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Kamunyak used every step of Japan's longest filly-mare race to win the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks-G1) May 25 at Tokyo Racecourse.

Marksman Queen asserted herself early and led every step of the way to win the $219,665 Keertana Stakes May 24 at Churchill Downs. The victory gave the 5-year-old mare's sire Dubawi his 300th stakes winner.

Godolphin's homebred Sovereignty posted his second work over Saratoga Race Course's Oklahoma training track since capturing the Kentucky Derby (G1), covering five furlongs in 1:02.54 in company with 2024 Whitney Stakes (G1) winner Arthur's Ride.

The talented 2-year-old Outfielder hit it out of the park in his first at bat.

While Gabriel "Spider" Duignan has bred or purchased countless grade 1 winners in his career, and even raced successful graded stakes winners in partnership, Echo Sound's Miss Preakness Stakes (G3) win celebrated a new and special milestone.

Field of Gold may have inherited his sire Kingman's Newmarket misfortune, but a proclivity to sparkle at the Curragh was also bequeathed as he blasted clear by 3 3/4 lengths in the Irish Two Thousand Guineas (G1) May 24 for John and Thady Gosden.

Only Cirrus des Aigles in 2014 has completed the Prix Ganay-Prix d'Ispahan double this century, but Sosie will attempt to buck that trend May 25 having been supplemented to the 1 3/16-mile Prix d'Ispahan (G1) at Longchamp.

Ballydoyle has sent out 10 winners of the Irish One Thousand Guineas (G1), but none had as stellar a juvenile campaign as Lake Victoria, who lines up against 11 rivals at the Curragh May 25.

"Bring on Via Sistina and the Cox Plate" was the bold call from trainer Tony Gollan and jockey Blake Shinn after Antino broke a 9-year-old course record with a slashing triumph in May 24 Doomben Cup (G1) in Australia.

In its second year at the Spa while Belmont Park is rebuilt, the Belmont Stakes (G1) will be contested at the 1 1/4-mile distance, making it more attractive to breeders and stud farms than the mile-and-a-half Belmont Stakes. 

Hong Kong's group 1 season wraps up May 25 with the Champions & Chater Cup (G1), featuring two Hong Kong Derby winners and one international raider.

The likes of last year's winner White Birch, Los Angeles, and Kalpana are likely to take on Ghostwriter in the May 25 Tattersalls Gold Cup (G1) at the Curragh, but trainer Clive Cox believes his 4-year-old will be lining up in tip-top condition.

After speaking with jockeys Umberto Rispoli and Flavien Prat via telephone May 23 and reviewing the May 17 Preakness Stakes (G1), Maryland stewards elected not to sanction either jockey for their rides that resulted in bumping in early stretch.

Mid-Atlantic-based trainer Rodolfo Sanchez-Salomon will face a pair of suspensions that total 60 days after admitting a recent TCO2 rule violation.

The catalog is now online for the Inglis Digital USA May Sale, featuring a diverse slate of 30 offerings, including fillies closely related to both parts of this year's Kentucky Oaks (G1) exacta.

Wood Memorial Stakes (G2) winner Rodriguez, who missed the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1) due to a lingering foot bruise, is "ready for a trip to Saratoga" to contest the June 7 Belmont Stakes (G1), according to co-owner Tom Ryan.

Records tumbled at Fairyhouse May 23 when Yeomanstown Stud's Night of Thunder colt became the most expensive breeze-up horse ever sold in Ireland at €580,000 (US$658,271, €1=US$1.05).

Neither jockey Flavien Prat or Umberto Rispoli will be sanctioned for their rides in a roughly run renewal of last Saturday's GI Preakness Stakes at Pimlico.

Prat was aboard Goal Oriented (Not This Time) while Rispoli guided home the dramatic winner Journalism (Curlin). The two banged into each other in a much-discussed incident in upper stretch and impeded Clever Again (American Pharaoh).

Journalism went on to run down longshot Gosger (Nyquist) in improbable fashion by a half-length. Goal Oriented finished fourth, while the pacesetting Clever Again tired to finish last of nine.

Stewards Adam Campola, Ross R. Pearce and Russel G. Derderian issued the following statement Friday on the Maryland Racing Commission website:

“After reviewing the films and speaking with the riders involved, we, the presiding Stewards of the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes, came to the unanimous decision not to take action against Flavien Prat, rider of 4th-place finished Goal Oriented or Umberto Rispoli, rider of 1st-place finisher Journalism.”

“A REMARKABLE RECOVERY BY JOURNALISM!”

JOURNALISM WINS THE 150TH PREAKNESS STAKES! #Preakness150 pic.twitter.com/f2IOVEyUy9

— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) May 17, 2025

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'TDN Rising Star' Rodriguez (Authentic), scratched from the GI Kentucky Derby with a foot bruise, worked seven furlongs in 1:24.80 (1/1) at Santa Anita Friday morning in preparation for the GI Belmont Stakes at Saratoga June 7. He previously worked four furlongs in :49 at Churchill Downs May 11.

The front-running winner of the GII Wood Memorial S. at Aqueduct Apr. 5 is trained by Bob Baffert and campaigned in partnership by SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, Dianne Bashor, Determined Stables, Robert Masterson, Tom Ryan, Waves Edge Capital and Catherine Donovan. He brought $485,000 as a KEESEP yearling.

“Lovely work from Rodriguez this morning at Santa Anita in 1:24.4 – Happy horse, extended nicely – he's ready for a trip to Saratoga,” SF Racing's Tom Ryan posted on X.

Kentucky Derby third-place finisher and Belmont Stakes-bound Baeza (McKinzie) was also on the worktab for John Shirreffs at Santa Anita Friday, breezing six furlongs in 1:12.40 (1/2).

Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty (Into Mischief) and GI Preakness S. winner Journalism (Curlin) are both currently in training at Saratoga.

Sovereignty tuned up for the Belmont Stakes with a four-furlong breeze in :49.76 at the Spa May 17.

Journalism has returned to galloping and is yet to be confirmed for the final leg of the Triple Crown.

Lovely work from Rodriguez this morning at Santa Anita in 1:24.4 – Happy horse, extended nicely – he's ready for a trip to Saratoga.@BobBaffert @BelmontStakes pic.twitter.com/ehJGNup0OP

— Tom Ryan (@TomRyanKY) May 23, 2025

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While not among the largest players in terms of scale, it will come as little surprise that Amarina Farm has a formidable presence at this year's Magic Millions National Weanling Sale, with a quality draft set to be offered May 25 at the Gold Coast.