Australian group 1 winner Lady Of Camelot may have run her final race after a stingray attack ruled her out of taking up her Royal Ascot targets. Her connections shelved all immediate plans after she sustained wounds to her near foreleg.
The Kentucky Derby (G1) winner's total points increased in this week's National Thoroughbred Racing Association poll but the order of the top 10 remains unchanged from the previous week ahead of the May 16 Preakness Stakes (G1).
A schedule of 35 stakes races and handicaps worth more than $6.5 million, topped by the Colonial Downs Festival of Racing Aug. 1, is on tap when the Virginia racetrack opens its doors for a 45-day summer season June 25.
Kirsten Rausing stands down from her chairman position at the International Thoroughbred Breeders' Federation general meeting. Lord Grimthorpe will take her position as she retires.
During the first quarter of 2026, racetracks operating under HISA rules report 0.95 racing-related equine fatalities per 1,000 starts, meaning that 99.9% of starts occurred without a fatality.
The Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation will host its annual Fashionable Fillies Luncheon Aug. 10 at the iconic Hall of Springs in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Trainer Mark Casse said John Oxley's son of Tacitus had a protective shoe removed from a bruised foot and regular shoe put on. The colt galloped fine May 11 but is not jogging at 100%, according to Casse.