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Following White Abarrio's April 18 score in the Oaklawn Handicap (G2), trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. seeks another grade 2 victory against a grade 1-caliber field when Skippylongstocking and Navajo Warrior contest the May 1 Alysheba Stakes (G2).
Owner Scott Clarke said Gosger is in good spirits after undergoing surgery to repair a pair of sesamoids he broke during a morning workout April 24.
Trainer Riley Mott discusses starting Albus and Incredibolt in the Kentucky Derby (G1), a race in which his father, Hall of Famer trainer Bill Mott, starts Chief Wallabee.
Applications for The Jockey Club's Racing Regulatory Veterinarian Fellowship will open May 1. Applications are due by June 15, and reference letters must be received by June 26.
While the Kentucky Oaks (G1) will receive the majority of the attention May 1 at Churchill Downs, there is another leading lady who will definitely steal some of the spotlight.
A dark bay or brown filly by Golden Pal sold to owner/breeder Ken Ramsey for $50,000 to top the 2026 OBSOnline April "Second Chance" sale, a digital auction held April 24-28.
Peter Brant's Gezora, winner of the 2025 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1T), will make her 2026 debut in the $500,000 Modesty Stakes (G3T) May 1 at Churchill Downs.
Novara Park Stud announced April 28 that group 2-scorer The Foxes will join its stallion roster this season at an opening fee of NZ$10,000 (plus GST).
Supporters of a strong urban service boundary as a means to protect farms from development in Lexington-Fayette County, Ky., celebrated an April 28 decision by lawmakers to renovate and upgrade a sewer pump station at its current location.
Churchill Downs media notes on the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Kentucky Oaks (G1).