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  • Chantilly Stakes: What a Force (6/25/2026) - Chantilly Stakes
  • Checkered Flag Handicap: Hot Middles (6/25/2026) - Checkered Flag Handicap
  • Nobody Listens Handicap: C. J's Storm (6/25/2026) - Nobody Listens Handicap
  • Aqueduct's Closing Weekend Focuses on Fan Involvement (6/25/2026) - In this month’s At the Track with Sean Collins: Although there are many sad feelings around Aqueduct Racetrack’s closing weekend, the event itself could be a positive for marketing New York racing and the Sept. 18 opening of the new Belmont Park.
  • Timeform’s Top Juveniles: Albany Scorer Libertango Looks Something Special (6/25/2026) - Royal Ascot is the focus of this week’s column as we rank the six two-year-old winners at the meeting, according to Timeform ratings. The usual format will return next week with a look at the maiden/novice winners who might have gone under the radar whilst all eyes were on the action in Berkshire. 6. NOLA…
  • ‘Kendall Is Paying The Bills’ – McGivern Balances Breeze-Up Woes With Success On The Track (6/25/2026) - Strange as it sounds, training was never on Katie McGivern’s agenda. A daughter of Joanna Morgan, one of the most successful women on the Irish racing circuit, the thoughts of emulating her mother’s achievements in the saddle or with a training licence never got McGivern going. Instead, it was the sales ring that made McGivern…
  • ITBA Launches Expo 27 – The Next 100 (6/25/2026) - The ITBA has announced plans for a new two-day showcase event, Expo 27 – The Next 100, due to take place at Goffs next January. Aimed at bringing every strand of the racing and bloodstock sector together, the event will be staged on Friday, January 7 and Saturday, January 8, combining a trade exhibition with…
  • Oaks Heroine Thundering On To Face Nine In Saturday’s G1 Pretty Polly (6/25/2026) - Shapoor Mistry’s G1 Oaks heroine Thundering On (Frankel) will face nine rivals in Saturday’s G1 Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh after declarations for the Paddy Power-sponsored 10-furlong contest were confirmed Thursday morning. The Joseph O’Brien trainee will depart from stall seven, which also housed last year’s victrix Whirl (Wootton Bassett) and Mistry’s O’Brien-trained 2021…
  • A Triple Dead Heat for Jockey of the Week (6/24/2026) - The riding achievements of Jeiron Barbosa, Juan Hernandez, and Irad Ortiz Jr. result in a rare triple dead heat for Jockey of the Week honors June 15-21.
  • Agenda Announced for Welfare and Safety Summit (6/24/2026) - Grayson-Jockey Club announces its agenda for the 12th Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit June 29-30, featuring a variety of veterinary, track surface, and aftercare professionals.
  • Forged Steel, Navajo Warrior Will Scratch From Foster (6/24/2026) - Forged Steel and Navajo Warrior, Saffie Joseph Jr.-trained stablemates of White Abarrio, will both scratch from the $2 million Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) June 27 at Churchill Downs.
  • Nitrogen's Summer Campaign Points to Whitney Stakes (6/24/2026) - Following her recent 12 3/4-length win in the Ogden Phipps Stakes (G1), reigning champion 3-year-old filly Nitrogen will set her sights on a highly anticipated clash against males in the Aug. 8 Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.
  • Cornucopian Looms Large in Churchill's Bango (6/24/2026) - Seven accomplished males will contest the 6 1/2-furlong Bango Stakes (G3) June 27 at Churchill Downs. Dual grade 3 winner Cornucopian will face multiple graded stakes winner and Breeders’ Cup alumnus Dr. Venkman in the sprint event.
  • BHA Restrictions Lifted on Quarantined Yard (6/24/2026) - Restrictions placed on Mel and Phil Rowley’s training yard following the discovery of equine influenza in a vaccinated Thoroughbred at a nearby stable have been lifted.
  • Double Market Tops Inglis Australia June (Late) Sale (6/24/2026) - In total, the Inglis Digital Australia June (Late) Sale grossed AU$3,125,450. The sale’s second-top lot was 6-year-old mare Takemine, a half sister to Chayan, who sold at this year’s Inglis Chairman’s Sale for AU$5.6 million.
  • Grade 1 Winner Brant to Return in Churchill's Maxfield (6/24/2026) - Brant, one of the standout 2-year-olds of the 2025 season, will try to get his sophomore campaign untracked when he faces an expected seven other 3-year-olds in the $250,000 Maxfield Stakes (G3) June 28 at Churchill Downs.
  • Lagynos Aims for Five in a Row in Wise Dan (6/24/2026) - Lagynos highlights the the $500,000 Wise Dan Stakes (G2T) June 27 at Churchill Downs.
  • Kentucky Goes On Offense Against Prediction Markets (6/24/2026) - With litigation involving prediction markets widespread in the U.S., Kentucky is suddenly at the center of multiple lawsuits involving state and private efforts to prevent those businesses from cutting into the state’s licensed gambling market share.
  • Two New Members Elected to MHBA Board of Directors (6/24/2026) - Three incumbents and two new members have been elected to the Maryland Horse Breeders Association board of directors. The election results were announced June 24.
  • Flu Restrictions Lifted On Shropshire Stable By BHA (6/24/2026) - The British Horseracing Authority has lifted restrictions on the Shropshire stable of Mel and Phil Rowley following the confirmed case of equine flu at a yard adjacent to their premises. The horse arrived from the Goffs Arkle Sale in Kildare in early June, subsequently developing symptoms and being diagnosed with the infection. The animal in…
  • TDN Rising Star Movie Night Impresses Again at Churchill Downs (6/24/2026) - WinStar Farm’s Movie Night (f, 3, Speightstown–Savvy Star, by Medaglia d’Oro) returned to the site of her most impressive victory to do it again when coming from just off the pace to win by 5 1/2-lengths at Churchill Downs on Wednesday afternoon. Highgrove (Frosted) shot to the front with Movie Night in hot pursuit on…
  • New €370K Record Set At Tattersalls Ireland’s Derby Sale (6/24/2026) - Wednesday marked a new record price during the first session of the 2026 Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale, with Peter and Ross Doyle and Joe Tizzard shelling out €370,000 for a No Risk At All gelding already named Recognition. Sold as lot 117, the Sluggara Farm-consigned chestnut is a half-brother to a quintet of stakes winners…
  • Saratoga To Host World Cup Watch Parties On Select Days (6/24/2026) - Saratoga Race Course, along with Michelob Ultra and Saratoga Eagle Sales & Services, will host a series of FIFA World Cup viewing parties, the track announced Wednesday. The viewing parties will take place in the Backyard Festival Tent during all operating days of the Saratoga Summer Meet that coincide with scheduled matches of the World…
  • Virginia Breeding In Focus: “One Of The Really Good Positive Stories” (6/24/2026) - Chris Gracie is as much a product of the Mid-Atlantic as the Liberty Bell and the blue crabs lining Chesapeake Bay. “I grew up in these regional markets. I grew up in Pennsylvania, I grew up in Maryland,” said Gracie–breeder, seller, bloodstock agent, former jockey, you name it–who, under his Gracie Bloodstock LLC banner, now…
  • Weekly Rulings: June 18-24; Trainer Robert Rosado Provisionally Suspended (6/24/2026) - 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, the HISA Authority has issued trainer…
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