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Longtime horseman Jimmy Iselin died at his home in New York City on June 8 after a brief illness, according to the Daily Racing Form on Thursday. He was 84.

Iselin, who campaigned SW and sire Crafty Prospector, won 343 races from 2,286 starters from 1977-2017, according to Equibase.

Iselin was the son of Philip Iselin, instrumental in the launching of Monmouth Park and was appointed treasurer of the track in 1946. Philip Iselin succeeded Armory Haskell in 1966 as Monmouth president and served in that role as well chairman of the board until he passed away 10 years later.

Iselin is survived by his wife Ruthanne–they would have celebrated their 63rd anniversary on June 13–son Jaime and daughter Robin; a sister, Kay; and grandchildren Philip and Lucy.

Jamie Iselin told DRF a celebration of life would be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation.

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Bella Rodrigues will be offering just her second consignment during next week's Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale and the 22-year-old consignor had her first bullet worker when a filly by Rogueish (hip 418) shared the fastest furlong time of :9 4/5 during the third session of the auction's under-tack preview Thursday. The filly was one of three to hit that mark during the session.

“I started with the show jumpers and that's how I got into the horses,” Rodrigues told OBS's Alicia Hughes.

Rodrigues, originally from New Jersey, grew up in St. Augustine before finding her way to Ocala.

“I used to come to Ocala and horse show,” she explained. “I moved here when my parents said they were going to stop paying for my horses. I was like, I need to figure out what I can do to make money. That's how I got into galloping.”

“I started galloping for Ciaran Dunne at Wavertree and I worked under him for a couple of years galloping,” she continued. “I would get on my own horses after I was done with him. They were consigned with JP Thoroughbreds.”

Rodrigues offered her first consignment under her Rodrigues Thoroughbreds banner at the OBS April sale where she offered five horses.

“Everyone was very encouraging, especially Nelson from Arroyo Bloodstock and Ciaran was very encouraging on doing my own consignment because I had five for April,” Rodrigues said. “They told me I should just do my own thing instead of consigning under someone else. And Julie Reiny, who gives me her homebreds, she was very encouraging on me doing my own consignment. Everyone told me I should take the leap of faith because everyone starts somewhere.”

Rodrigues Thoroughbreds' first offerings in April included a colt by Girvin who sold for $230,000 to MorPlay Racing and Marquee Bloodstock and a Drain the Clock filly who sold for $200,000 to Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners.

Rodrigues continues to gallop all her horses, which she believes is to her advantage.

“There are definitely things you can see on the ground that you can't feel, but there are definitely things you can feel that you can't see,” she said. “So, I definitely like being able to get on the horses and feel them, how they are, what their quirks are, what lights them up. This sale, I've gotten on everything and ridden everything here, except obviously the breeze show.”

Hip 418, out of Gray Nicole (Hansen), was bred in Florida by Angel Roman.

“She prepped really great and we were very excited for her breeze,” Rodrigues said of the filly. “She was very aggressive in her training all year. She actually belongs to one of my members on the team, so he was very happy. When I was riding her at the sale, I was very excited for her. We were really excited to see her hit the track. She's going to be a really good horse.”

Also working the furlong in :9 4/5 at OBS Thursday was a filly by King for a Day (hip 514) consigned by Five Star Equestrian Sales and a colt by Munnings (hip 518) consigned by GOP Racing Stable Corp.

Two juveniles shared Thursday's fastest quarter-mile time of :20 4/5: a filly by Justify (hip 428) consigned by Hoppel LLC and a colt by Jackie's Warrior (hip 433) consigned by Tom McCrocklin.

The under-tack preview continues through Saturday with sessions beginning each day at 7:30 a.m. The OBS June sale will be held next Tuesday through Thursday. Bidding begins daily at 10:30 a.m.

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Nearly one year after being tasked by the Supreme Court of the United States to re-examine a 2024 ruling that the Horseracing and Safety Integrity Act (HISA) is partially unconstitutional, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Thursday issued a new opinion that essentially came to the same conclusion that the three-judge panel had reached two years ago: Even though HISA's rulemaking structure is constitutional, its enforcement provisions are not.

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

“In sum, we agree with the Horsemen that the FTC lacks adequate oversight and control over the Authority's enforcement power,” the Fifth Circuit's June 11, 2026, opinion stated. “HISA's explicit division of enforcement responsibility empowers the Authority with quintessential executive functions and gives the FTC scant oversight until enforcement has already occurred.

“Such back-end review by the FTC does not subordinate the Authority,” the opinion continued. “And the FTC's general rulemaking power provides no answer because executive rulemaking cannot amend the plain division of enforcement power laid out in HISA's text. Such a radical delegation [occurs because] the FTC lacks any tools to ensure that the law is properly enforced. HISA's enforcement provisions thus facially violate the private nondelegation doctrine.”

The non-delegation doctrine, which bans Congress from delegating legislative power to federal agencies without an “intelligible principle” to guide the exercise of agency discretion, is central to each of the HISA-related cases.

“The Horsemen are not complaining about how the Authority exercises its enforcement power,” the Fifth Circuit opinion stated. “They are complaining about where the enforcement power is lodged: on its face, HISA empowers private entities to enforce it and permits agency oversight only after the enforcement process is over and done with (and then only with respect to fines, not injunctions).

“If the Horsemen were objecting only to overbroad subpoenas, unwarranted searches, or lack of free counsel, perhaps those complaints could be addressed through rulemaking or as-applied challenges,” the opinion stated. “But their complaint is different. They contend that HISA facially delegates unsupervised enforcement power to private actors. They are right.”

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.

Even though those splits exist among the three federal appeals courts, Eric Hamelback, the NHBPA's chief executive officer, indicated in an emailed statement that Thursday's ruling brought horsemen closer to an overall victory in his organization's quest to invalidate HISA.

“We have been fighting this battle for the constitutional rights of horsemen for over five years, and we continue to win,” Hamelback said. “It is just common sense that Congress cannot make a private corporation the judge, jury, and executioner of our industry.”

The HISA Authority's chief executive officer, Lisa Lazarus, said in a contrasting emailed statement that her organization was not surprised that the Fifth Circuit stuck with its earlier interpretations of the law.

“Although expected, we are still disappointed by the Fifth Circuit's ruling, particularly given the Sixth Circuit's strong affirmation of HISA's constitutionality after the Supreme Court sent the cases back to the lower courts last June,” Lazarus said. “HISA remains the law of the land, and our rules and programs are fully in effect.”

At this time last year, all of those cases had been appealed up to the Supreme Court level. But on June 30, 2025, the Supreme Court issued nearly identical “summary dispositions” for all three lawsuits involving the constitutionality of HISA, telling each respective appeals court that it wanted them to re-examine their previous rulings in light of a relevant decision the Supreme Court had just issued on June 27, 2025.

The new precedent that the Supreme Court told the Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Circuits to consider involved a case titled Federal Communications Commission (FCC) vs. Consumers' Research.

In that case, the Supreme Court justices, by a 6-3 vote, rejected arguments that the funding mechanism for a service that provides subsidized telecommunications services for low-income customers, rural hospitals, schools, and libraries violated the non-delegation doctrine. In that opinion, the Supreme Court also shot down an allegation that the FCC delegated too much authority to a private company to administer the program.

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. During oral arguments prior to that ruling, Chief U.S. Circuit Judge Jeffrey Sutton signaled his court's eventual affirmation by stating, “It happens all the time that governments rely on private entities to do things.”

In the Eighth Circuit anti-HISA case, the plaintiffs are executives with the Arkansas and Iowa HBPA chapters. They asked the Supreme Court to review an opinion that had 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 a ruling on its Supreme Court remand.

The Fifth Circuit's opinion-on-remand that came out Thursday was issued based solely on briefs filed by the opposing sides. There were no oral arguments before the three-judge panel, which consisted of judges Stuart Kyle Duncan and Kurt D. Engelhardt (both nominated to their positions by President Donald Trump in 2018) and Carolyn Dineen King (nominated by President Jimmy Carter in 1979).

Duncan wrote the opinion, which explained the panel's reasoning.

“Last year, the Supreme Court vacated our decision in [this case],” the opinion stated. “We conclude Consumers' Research does not affect our prior decision [and] Consumers' Research did not alter the doctrine, whose touchstone remains the same it has always been–namely, whether the private organization is 'subordinate' to a superintending agency.

“After the Supreme Court's remand, we still disagree with the district court in one important respect,” the opinion stated. “HISA's enforcement provisions violate the private nondelegation doctrine. The statute empowers the Authority to investigate, issue subpoenas, conduct searches, levy fines, and seek injunctions–all without the FTC's say-so. That is forbidden by the Constitution. We therefore DECLARE that HISA's enforcement provisions are facially unconstitutional on that ground. In doing so, we part ways with our esteemed colleagues on the Sixth Circuit.”

At a different point in the opinion, Duncan wrote that it could be countered that “the FTC at least partially supervises the Authority because it can review sanctions at the back end,” after an administrative law judge (ALJ) review.

“That is true,” the opinion stated, “and it is the Authority's best argument for why its enforcement power is subordinate to the FTC.”

But, the opinion explained, that argument “nonetheless fails.”

Duncan then offered the following rhetorical question to prove his point:

“Suppose the Authority sanctions a horse owner for a doping violation, but the sanction is later reversed by the FTC. Does that make the Authority's enforcement power subordinate to the agency? No, it does not. Consider everything the Authority was permitted to do up to that point: launch an investigation into the owner, subpoena his records, search his facilities, charge him with a violation, adjudicate it, and fine him. Each and every one of those actions is 'enforcement' of HISA.”

The opinion continued: “Each can occur under HISA without any supervision by the FTC. Moreover, penalties imposed by the Authority are not automatically stayed pending appeal. So, any penalty goes into effect as soon as the Authority makes its decision, unless the ALJ or FTC exercises its discretion to implement a stay pending appeal.

“It is no answer to say that the FTC can come in at the tail-end of this adversarial process and review the sanction. As far as enforcement goes, the horse was already out of the barn,” Duncan wrote. He parenthetically included a touch of humor in reference to his equine pun by adding, “(You knew that was coming.)”

Then the opinion continued, more seriously.

“Besides, what if the sanctioned owner, instead of fighting the process, opts to settle for a lower fine? In that case, according to the Authority's logic, no one has enforced HISA. That is obviously not true. To the contrary, the settlement scenario–which will likely happen often–only underscores that it is the private entity that acts as HISA's enforcer in any meaningful sense.”

Now that the Fifth and Sixth Circuits have stood by their previous rulings, the cases are likely headed back to the Supreme Court, although probably not until the Eighth Circuit also weighs in on the remand.

In fact, the losing side in the Sixth Circuit case has already petitioned for a “writ of certiorari,” which is the formal term for asking the Supreme Court to take up a case.

“While we await the Supreme Court's ultimate word, we will continue to be focused on our mission of protecting the safety and integrity of Thoroughbred racing,” Lazarus said, indicating that the Authority is likely to follow with its own writ of certiorari.

Peter Ecabert, the NHBPA's general counsel, was in agreement with Lazarus on the point that the case appears destined–once again–for the nation's highest court.

“If [Thursday's] victory is upheld by the Supreme Court, as we expect, it will mean that horsemen will no longer be controlled by a small number of industry elite,” Ecabert said in an emailed statement.

According to the American Bar Association Journal, the last time the Supreme Court cited the non-delegation doctrine to strike down any federal law was in 1935.

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John Greathouse, Jr., for years an integral part of the family-run Glencrest Farm, passed away Wednesday. He was 82. According to his son, John Greathouse III, he died after problems resulting from a blood ulcer.

Glencrest was established in the middle of the twentieth century by John W. Greathouse and has thrived under the leadership of several generations of the family. According to his son, Greathouse, Jr. stepped down from his day-to-day role running Glencrest about 10 years ago, but remained a sounding board for the team.

“My father was a longtime horseman,” Greathouse III said. “He did it his whole life. He grew up on the farm and worked on the racetrack. He bred, raised and raced horses his whole life. When he stepped away, he enjoyed his retirement, but, unfortunately, he had some health problems.

“He was a hell of a horseman. It was great to get the chance to learn from him. I was blessed with a free education on how to do things and how to look at a horse and how to pick out a horse. He taught me how to pinhook, how to breed mares, what to look for, what not to look for. Our farm definitely wouldn't be what it is without him and my late uncle David.”

Under the leadership of Greathouse, Jr., Glencrest was a force in many aspects of the sport.

Glencrest stood the stallions Wavering Monarch and Clever Trick and campaigned Grade I winners Devil May Care, Panty Raid, Zoftig and Honey Ryder. Glencrest also bred 1996 GI Kentucky Oaks winner Pike Place Dancer.

“No one does a better job of finding good horses with a moderate budget than John Greathouse,” trainer Todd Pletcher, who conditions most of Glencrest's horses, said of the Glencrest patriarch. “He understands the business from every side.”

“I wouldn't trade what I do for anything,” Greathouse told the TDN in 2014. “Everyone needs something to live off of. Other than that, I don't need money. I like what I do. I like horses. I like coming out and looking at this farm in the morning. I like seeing these kids get started in the farming business. And I hope this farm will be theirs for another 40 years to come.”

Greathouse III has run the farm since his father stepped down from the top job. It is still a family business that includes Greathouse's brother and six cousins. Edward (Bucky) Greathouse II runs the cattle division of the farm.

“This is still very much a family affair and it's been that way for some time,” Greathouse III said. “We'll miss dad for sure, but it will be business as usual. The things he brought to the table and his advice over the years about the day-to-day operations of the farm are something we still follow closely. We have prepared for this and we will continue on. We're excited about the future. At the same time we have to say goodbye to somebody who did so much for us and our business. He was very influential.”

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The first condition book for Saratoga Race Course's summer meet is now available online. The book spans racing from opening day, July 3, through July 26.

The 46-day summer meet, totaling a nearly 14% overall increase in overnight purses, features open maiden special weight races upped by 15%, from $100,000 to $115,000. First-level allowance events will be contested with purses of $120,000 and second-level allowance races will be offered for $125,000. Stakes purses for the meet increased this year to a total of $23.575 million over 73 stakes races.

The New York Racing Association has also raised purses for the maiden allowance auction category to $90,000, a 12.5% increase. Initially launched by NYRA in 2019, maiden allowance auction races are restricted to horses that either sold or RNA'd for $65,000 or less at their most recent public auction.

Starter allowance purses have been raised from $70,000 to $78,000.

NYRA also increased purses for races restricted to New York-breds, including state-bred maiden special weights offered for $100,000, first-level allowance races for $105,000 and second-level allowances for $110,000.

New York-bred 2-year-old maiden special weights will be run for $115,000, equivalent to their open-company counterparts and a nearly 28% increase from last year's $90,000.

The Saratoga summer meet runs through Sept. 7.

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The Jockey Club Information Systems (TJCIS) has entered into an agreement to license North American racing and pedigree data to New Zealand-based Arion Pedigrees, a leading provider of pedigree, racing, and bloodstock information throughout Australia, New Zealand, and other Southern Hemisphere markets. The arrangement is designed to expand the reach of North American Thoroughbred data and create new opportunities for breeders, pedigree professionals, and sales companies abroad.

“Expanding the influence of the North American Thoroughbred around the globe begins with extending the availability of North American breeding and racing data into new markets,” said Matt Iuliano, president of TJC Innovations.

TJCIS officials said they expect the agreement to increase the visibility of North American bloodlines in international markets while fostering the development of new technology-driven data products.

Arion Managing Director Kyla Johnston welcomed the partnership.

“We are very pleased to have the opportunity to work with The Jockey Club Information Systems and bring North American racing and pedigree information to our customers throughout the Southern Hemisphere,” Johnston said. “We look forward to working closely with the team to expand access to this data.”

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Situated at the intersection of Pisgah and Old Frankfort Pikes, the former Bonne Chance Farm has been reopened under the new name of Reverie Farm by Curtis and Beth Harrell and will serve as a boarding facility, according to a press release from the outfit on Wednesday.

The Harrells, who have bred and raced under the names Alto Racing and Harrell Ventures, also plan to house their broodmare band at the farm.

“When we acquired this property, we were struck not only by its premier location and facilities, but by the exceptional stewardship of the land,” said Curtis Harrell. “It has been cared for the right way for generations, and that is exactly the standard we intend to maintain. Our goal is not to fill every stall; it is to partner with like-minded clients, provide world-class care, and build a lasting legacy our family can be proud of.”

The operation is under industry veteran John Durr, who has managed this acreage since 2013.

“I've been on this property for over a decade, and our philosophy remains unchanged: the horse comes first, before convenience, before anything else,” said John Durr. “The land here is truly exceptional. It has never been overgrazed or overworked, and you can see that in the caliber of horses that come off it. Good land produces sound, athletic horses. It's that simple.”

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On Thursday, May 7, MGSW United (Giant's Causeway) walked down the ramp of a Sallee Horse Vans trailer and onto the grounds of Bryan Station High School in Lexington, Kentucky. It was his first day of school, and the Bryan Station students' heads could be seen pressed against the glass of every classroom window facing him to catch a glimpse of a horse in their schoolyard.

For the next two hours, students came outside to visit United, classroom by classroom, meeting the embodiment of what they had spent the previous week learning about: a real racehorse.

So how did we get to this moment? And more importantly, why?

By the end of 2024, Amplify Horse Racing, the youth arm of the Thoroughbred industry, had identified a critical gap in equine education. While attending middle and high school career fairs in Lexington, we were often the only organization representing equine careers, despite the significant role horses play in Kentucky's economy and culture. We also began receiving an increasing number of requests from educators who wanted to teach their students about the Thoroughbred and broader equine industry but needed resources to guide them on what to teach and how to teach it.

United with a Bryan Station student | courtesy of Amplify

In response to the challenge, Amplify launched the development of a high school curriculum titled “Racehorse to Workforce: Exploring the Science, Business and Careers Behind Horse Racing” in March 2025. This one-week set of lesson plans was intentionally designed to equip educators with equine-focused content they could teach regardless of their prior experience with horses. The materials spanned school subjects including Agricultural Education, Animal Science, Equine Science, Career Readiness, Business and Economics, and STEM and Life Sciences.

Amplify was offered the opportunity to pilot our curriculum with Bryan Station High School's freshman seminar course, which is taken by all 500, 9th grade students.

A core value of Amplify's curriculum is to directly expose students to horses. Our goal is that for every teacher with whom we share the curriculum, we'll be able to offer them and their class an experiential industry learning opportunity, whether that's a field trip to a racetrack or horse farm, a horse visiting their school, a virtual reality horse racing field trip (more good news on this coming soon!), or an Amplify Educator visiting their classroom to guide them through an activity. Connection with the horse is essential for youth to fully engage with our industry.

One holdup at this early stage of the pilot was that we weren't yet ready to facilitate a field trip for 500 students to a track or farm. My solution was promising the teachers I would find a way to bring a horse to their school. This is where United entered the picture. Madison Scott is my Amplify co-founder and board member, and is also the current caretaker of United, who is still owned by LNJ Foxwoods.

United and the Amplify Team | courtesy of Amplify

Bryan Station rolled out the in-class portion of the curriculum the week leading up to the Kentucky Derby, and we visited the school with United the following week May 7-8, with transportation generously donated by Sallee. For each group of students who came out to visit United, Madison shared his racing and second-career story before students had the chance to pet and take photos with him. For many students, it was their first close interaction with a horse. One boy, amazed by how soft United was, asked if he could kiss him on the neck

Two weeks later, I sat down with Bryan Station teachers for a final focus group about the curriculum experience. They shared feedback with me about the materials, and then teacher Luis Castrillon shared this:

“I think what you guys are doing with Amplify is a great thing for kids because, honestly, before this curriculum, I knew people in the industry, but I had no idea how many job opportunities there were. So if the industry needs people to work in it, you're doing it right, because this is exactly what high school students need to see: that they have opportunities and different career paths available to them.

“I think it's really, really smart to reach students directly and let them know, 'Hey, there are opportunities for you here.' And it doesn't have to be grooming horses or working in a shed row and feeding horses. There are many, many jobs connected to this industry.”

Bryan Station has already asked to work with Amplify and the curriculum again next year.

United, Amplify and students from Bryan Station High School courtesy of Amplify

This summer, Amplify will officially launch “Racehorse to Workforce” at the Annual Kentucky Career and Technical Education (CTE) Statewide Summer Program in Louisville, with plans to distribute it to middle and high schools across the state in collaboration with Kentucky's fall 2026 “All in for Agriculture Education Week” from Sept. 21-25. This is a statewide initiative designed to increase access to agricultural education. By placing high-quality, ready-to-use materials directly into classrooms, this project significantly expands access to equine education for students who may not otherwise have exposure to horses or the industry.

We're not the first organization to create a curriculum or bring a horse to a school. But maybe we're the first to work on creating a shared national infrastructure for youth education in the North American Thoroughbred industry. Amplify is building a system that can be adapted and expanded across states, regions, racetracks, and classrooms. Our ambition is to create a pipeline of curriculum from elementary through high school, introduce industry careers and connections through mentorship, and teach students about post-secondary programs and internship opportunities.

The best way to help Amplify on this mission is to support us with a donation. If you're ready to help “amplify” youth education in horse racing, click here or contact info@amplifyhorseracing.org to learn more.

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MGISW Mind Your Biscuits (Posse) has died at the age of 13 in Japan at Shadai Farm.

According to a Tuesday report by Japanese media site ZBAT, the horse “had been behaving normally and in good health, but his condition suddenly worsened after breeding in the afternoon of that day, and he passed away.”

“I'm shocked that he suddenly passed away,” Yoshida Teruya, the representative of Shadai Farm, told ZBAT. “He was only 13-years-old and still young, and he was producing good offspring, so it's truly regrettable.”

Bred in New York by Jumping Jack Racing LLC, Mind Your Biscuits raced from the ages of two until five, earning more than $4,279,000 across 25 starts. His major wins include the GI Malibu Stakes and not one but two victories in the G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen in 2017 and 2018.

Upon his retirement from racing in 2018, he was sold to Shadai Farm where he has stood ever since, producing the likes of 2023 GI Breeders' Cup Classic runner up Derma Sotogake. He was named Japan's leading freshman sire in 2022.

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The Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, which met Tuesday, will reduce the number of days a horse must be on the vet's list for unsoundness from 14 days down to seven. The rule change, first reported by Paulick Report, was announced during the meeting by Dr. George Mundy and will take effect immediately.

“Our whole mission is to have the same rules all over. This aligns with HISA and it helps the owners and trainers with these horses, if there's a realistic timeframe for them to get off the vet's list instead of being on the list too long,” Charlie O'Connor, Chairman of the Veterinary Procedures and Data Review Committee which deliberated the change, told the TDN. O'Connor said that the vote among the committee was unanimous.

“We all wanted this to happen,” O'Connor continued. “The Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation wants to listen to everybody and we want to be there to help people and not to hinder people. We listened to a lot of people, we took notes and we took our time about deciding. When we created this new committee to help horses get off the vets list quicker, this was on top of our agenda to get this straightened out. I think it's a good thing. We're trying to have one rule for everyone. We're trying to be the leaders in doing that and it should be the same in every state.”

The report notes that the horse must sill be approved to work by the trainer's attending veterinarian and must also meet the state vet's requested diagnostic imaging requirements.

Mundy also revealed that the KHRGC will not continue on with a pilot program through the Kentucky HBPA meant to obtain a third-party veterinary opinion in cases of regulatory vet scratches. The news comes following several office-hour sessions held by Mundy to discuss concerns on the backstretch regarding vet scratches.

In place of that pilot program, Mundy noted that the KHRGC would instead turn its attention to a proposal which would allocate up to $500,000 to help subsidize the cost of advanced imaging for vet scratches through the Equine Drug Research Council.

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A filly from the first crop of GI Belmont Stakes winner Mo Donegal (hip 93) was among four juveniles to share the furlong bullet time of :9 4/5 during the first session of the under-tack preview of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale Tuesday in Central Florida. Consigned by Envision Equine, the filly is making a quick return to the sales ring after selling for $200,000 to Colts Neck Stables following a :10 flat work at the OBS March sale earlier this year. She had been purchased for $30,000 at the Keeneland September sale and was consigned to the March sale by Little Farm Equine.

Hip 93 is out of multiple stakes-placed Bakken Baby (Valid Expectations) and is a half-sister to stakes-placed Expect the Boss (Danza).

A filly by Central Banker (hip 59) turned in her bullet furlong work shortly after the under-tack show opened at 7:30 Tuesday morning. Consigned by Omar Ramirez Bloodstock, the dark bay New York-bred is out of stakes-placed Amabilis (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}). She was purchased for $11,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton October sale.

“I was pretty confident she would go in :9 4/5 because she's been really nice on the farm and has prepped really well here,” Omar Ramirez said after the work. “She did everything right. She's a good filly, she's tries really hard. She was not really that big when we got her, so we decided to give her plenty of time to get to the sale. I'm excited.”

Also working early in the show's first session, a Florida-bred filly from the first crop of Colonel Liam (hip 173) earned a share of the day's bullet for the Champions of the Future consignment. The gray is out of Cat Diva (Uncaptured) and was purchased by Raidel Gonzalez for $10,000 at the OBS October sale last fall.

Little Farm Equine sent out a filly by Independence Hall (hip 142) to share the furlong bullet Tuesday. The New York-bred juvenile is out of Boom Boom Vroom (Zensational), a half-sister to graded winner Sindy with an S (Broken Vow). She was purchased for $20,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale.

The under-tack show continues through Saturday with sessions beginning each day at 7:30 a.m. The OBS June sale will be held next Tuesday through Thursday. Bidding begins each day at 10:30 a.m.

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While the spotlight was rightly focused on Cherie DeVaux last week at Saratoga as she wrapped up two-thirds of the Triple Crown with Golden Tempo (Curlin) with the win in the GI Belmont Stakes, the week that Mark Casse had should not be overlooked. Casse won four stakes races, including three Grade I's. The stars were GI Ogden Phipps Stakes winner Nitrogen (Medaglia d'Oro), GI Just a Game Stakes winner Classic Q (Classic Empire) and GI Acorn winner Counting Stars (Honor A.P.).

Casse was the Gainesway Guest of the Week on this week's TDN Writers' Room Podcast presented by Keeneland.

“I don't know that anything I've done ranks with this,” Casse said. “It was an amazing couple days.”

In a word, Nitrogen was sensational as she overcame any doubts that may have arisen after she suffered back-to-back defeats in the GII Azeri Stakes and the GI Apple Blossom Handicap. Showing the same form that led her to an Eclipse Award as last year's 3-year-old filly champion, she won the Phipps by 12 3/4 lengths.

“In the Azeri, she just could not handle the track,” Casse said. “I know she had handled the slop previously, but she didn't handle it. (Jockey) Jose (Ortiz), who knows her so well, came back and said he's never felt her so exhausted. And then in her next race, the Apple Blossom, she ran a good race. The other filly (Claret Beret) just freaked. I was just so happy with the way she was training. I told Jose on Wednesday, 'Wait till you see the big mare.' She was ready like I've never seen her before.”

Casse also believes that sending her straight to the front was the right way to go.

“I told Jose that when she wants to go, let her go,” he said. “If they want to beat her, then let them come after her. And if you watch about the last two minutes before the race, everybody was walking around there with their ponies except her. Jose was warming her up and he had her ready.  Maybe we've been doing this all wrong. She has a tremendous turn of foot. If you watch when she ran in the Spinster, there were some fast horses. Even in the Breeders' Cup, they were rolling and you can see Jose just sitting there. I think maybe you just go with her. And if they want to try to run with her, fine. But it's not going to happen. And that's why she ran so fast.”

Classic Q has proven to be an adept miler, so much so that Casse said he will try her against the boys next time out in the GI Fourstardave Stakes. Should she win there she may go in the GI Breeders' Cup Mile.

“We're going to find out a lot about her because we're going to run her in the Fourstardave,” he said. “She's going to have to pick up her game. I've been very fortunate. I've won the Fourstardave a couple of times with fillies. I think this filly is as talented as Got Stormy was. She's going to have a target on her back now, and there will be some serious milers in there with a lot of speed.”

The “Fastest Horse of the Week” was GI Woody Stephens Stakes winner Englishman (Maxfield), who earned a 115 Beyer figure. The Fastest Horse of the Week segment is sponsored by WinStar, which stands the sire Two Phil's.

Elsewhere on the podcast, which is also sponsored by the PHBA, 1/ST TV, and West Point Thoroughbreds, Randy Moss, Bill Finley, and Zoe Cadman reviewed the many graded stakes races on a spectacular weekend of racing at Saratoga. All agreed that, aside from the Belmont, the best performances came from Englishman and Nysos (Nyquist) in the GI Metropolitan Handicap. They also discussed a ruling from a hearing officer in Kentucky to reinstate trainer Maria Borell's license.

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What kind of sire will Horse of the Year Flightline turn out to be? The first hints are right around the corner.

Greenwell (Flightline) will make his debut Friday at Churchill Downs in the fifth race for trainer Mark Casse. He will be the first offspring of Flightline to start in North America. The next day, the filly House Boat Party (Flightline), will run in the sixth race at Churchill for trainer Brian Lynch. She will be the first Flightline filly to start in the U.S. Both races are at five furlongs.

“This colt, from day one, he showed that he was special,” Casse said. “For us, it's a process, kind of like going to Little League and then you go to the minor leagues and he went boom, boom, boom with each step. He's come to hand quickly and he's done everything right. You can see where he worked in 59 and change and that was pretty impressive In another work, I worked him out of the gate and he kind of broke bad and then he caught up with another horse and the horse he outworked was Riley Mott's first time starter by Munnings (How's Al Today) that won last week. He worked out of the gate with that horse and kind of played with him.”

Casse conceded that the distance may not be long enough for a son of Flightline.

“The distance is a little short, but I didn't want to wait,” he said. “He's ready to run. I like getting them started. If not, I would have had to wait a couple of weeks. I just wanted to get him started.”

Owned by Greg Tramontin's Greenwell Thoroughbreds LLC, Greenwell was a $500,000 Keeneland September purchase.

House Boat Party is a homebred owned by Flying Dutchman, the racing and breeding operation of the Boersma family. Her dam is Lake Garda (American Pharoah).

“When the Boersmas bought that Flightline share at Keeneland a few years back, we decided we'd buy a nice mare to breed to him,” said Flying Dutchmen President Hunter Rankin. “We bought a mare named Lake Garda and she was in foal to Uncle Mo. She produced a nice filly, one that hasn't run yet. House Boat Party was the resulting foal of that deal. It was kind of the kickoff to this whole Flying Dutchmen enterprise.

“She is a very attractive filly and has done everything right in the morning and we're excited to run her. If you had any concerns, it would be the five-eighths distance. But she's shown some speed in the morning. We definitely think she'll be better the farther she goes, but she's ready to run and the race is there. I always think if they are ready that waiting for the next one can be a curse. She's done everything right and we are excited to run her.

“You hear nothing but great things about the Flightlines in terms of what people have. We have three that we either bred or bought. This one is the farthest along, but we like them all. It's really exciting, especially for us because we bought a couple shares in the horse, so we are invested on all sides. We are excited, as everybody else is, to see them run.”

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After Nepal Up (Will Take Charge) finished fifth in a Sept. 1 handicap race at Monmouth last year, owner Brad Altschuld knew it was time to retire the horse. He was nine and had been put on the vet's list as the result of the general wear and tear that can develop when a horse races for so many years.

Nepal Up had made 46 career starts, earned $283,630, and his claim to fame was that he won the 2025 Trail's End at Oaklawn, the mile-and-three-quarters race traditionally run as the last race on the last day of the meet. It has a purse of $125,000.

But unlike many 9-year-olds, Nepal Up was a stallion. So Altschuld thought it might be a good idea to find someone who would be willing to stand the horse at stud. He knew the horse was a longshot to make it as a stallion, but was pleased to find someone who said they were  willing to give the horse a chance to make it as a stallion in one of the sport's smaller markets.

According to Altschuld, Christina Nelson, who operates Acyn Farms in Curtis, Nebraska, agreed to take the horse. Altschuld said he gave her the horse for free and paid for the shipping.

He said that Nelson, who did not return a phone call from the TDN or answer an email, told him that Nepal Up had been bred to eight mares. It is not clear if the horse was ever bred. In a Jan. 1 Facebook post from the Nebraska Thoroughbred Breeders' Association, Inc., he is listed as a “Nebraska-based stallion.”

So Altschuld thought he had achieved his goal, that the horse had been retired and would have a good home. That is until he discovered that Nepal Up had a May 14 workout at Harrah's Columbus Nebraska.

“I asked (Christina) why did he work,” Altschuld said. “She said he wasn't supposed to work and that she was going to kick someone's ass for that. She said that was her other horse that was supposed to work and that they just wanted to exercise (Nepal Up) because he was too aggressive from being a stallion and they couldn't hold on to him.”

Twenty-four days later, Nepal Up was entered in an allowance race with a $4,000 purse at Chippewa Downs in Belcourt, North Dakota. He finished third and earned $480. There was only $109 bet in the mutuel pool and $6 in the exacta pool.

Altschuld was livid, and he wanted his horse back.

“I am very worried about him,” he said. “I have a great record so far with safety and retirement. I don't care about what they're trying to do in North Dakota. I just want the horse out of there.”

He said he contacted both trainer Junior Dolphus and Nelson and asked what it would take for them to return the horse to him. He said he has yet to hear from either one.

He also contacted North Dakota Racing Commission Executive Director Bruce Johnson and exchanged several texts with him. The exchange started off as cordial but then broke down.

In texts Altschuld shared with the TDN, Johnson wrote, “…as much as you see us as an unethical bush track, we work very hard to do things the right way with very little of the same support many of the larger tracks enjoy. Furthermore, many hardworking, conscientious horsemen work just as hard to make this meet happen.”

He gave Altschuld the trainer's phone number and then continued: “That's as far as my efforts will go on this. Good luck Brad and please leave our racing secretary alone as well.”

“His attitude is that I'm the bad guy because I'm bothering him and the racing secretary and they have a job to do and they are hard-working people and I am looking down on them,” Altschuld said. “I don't care about that. I care about the horse and his safety.”

This is what happens when horses fall through the cracks, and Nepal Up is not alone. On Jan. 6, a horse named Mischievous Intent (Into Mischief) finished second in a $5,000 claimer at Chippewa. He cost $1.4 million at the 2023 Keeneland September Sale.

Altschuld admits that he didn't handle the situation well, that he was naive and didn't do his due diligence. For one, he made the mistake of sending the foal papers to Nelson.

“I made two mistakes,” he said. “I trusted someone I didn't know and thought they would follow through as intended. I also should have had his papers marked as retired with The Jockey Club. These were mistakes made from inexperience. I've only had horses since 2020 and my mom passed in 2024 and would have been the smart one to make sure everything was done. I honestly just wanted to find a home where he could be a stallion.”

Now he just wants to get the horse back and find a home where he knows Nepal Up will be well treated and safe. He will continue to fight to do so. Perhaps his efforts will eventually pay off. He's not sure.

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Medallion Racing, Swinbank Stables, Joey Platts and Mark Stanton's Cy Fair (Not This Time) will miss an intended engagement in the June 16 G1 King Charles III Stakes at Royal Ascot. The King Charles is a 'Win and You're In' to the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, which will be held at Keeneland this fall.

A Medallion Racing statement read on X Monday: “We have made the decision to skip Royal Ascot with Cy Fair. George [Weaver] felt like she wasn't acting her usual self the past few days. Out of an abundance of caution, we missed her final breeze for Ascot and didn't feel comfortable shipping her yesterday until we felt she was 100%.”

“She is completely sound and hopefully will be back on the work tab in the next week or two.”

Named a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' following a Saratoga score last summer, the bay was narrowly bested in the Bolton Landing Stakes before taking her next two–Woodbine's Algonquin Stakes and the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at Del Mar last Halloween. She kicked off her sophomore campaign with a third behind Slay the Day in the GIII Limestone Stakes on Apr. 10 before turning the table on that rival to win the GIII Mamzelle Stakes at Churchill Downs on Apr. 30.

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The five-day under-tack preview of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale begins Tuesday morning at 7:30 a.m. Hips one through 196 are scheduled to work Tuesday, followed by hips 197 through 302 and supplemental lots 303 through 327 and 351 through 416 on Wednesday; hips 417 through 612 on Thursday; hips 613 through 652 and supplemental lots 653 through 671 and 701 through 837 on Friday; and hips 838 through 1002 and supplemental lots 1003 through 1028, as well as horses of racing age hips 1051 through 1056 on Saturday.

Each session of the under-tack preview is scheduled to begin at 7:30 a.m. The OBS June sale will be held next Tuesday through Thursday. Bidding begins each day at 10:30 a.m.

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The Coolmore partners, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, and Derrick Smith, have purchased an interest in GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile and GI Met Mile winner Nysos (Nyquist–Zetta Z, by Bernardini).

The group will race the 5-year-old in partnership with Baoma Corporation through the Breeders' Cup, which will be held at Keeneland this November, before he retires to Ashford Stud.

“Nysos represents a true milestone for Charles and me. He means far more to us than exceptional racing success,” said Baoma Corporation's Susan Chu. “Through him, we have learned patience and perseverance, and we are deeply grateful to Bob Baffert for developing him into one of our outstanding racing stars and guiding him throughout his remarkable career.”

She added, “We are equally delighted that Coolmore, one of the most respected and successful stallion operations in the world, will manage the next chapter of Nysos's journey. He will have every opportunity to make a significant impact as a stallion, and we are committed to supporting him with our very best stakes-winning mares.”

Nysos winning the GI Met Mile | Tod Marks

Named a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' following a 10 1/2-length score at Santa Anita, he later added wins in Del Mar's GIII Bob Hope and one-mile GIII Robert B. Lewis, the latter his sole start at three.

Beaten only a neck by Mindframe (Constitution) in the GI Churchill Downs to kick off his 4-year-old campaign, the bay rebounded to score in the GIII Triple Bend before winning his next three starts, highlighted by the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Del Mar. This year, he ran a bang-up second to Forever Young (Jpn) in the G1 Saudi Cup in February before dominating Knightsbridge (Nyquist) and Journalism (Curlin) in the Met Mile last weekend.

“What a talented horse,” said Baffert following the Met Mile. “I always thought he's one of the best older horses in training and he showed it.”

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – It was suggested to trainer Brad Cox that Commandment (Into Mischief) was a forgotten horse coming into the 158th running of the $2-million GI Belmont Stakes.

“Not with me,” Cox said at his office on the Oklahoma Training Track.

Then a pause and a smile.

“But I know what you mean,” he said. “I don't know if he is or not (forgotten). All I know is that he is doing well. I have liked his works since the Derby; I liked how he shipped up here and how he has moved over the main track. I think we are going to get a big effort out of him.”

Commandment was expected to be a major player in the GI Kentucky Derby as he was sent off at odds of 6.18-1, fourth choice behind stablemate Further Ado (Gun Runner), Renegade (Into Mischief) and So Happy (Runhappy).

He finished seventh but beaten only 5 1/4 lengths. Cox had been expecting so much more from Commandment, owned by Waltham Racing.

“He had a slow start, maybe rushed a little bit, raced a little wide,” Cox said. “He put himself into contention turning for home but just kind of did not have enough to finish up and get the job done.”

Commandment had stamped himself as a bona fide Derby horse after a solid winter in Florida. Victories in the Mucho Macho Man, GII Fountain of Youth and GI Florida Derby made Commandment one of the ones heading to Louisville.

And then it just did not work out.

The graded stakes wins in Florida were by a neck (Fountain of Youth) and a nose (Florida Derby). Cox knew he had a horse that would fight.

“He will probably be in one Saturday,” Cox said. “He has performed very well and has been courageous in some of his victories. He is doing well. We are going into this with confidence.”

What's changed for the Belmont is who will be doing the driving. Hall of Famer John Velazquez will be the third different jockey in as many starts for Commandment. Flavien Prat rode him in the Florida Derby but committed to ride Emerging Market (Candy Ride {Arg}) in the Run for the Roses. He will ride

Luis Saez was aboard Commandment in the Kentucky Derby, but Cox said ownership wanted to make a change for the Belmont. Velazquez, who rode Further Ado in the Derby, was available.

“He knows how to get around the Saratoga oval pretty well,” Cox deadpanned about Johnny V., who has the most all-time wins at Saratoga (1,054 heading into Friday's card).

Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott still has no idea what happened to Knightsbridge (Nyquist) the last time he ran. He can only hope things will be different for the 5-year-old horse in Saturday's GI, $1 million Met Mile at Saratoga Race Course.

Knightsbridge, a Godolphin homebred, was all the rage over the winter when he dominated three races in Florida, winning three Grade III races by a combined 20 3/4 lengths.

Knightsbridge | Sarah Andrew

Then came the fall in the GI Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby Day. Sent off as the favorite – for the seventh time in his nine career starts — Knightsbridge laid an egg.

He finished sixth, beaten 6 1/4 lengths. Mott left Churchill Downs that day confused and more than a little disappointed.

“I don't know what went wrong,” Mott said. “He trained well into it, and he didn't run.”

Mott got every inch of Knightsbridge checked out when he got him back to the barn. When he shipped him to his spring/summer base in Saratoga, he monitored Knightsbridge closely.

The horse continued his training, looked good every time Mott sent him to the track.

“He has worked well enough, and we have not found anything wrong with him,” Mott said. “There is nothing that we can see that is not in order with him.”

Mott decided he had no choice but to draw a line though Knightsbridge's effort in the Churchill Downs and move forward.

He will be ridden once again by Mott's main man, Junior Alvarado, and the Met Mile will certainly be the stiffest test of Knightsbridge's career, one that has seen him cross the finish line first in six of nine starts.

And, for the first time in a while, Knightsbridge will not be the favorite. That honor will likely go to the Bob Baffert-trained Nysos (Nyquist), who is the 9-5 morning line choice. The popular Journalism (Curlin) is the 5-2 second choice.

The Met Mile starts from the tricky Wilson Chute.

“That always poses some challenges,” Mott said. “It's all in how they break. There is always the possibility that the horses on the inside – if the horses on the outside break really well they could squeeze them a little coming midway down the chute. It poses the possibility of a tough race the first eighth of a mile.”

Knightsbridge breaks from post six, Journalism is next door in post six. Nysos has the rail.

After three picture-perfect days to start the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga, there is a chance for Saturday, Belmont Stakes Day, to be not so nice.

Abbey Grant, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Albany, said there is the potential for severe thunderstorms in the Saratoga Springs area starting at 2 p.m. and lasting into the night.

By the time the GI Belmont Stakes goes off (scheduled post time of 7:04 p.m.), it could be wet.

“Unfortunately, some of the storms could reach severe strength,” Grant said. “There could be wind gusts of 58 miles per hour or more and there is potential for large hail as well.”

Grant said there is a 50 percent chance of rain at 2 p.m. and it will go up to as high as 70 percent as the day moves on.

“It could absolutely be raining,” she said when asked what the weather would be like at post time for the Belmont.”

The good news is that the inclement weather is not supposed to include a consistent, hours long rain.

She also said not to expect any sun in the area on Saturday. The day, Grant said, will start out cloudy and temperatures will soar into the upper 80s and that could fuel the expected thunderstorms.

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With the 2026 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival underway at Saratoga, the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) is offering early access for tickets to the 2027 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival. The 2027 event will be returned to Belmont Park, which has been undergoing a three-year transformation. The new Belmont Park will open for live racing Sept. 18.

NYRA will provide fans the opportunity to enter a presale drawing for a variety of ticket packages. Deposits for premium hospitality packages and preferred seating at the 2027 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival can be made effective immediately.

Belmont Experiences will once again offer ticket packages; for additional information or to make a deposit, visit BelmontExperiences.com. For additional information, visit belmontstakes.com/2027 or contact a NYRA representative at (844) NYRA-TIX.

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With the 2026 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival underway at Saratoga, the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) is offering early access for tickets to the 2027 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival. The 2027 event will be returned to Belmont Park, which has been undergoing a three-year transformation. The new Belmont Park will open for live racing Sept. 18.

NYRA will provide fans the opportunity to enter a presale drawing for a variety of ticket packages. Deposits for premium hospitality packages and preferred seating at the 2027 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival can be made effective immediately.

Belmont Experiences will once again offer ticket packages; for additional information or to make a deposit, visit BelmontExperiences.com. For additional information, visit belmontstakes.com/2027 or contact a NYRA representative at (844) NYRA-TIX.

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