Fairmount Park may be swept into the Hawthorne Race Course bankruptcy proceedings to answer questions under oath about alleged threats to any horsemen traveling from Fairmount to race elsewhere.
Grade 2 winner and multiple grade 1-placed Keepmeinmind was represented by his first winner as a stallion May 24 when James Politano and Northeast Racing's Ashcroft Lane won the opener at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Almaqam announced himself as a potential disruptor to an already scintillating middle-distance division as he got his campaign off to a magnificent start with a decisive success in the Tattersalls Gold Cup (G1) May 24.
Winchell Thoroughbreds' Dubai World Cup (G1) winner Magnitude continued his preparation toward the $2 million Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) on June 27 with a 5-furlong breeze in 1:02 3/5 the morning of May 24 at Churchill Downs.
Trainer Aidan O'Brien completed the English-French-Irish One Thousand Guineas sweep as Precise turned the tables on stablemate True Love in the Irish One Thousand Guineas (G1) at the Curragh May 24.
While May 22 was a cold and rainy day, the market at Funabashi Racecourse for the Chiba Thoroughbred Sale of 2-Year-Olds was hot in contrast and produced its highest ever gross sale and average price.
Coolmore Stud sire Home Affairs was in his element again May 24 when lot 251, a filly out of Cancel, topped the Magic Millions Weanling Sale on the Gold Coast.