclusion that the same three-judge panel had reached two years ago: Even though HISA's rulemaking structure is constitutional, its enforcement provisions are not.

The HBPA plaintiffs did not oppose the request for a stay, according to the HISA Authority's July 13, 2026, motion.

This latest stay comes a little more than a year after the Supreme Court tasked federal appeals courts in the Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Circuits with re-examining previous opinions on cases involving the constitutionality of HISA.

The Fifth Circuit case is one of three HISA-related federal lawsuits that have been simmering in the federal court system for at least five years.

The Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Circuit appeals courts have all agreed that HISA's rulemaking structure is constitutional. Only the Fifth Circuit has consistently disagreed, in part, by opining that HISA's enforcement provisions are unconstitutional.

The losing parties in those three cases had asked the Supreme Court to rule on the “circuit split” that resulted in differing federal appeals court opinions. But on June 30, 2025, the Supreme Court remanded those cases back to the appeals courts, asking them to take a second look based on a Supreme Court precedent that had not existed when each of those lawsuits first originated.

The Sixth Circuit was the first to act on the Supreme Court's remand in an anti-HISA case led by the states of Oklahoma, West Virginia and Louisiana. On Dec. 17, 2025, the Sixth Circuit upheld the constitutionality of HISA for a second time.

The states on the losing side of that opinion, on May 15, 2026, petitioned for a “writ of certiorari,” which is the formal term for asking the Supreme Court to take up a case.

In the Eighth Circuit anti-HISA case, the plaintiffs are executives with the Arkansas and Iowa HBPA chapters. On September 20, 2024, the Eighth Circuit affirmed a ruling out of a lower federal court in Arkansas denying a preliminary injunction the horsemen had sought to halt HISA and its Anti-Doping and Medication Control program. The Eighth Circuit has not yet issued any revised ruling to comply with last year's Supreme Court remand.

The Supreme Court will likely to wait until all three related cases have been decided on remand before choosing whether or not to take them on yet again.

U.S. Supreme Court | Getty

A stay of the mandate has three immediate legal effects: 1) The appellate judgment is temporarily not effective; 2) The lower district court cannot act to implement the Fifth Circuit's judgment; 3) The legal status quo is preserved while the stay request is resolved, preserving the Supreme Court's ability to review the case meaningfully.

If the mandate were to issue and the lower court acted on it, it could be difficult–or impossible–to undo those actions if the Supreme Court later agreed to hear the case.

The July 13, 2026, motion from the HISA Authority's legal team described its rationale for the request:

“The Court should stay its mandate by July 24 (before expiration of the time for seeking rehearing) pending the filing and disposition of the Authority's forthcoming certiorari petition. All parties to this litigation have confirmed that they do not oppose entry of the requested stay.”

According to the HISA Authority, a stay would allow the defendants to “forgo rehearing petitions and proceed directly to filing a certiorari petition to minimize delay.”

The HISA Authority's motion continued: “At a minimum, issuance of the mandate would sow chaos and confusion as State racing commissions (or the FTC) scramble to step in to enforce the governing HISA rules while racing occurs across the country.

“In transitioning to the long-anticipated rollout of the now three-year-old regime, many States underwent substantial operational (and legal) changes–e.g., reducing their staff who worked on racetrack-safety and anti-doping issues; eliminating contracts with drug-testing laboratories; and reallocating funding. The Authority and its partners absorbed many of these personnel and duties. Accordingly, multiple States simply would not be in a position to take over enforcement of critical HISA rules–or would refuse.

“The resulting 'Wild West' vacuum would communicate a perilous reality to would-be cheaters: 'nobody can enforce the rules, so go dope your horses to your heart's content,' at least until the States undergo massive transformations to fill the gap,” the motion stated.

“Staying the mandate is also necessary to protect important comity concerns,” the HISA motion continued. “Plaintiffs have made clear, in this and other cases, that they seek to bring down HISA nationwide. As Plaintiffs have confirmed, it is already the case that HISA rules do not govern horseracing in any jurisdiction in [the Fifth] Circuit [because Texas is not running covered races and Louisiana races are exempted by federal court order in a different lawsuit].”

The Fifth Circuit issued an expedited order July 14 that stated, “The Appellees' unopposed motion for stay of the mandate pending petition for writ of certiorari is GRANTED. If the petition is granted, the stay will continue until the Supreme Court's judgment is handed down. If the petition is denied, the stay will dissolve.”

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EXTRAVAGANZOO (f, 2, Golden Pal–Prisoner's Dilemma, by Blame) was much the best in her second start Thursday, taking down a 5 1/2-furlong state-bred maiden special weight race at Saratoga for e Five Racing Thoroughbreds and trainer George Weaver.

She took plenty of money in her career debut while trying this distance at Keeneland on Apr. 24 and despite showing early speed, she folded late to finish fifth and last. Training forwardly since for George Weaver, the New York-bred was installed the 2-1 choice while facing fellow Empire breds.

Breaking quickly from post 13, she settled in third up the backstretch while three wide. As Champagne in Paris (Highly Motivated) bolted ahead of her and blew the far turn, Extravaganzoo had a clear run at leader Beach Life (Life Is Good), collared that rival turning for home, drew past that runner in the stretch and cleared off nicely into the final sixteenth to win ahead of All Star Leigh (Golden Pal), topping an exacta for her freshman sire (by Uncle Mo).

Extravaganzoo is the eighth winner for Golden Pal from his first crop.

5th-Saratoga, $115,000, (S), Msw, 7-16, 2yo, f, 5 1/2fT, 1:01.75, fm, 3 3/4 lengths.
EXTRAVAGANZOO (f, 2, Golden Pal–Prisoner's Dilemma, by Blame Sales history: $375,000 Ylg '25 FTSAUG. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $65,059. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-e Five Racing Thoroughbreds; B-Fred W. Hertrich lll & Robert L. Tribbett (NY); T-George Weaver.

Big #Saratoga win for Extravaganzoo! Hertrich and Fielding bred the #NYbred two-year-old. @Tyler_Gaff was aboard for George Weaver and @e5Racing. pic.twitter.com/pZ1b0Z9uyj

— NYTB (@nytbreeders) July 16, 2026

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Two fillies clocked a 90 Beyer last week, but Paradise City won and Yes It Tiz didn't

6–PARADISE CITY, PRM, 7-10, Saylorville Stakes, 6 furlongs.
Beyer Speed Figure-90 (VIDEO)
(f, 4, McKinzie–Washington Bridge, by Yankee Gentleman)
O-C2 Racing Stable, Shining Stables, Paul Braverman, Timothy Pinch and BAG Racing Stables (Ky). B-Don Alberto Corporation. T-Saffie Joseph Jr. J-Micah Husbands.

She'll probably never get a better trip, but to a certain extent her improved tactical speed this year is helping her make her own luck. In getting her first stakes victory (she was beaten a nose last September in the GIII Winter Memories Stakes on turf), she waited in the rail pocket then slipped inside Bob Baffert-trained pacesetter Silent Law through the stretch to edge clear in 1:09.25. She has some versatility but it's looking like dirt sprinting may be her strength.

5–KAPOOR, IND, 7-11, Mari Hulman George Memorial Stakes, 1 1/16m
Beyer Speed Figure-91
(f, 4, Uncle Mo–Kareena, by Medaglia d'Oro)
O/B-Godolphin (Ky). T-Bill Mott. J-Junior Alvarado.

Kapoor is getting to be a regular at this: this is her third appearance on “Six Speedy Fillies” and last year she also made “Five Fastest Maidens.” So far, the well-bred filly has been a frontrunning machine. She is 5-for-5 when controlling the pace and 0-for-3 when she doesn't. This was her first try around two turns, and while she has yet to earn graded black type, that could be just a matter of ti

4–GOODALL, SAR, 7-10, Victory Ride Stakes-GIII, 6 1/2f
Beyer Speed Figure-92 (2nd) (VIDEO)
(f, 3, Yaupon–Moon Over Mag Bay, by Malibu Moon)
O-Spendthrift Farm. B-Mark Toothaker and Bill/Corrine Heiligbrodt (Ky). T-Steve Asmussen. J-Flavien Prat.

Goodall ran as well as expected and was cruising on a two-length lead in midstretch, but unexpectedly was overtaken by longshot Sippin Pretty (see below). “I thought, honestly, she ran her race,” Prat said. “The other horse just ran me down.” Toothaker bought Goodall's winless dam for $20,000 and bred her in partnership with the Heiligbrodts, who raced promising young sire Yaupon. Spendthrift paid $525,000 for her last year at OBS April

3–MOVIN' ON UP, SAR, 7-11, Caress Stakes-GII, 5 1/2fT
Beyer Speed Figure-93 (VIDEO)
(m, 5, Accelerate–Stifle Yourself, by Cairo Prince)
O-Ken Ramsey. B-Estate of Harvey Clarke (Ky). T-Saffie Joseph Jr. J-Tyler Gaffalione.

She was fourth choice in the five-horse Caress, but the irrepressible Ramsey expected to get his picture taken. “Look for me in the winners circle,” he posted on his X account. And following Movin' On Up's last-to-first rally, Ramsey was a winner all around. The mare he claimed 2 1/2 years ago for $35,000 is now a graded winner, and asked if he bet her at 5-1, he replied, “With BOTH hands.” Movin' On Up is out of a half-sister to GSWs Gosger and Harvey's Lil Goil from the same female family as Derby/Preakness winner I'll Have Another, and 90-year-old Ramsey intends to watch her offspring run. He led Movin' On Up into the winner's circle arm-in-arm with Joseph on his first trip to Saratoga since his June 2024 kidney transplant at age 88-plus, which he proudly notes has landed him in the Guinness Book of World Records. “I beat out a guy in Toronto,” he says.

2–IN THE STARS, IND, 7-11, Indiana General Assembly Distaff Handicap, 1 1/16mT
Beyer Speed Figure- 93
(f, 4, Into Mischief–Stellar Wind, by Curlin)
O-G. Watts Humphrey Jr. B-Orpendale/Chelston/Wynatt (Ky). T-Rusty Arnold. J-Luis Saez.

When you have a filly by America's No. 1 sire out of an Eclipse Award champion, the first goal is to make her a stakes winner. Mission accomplished. Stellar Wind never raced on grass, but In the Stars's career trajectory has gotten a massive boost from turf: on dirt she was never close in four starts with a Beyer top of 69, and in her last three on grass she has Beyers of 92, 90 and now 93. Graded black-type will undoubtedly be the next objective.

1–SIPPIN PRETTY, SAR, 7- 10, Victory Ride Stakes-GIII, 6 1/2f
Beyer Speed Figure-94 (VIDEO)
(f, 3, Yaupon–Tiz Imaginary, by Tizway)
O-Randall Bloch, Six Column Stables, Mike Davis and Gene Rice. B-Clarkland Farm (Ky). T-Ian Wilkes. J-Ricardo Santana Jr.

She was overlooked at 26-1 because she no-showed in the GII Eight Belles Stakes, where she was only a length off the pace after a sixteenth then was uncompetitive and by the three-eighths pole was at the rear five to six lengths back. “She wasn't herself,” Wilkes said. Still, in finishing sixth she was only one length behind 2-1 Victory Ride favorite Goodall–and this time she powered past Goodall for a career-best figure and a first-crop exacta for sire Yaupon. The GI Test Stakes Aug. 8 is the next target for Wilkes and his longtime owners.

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Thursday's live program at Woodbine Racetrack outside Toronto has been cancelled on account of poor air quality, officials from Woodbine Entertainment said in a release.

The air quality index for Toronto as reported by Environment Canada is listed as 'high risk' and was expected to remain that way over the course of the entire day. The decision to cancel, 'made in the best interests of the health and safety of our horses and racing participants,' was arrived at in consultation with the local HBPA and the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) and is consistent with the AGC air quality guidelines.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires was forecast to affect areas of the northeastern United States on Thursday as well, with the National Weather Service office near Mount Holly, New Jersey, indicating that some of that smoke could mix to the surface in Greater Philadelphia.

Woodbine will look to provide racing opportunities for Thursday's cancelled races on this Sunday's card and into next week.

The next card of live racing is scheduled for Friday afternoon at 1 p.m.

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Deerfield (Twirling Candy) ran a well-beaten ninth on debut for trainer Cherie DeVaux going a mile over the grass at Fair Grounds Mar. 7.

Coming off the shelf as a 4-1 shot here, the bay settled midpack with stablemate Shuggy (Twirling Candy) right on his heels as the field made for the first turn. Deerfield started to launch his bid towards the end of the backstretch and he put an aggressive four-wide move around the far turn.

Firing on all cylinders, the 3-year-old gunned to the front inside the final furlong and reached the wire in the nick of time as Shuggy was bearing down like a freight train. Shuggy's jockey lodged a claim of foul against the winner, but the stewards ruled there would be no change to the Twirling Candy-DeVaux Exacta.

Lightscameraaction handed the winner a full-sister in 2024, who was taken home by P & G Stable for $140,000 during Keeneland September. She also foaled him a full-brother April 28.

Under Deerfield's third dam we find GI Whitney Invitational Handicap hero Cross Traffic (Unbridled's Song).

8th-Horseshoe Indianapolis, $32,000, Msw, 7-15, 3yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:42.64, fm, neck.
DEERFIELD, c, 3, Twirling Candy–Lightscameraaction {GSP, $223,825}, by Will Take Charge.
Sales History: $120,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP; $450,000 2yo '25 OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $19,200. Click for the Equibase.com chart.
O-Lael Stables; B-Team Block (KY); T-Cherie DeVaux.

Deerfield and @ABeschizza take the TB finale @HSIndyRacing. Congrats to the @reredevaux team on the exacta as well! pic.twitter.com/r3b1vokyGh

— Jason Barkley (@jbark131) July 15, 2026

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Beginning in 2027, the Breeders' Cup will offer a new structure for foal nomination fees to be based on the stallion's advertised fee, the group announced Wednesday. The change was approved by the Breeders' Cup Board of Directors “recognizing the economic challenges facing today's Thoroughbred breeding industry.”

Beginning with next year's foal crop, all 2027 foals sired by North American-nominated stallions with an advertised fee of $5,000 or less will be assigned a $200 nomination fee, which is a 50% decrease of the current $400 nomination fee for 2026. This reduction will benefit approximately 3,500 foals each year.

Foals born in 2027 sired by North American nominated stallions advertised as standing for $100,000 or more will be increased to a $600 nomination fee. The nomination fee for foals by stallions advertised as standing for $5,001 to $99,999 will remain at $400.

“Our Board recognizes that the breeding industry has changed significantly over the past two decades, and our nomination program must evolve with it,” said Dora Delgado, Executive Vice President and Chief Racing Officer of Breeders' Cup Limited. “Making participation more equitable for breeders across all segments of the industry is a top priority, while simultaneously preserving the exceptional lifetime value of a Breeders' Cup nomination.”

All horses must be nominated to the Breeders' Cup program, either as a foal or later through the racehorse nomination process, to be eligible to compete in the 14 Breeders' Cup World Championship races, which offer more than $34 million in purses and awards. Once nominated, a horse remains eligible for the Breeders' Cup World Championships and all Breeders' Cup purse and awards programs for the remainder of its racing career without any additional nomination payments.

For 2026, early Foal Nominations must be submitted by Midnight, August 1, 2026 ($400 US per foal for those weanlings entered in a fall or winter stock sale), and Standard Foal Nominations must be submitted by Midnight, October 15, 2026 ($400 US per foal).

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Barbara Banke (Stonestreet Farms), Walker Hancock (Claiborne Farm), Gray Lyster (Ashview Farm), and Elliott Walden (WinStar Farm) have been re-elected to the Breeders' Cup Board of Directors, and each will serve a four-year term according to an announcement Wednesday by Breeders' Cup Limited.

Banke will continue as Chairman of the Board of Directors, a role to which she was appointed in 2021 and re-elected in 2023 and 2025.

“We congratulate Barbara, Walker, Gray, and Elliott on their re-election to the Breeders' Cup Board,” said Antony Beck, Vice-Chairman of the Breeders' Cup Limited Board of Directors. “Each brings exceptional experience, leadership, and a deep commitment to the Thoroughbred industry. Their continued service will help guide the future of the Breeders' Cup as we build upon our position as a premier global championships while continuing to invest in initiatives that strengthen the sport for generations to come.”

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It's been a good year for trainer Chad Summers, who won his first Triple Crown race when Napoleon Solo (Liam's Map) won the Preakness by 1 1/4 lengths. It might get even better Saturday as Napoleon Solo is the 5-2 second choice in the morning line for the $1 million GI Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park. To take a look back at how he navigated his way to the Preakness, what he expects in the Haskell and his thoughts on his controversial jockey Paco Lopez, Summers joined this week's TDN Writers' Room Podcast presented by Keeeneland. He was the Gainesway Guest of the Week.

After Napoleon Solo had some ups and downs to his year, Summers said he has been on the right path for quite some time now.

“You're looking for consistency,” he said. “When you're able to not miss training and you're able to just kind of come up with a plan and follow that plan, which in horse racing a lot of times is easier said than done. It's one of those things where you have to roll with the punches. Really since the Wood Memorial, he hasn't really had anything to kind of get in his way. It was a little hot a couple of days in New York a few weeks ago, so he skipped a breeze, but that was because we wanted to, not because the horse made us. That made us a lot more confident going into the Preakness and going into the Haskell as well.”

It was not easy getting to or winning the Preakness. It had to be a gratifying experience for Summers.

“It was kind of justification for what we've thought of him all along,” Summers said. “I mean, people wanted to kind of Twitter train us. It was backseat driving. We'll call it Twitter trainers. They wanted to Twitter train us when we skipped the Breeders' Cup and when things didn't go our way early on in the start of his three-year-old year. But we always were very confident with the horse that we had. We saw how brilliant he was as a two-year-old and then we saw it again as a as a three-year-old. Sometimes it takes a little while to get your feet underneath you and do everything the way that needs to be done.”

After the Preakness, Napoleon Solo was sold by Al Gold to a group called Espoir USA Inc.  Summers knew that there were no guarantees that he would be retained as the trainer.

“It was tough,” he said. “We got the offer on Tuesday following the Preakness. I was at the Maryland Timonium sale. And when the offer came I presented it to to Mr. Gold and it was a very, very generous offer and one that we had to talk about and had many conversations about what to do. Obviously Mr. Gold loves his horses, loves the sport of horse racing, loves the Haskell. It was not an easy decision by any stretch of the imagination.

“Once we made that decision to sell, I didn't know who the owners were. Most of you guys don't know who the owners are now. I wasn't sure what was going to happen. I wasn't sure if I was going to get the opportunity to keep him or not. I understand that when you make an offer like they made there's no assumption at all that they're going keep the horse with somebody who's got 110 career victories. With the super trainers, some people win that many races in a month.”

The “Fastest Horse of the Week” was Navajo Warrior (Candy Ride ({Arg}), who earned a 106 Beyer when winning the GIII Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap. The Fastest Horse of the Week segment is sponsored by WinStar, which stands the sire Life is Good.

Elsewhere on the podcast, which is also sponsored by the PHBA, 1/ST TV, the KTOB and West Point Thoroughbreds, Randy Moss, Bill Finley, and Zoe Cadman debated whether or not Paco Loez deserved a 30-day suspension for his ride in the Wild Applause Stakes. Cadman, a former rider, was particularly hard on Lopez. The team also discussed the formation of the Racing League, which will attempt to turn racing into a team concept when it runs 12 races next year. They also previewed this weekend's big races, highlighted by the Haskell.

Click here to watch the podcast or click here to listen.

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Every week, the TDN posts a roundup of the relevant Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) related rulings from around the country.

The following rulings were reported on HISA's “rulings” portal and through the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit's (HIWU) “pending” and “resolved” cases portals.

Among this week's rulings, trainer Luis Diaz has been banned a combined 18-years and fined a combined $225,000 for possession of prohibited substances.

According to HIWU's final written decision, HIWU investigators searched Diaz's barn and vehicle at Turf Paradise, Arizona, on January 21. They found the following items in front of the stalls along his shedrow and in a car parked in the track parking lot.

A bottle of injectable “Be Quiet,” a bottle of injectable “Complenay Amino Max,” a bottle of injectable “Iron 100” (Iron Hydrogenated Dextran), a bottle of injectable “Cardio Bee 15,” a bottle of injectable “Buta-fenil Compuesto,” a bottle of an unnamed injectable liquid substance from Custom Compounding Pharmacy, and a bottle of injectable “Bovine Pituitary Extract.”

“Diaz repeatedly told HIWU Investigators that a set of car keys found hanging on the wall in his barn did not belong to him and that he had been dropped off at the track that day,” according to the final decision. “A Nissan Murano in the Turf Paradise parking lot responded to the key fob found in Mr. Diaz's barn, and HIWU Investigators later determined that the car was registered to Mr. Diaz.”

HIWU sent the Cardio Bee 15 to its Kentucky laboratory for testing. The lab found it contained the banned substances Diisopropylamine and Trenbolone.

After HIWU personally served an equine anti-doping charge notice to Diaz on March 3, the agency reached out to Diaz on multiple occasions seeking a response as to how to proceed with the case. Diaz, the final decision states, failed to respond to these efforts. Because of this, Diaz was deemed to have waived his right to a hearing and to have admitted the charges against him.

Also this week, trainer Erin Thompson has been banned for two years, beginning on July 10, and fined $25,000 after her trainee Motion to Adjourn tested positive for Clenbuterol, a banned substance except in specific circumstances, after finishing fifth at Belterra Park on June 5 last year.

The case was heard before an arbitrator, Hugh Fraser. In arguing her case, Thompson made several contentions.

They include how she's a longtime trainer with a spotless record; that the horse was stabled at a Belterra receiving barn that was dirty and contaminated from prior occupants (opening the door to possible environmental contamination); that the extraordinarily high Clenbuterol levels were suggestive of near-race administration, meaning that “any experienced trainer would know that such near-race administration would guarantee detection”; and that the horse had possibly been given the drug by somebody else, according to the arbitrator's final decision.

Fraser ultimately determined that while Thompson was open and cooperative during the investigation, she had failed to provide sufficient proof to support her various contentions.

“'Denial is the coin of the realm, available to the innocent and the guilty alike,'” wrote Fraser, quoting the arbitrator in a separate HIWU case involving a medication violation. “'According it too much weight would weaken the fight against doping in equine and human sport alike, and disserve the very Rules that must be enforced.'”

Resolved ADMC Violations

Dates: 07/14/2026

Licensee: Horacio De Paz, trainer

Penalty: Disqualification of Covered Horse's Race results, including forfeiture of all purses and other compensation, prizes, trophies, points, and rankings and repayment or surrender (as applicable); a fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points. Final decision by HIWU.

Explainer: Medication violation for the presence of Methylprednisolone-a class C controlled substance-in a sample taken from I'm a Sure Thing, who won at Laurel Park on 4/10/26.

Dates: 07/14/2026

Licensee: Andrew Simoff, trainer

Penalty: A fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points. Final decision by HIWU.

Explainer: Medication violation for the presence of Methamphetamine-a banned substance-in a sample taken from Gridlock, who finished third at Monmouth Park on 5/10/26.

Dates: 07/14/2026

Licensee: Carlos Rafael Figueroa Jr., trainer

Penalty: Disqualification of Covered Horse's Race results, including forfeiture of all purses and other compensation, prizes, trophies, points, and rankings and repayment or surrender (as applicable); a fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points. Final decision by HIWU.

Explainer: Medication violation for the presence of Betamethasone-a class C controlled substance-in a sample taken from Enduring Spirit, who finished third at Monmouth Park on 5/25/26.

Dates: 07/09/2026

Licensee: Carlos Munoz, trainer

Penalty: A fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points. Final decision by HIWU.

Explainer: vets' list medication violation for the presence of Betamethasone-a class C substance-in a sample taken from Antrax on 5/24/26.

Dates: 07/08/2026

Licensee: Erin Thompson, trainer

Penalty: 2-year period of Ineligibility for Covered Person, beginning on July 10, 2026; 60-day period of Ineligibility for the Covered Horse, beginning on July 10, 2026; Disqualification of Covered Horse's Race results on 06/05/25 and 06/27/25, including forfeiture of all purses and other compensation, prizes, trophies, points, and rankings and repayment or surrender (as applicable); a fine of $25,000. Final decision by an arbitral body.

Explainer: Vets' list medication violation for the presence of Clenbuterol-a banned substance except in specific circumstances-in a sample taken from Motion to Adjourn, who finished fifth at Belterra Park on 6/5/25.

Dates: 07/08/2026

Licensee: Luis Diaz, trainer

Penalty: A combined 18-year period of Ineligibility for Covered Person, beginning on July 9, 2026; a combined fine of $225,000.

Explainer: Breach of rule 3214(a), concerning “Possession of a Banned Substance,” along with the alleged breach of rule 3216(a), concerning “Tampering or Attempted Tampering by a Covered Person with any part of Doping Control or Medication Control,” for an event dated 1/1/26. The substances in question are Iron Dextran Complex, Be Quiet; Cardio Bee 15; Complenay Amino Max; Buta-Fenil; injectable liquid substance from Custom Compounding Pharmacy; Bovine Pituitary Extract.

Pending ADMC Violations

07/14/2026, Joel M. Campbell, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Phenylbutazone-a class C controlled substance-in a sample taken from She Stopped Short, who finished fourth at Hawthorne on 6/4/26.

07/10/2026, Benny Cadahia, trainer: Pending medication violations for the presence of Methocarbamol-a class C controlled substance-in samples taken from Secret Power, who finished second at Gulfstream Park on 5/30/26, and who finished fourth at Gulfstream Park on 6/13/26.

07/10/2026, Gene Sandrowski, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Methamphetamine-a banned substance-in a sample taken from Lily's Home on 4/18/26.

07/09/2026, Rolando Quinonez, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Omeprazole-a class C controlled substance-in a sample taken from Amigo G A on 6/6/26.

07/09/2026, Tim McCanna, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Triamcinolone-a class C controlled substance-in a sample taken from Everydayissaturday, who won at Aqueduct on 6/5/26.

07/09/2026, William Morey, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Clenbuterol-a banned substance except under certain circumstances-in a sample taken from Fiddling Felix, who won at Aqueduct on 4/4/26.

Crop Violations

Alburquerque

Flavio Lozano – reporting date July 13; $500 fine, three-day suspension

Churchill Downs

Summer Lou Pauly – reporting date July 13; $500 fine, two-day suspension

Keith Asmussen – reporting date July 13; $500 fine, two-day suspension

Adam Beschizza – reporting date July 9; $500 fine, two-day suspension

Colonial Downs

Jean A. Briceno – reporting date July 13; $250 fine, one-day suspension

Emerald Downs

Lenny A. Seecharan – reporting date July 13; $500 fine, three-day suspension

Hawthorne

Emmanuel Giles – reporting date July 13; $250 fine, one-day suspension

Saratoga

Jose Ortiz – reporting date July 10; $500 fine, one-day suspension

Thistledown

Rocco R.R. Bowen – reporting date July 14; $207 fine, three-day suspension, on appeal stay requested

Ricardo Feliciano – reporting date July 13; $52 fine, one-day suspension, on appeal stay requested

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Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 230 selected yearlings for the 105th Saratoga Sale, to be held on Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 10 and 11, in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Sessions will begin each evening at 6:30 pm in the Humphrey S. Finney Sales Pavilion.

“We've set a high standard in recent years with a series of exceptional Saratoga sales, and this year's catalogue is every bit as strong–if not stronger–than those acclaimed renewals,” said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. “Elite individuals, leading sire power, and depth of pedigree will once again be on full display at our historic Saratoga sales grounds.”

The auction has produced six individual grade one winners over the past year. Recent sales graduates include champion Sierra Leone, who last year added the GI Whitney Stakes to his remarkable resume; Journalism (Curlin), who followed up his win in last year's GI Preakness Stakes with a victory in the GI Haskell Stakes; Clicquot (Quality Road), winner of the GI Cotillion Stakes; Commandment (Into Mischief), winner of this year's GI Florida Derby; Shred the Gnar (Into Mischief), who captured the GI Fasig-Tipton La Troienne Stakes on Kentucky Derby day; and Hope Road (Quality Road), who claimed the GI Ballerina Stakes at Saratoga.

In addition to success at the Grade I level, Saratoga has produced 10 additional individual graded stakes winners over the last 12 months in Barnes (Into Mischief), Call Sign Seven (Speightstown), Final Score (Not This Time), Fulleffort (Liam's Map), Litmus Test (Nyquist), Nafisa (Quality Road), Paladin (Gun Runner), Perfect Shot (Gun Runner), Potente (Into Mischief), and Zany (American Pharoah).

“To produce such a high number of graded stakes winners each year at Saratoga, from just one book of 200 to 240 yearlings, is truly remarkable,” continued Browning.  “It's a testament to the depth of quality that can only be found at The Saratoga Sale.”

The catalogue may now be viewed online, and will also be available via the equineline sales catalogue app. Print catalogues are now available from all Fasig-Tipton offices.

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Hawthorne Race Course is facing closure after a reported sale appears to be going through to a Delaware-incorporated shell company that last month submitted a $90-million “stalking horse” offer that had set the minimum price for a July 14 bankruptcy auction of the 135-year-old track.

According to a story published Tuesday evening by Chelsea Hackbarth of the Paulick Report, when no other entities stepped forward to submit a bid that would have kept racing alive at the last remaining track on Chicago's Thoroughbred circuit, a recently formed corporate entity named Allimac 2023, LLC became the winning bidder by default.

The Paulick Report quoted David McCaffrey, the executive director of the Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (ITHA), as saying that he arrived for Tuesday's auction only to be informed that the stalking horse bid was the only offer submitted.

Stalking horse bids are common in bankruptcy sales. The term refers to a first buyer to make a formal, binding offer to purchase the assets of a distressed company. This initial bid establishes a “floor.” Other interested buyers can then submit higher bids. If no one offers more, the stalking horse bidder buys the assets. If another entity outbids them, the stalking horse bidder receives certain payments that cover time and money put into conducting due diligence and marking the market.

The Paulick Report also cited a text message sent out by the ITHA to members that stated: “Attention horsemen: Hawthorne Race Course has been sold to a non-racing entity. At this time, all training and racing will continue as scheduled until further notice. We will provide updates as more information becomes available.”

The results of the auction were not posted to the bankruptcy court's online docket by 9 p.m. ET Tuesday.

Hawthorne's bankruptcy lawyers must file notice of the auction results by July 15. The court has set a July 17 date as the “sale objection deadline,” and the judge in charge of the case must approve the deal at a July 20 sale hearing.

In a separate legal filing on Tuesday, Hawthorne moved for the court's permission to receive money from the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDA), which has “agreed to promptly pay $1,125,000 in statutory purse-related funds from the Horse Racing Purse Equity Fund for the benefit of Hawthorne's future purses, in particular, the July 19 and July 26 races.”

Hawthorne's legal filing continued: “ITHA and Hawthorne bring the Motion to ensure that the Purse Funds may be received promptly by Hawthorne for the benefit the horsemen, deposited into Hawthorne's Bookkeeper Account and disbursed only for the intended future purses following the July (and possibly August) races at Hawthorne.”

Hawthorne Race Course, Inc., controlled by the Carey family for decades, has been seeking federal Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection since Feb. 27 in an attempt to restructure between $100 and $500 million in debt.

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