Despite being a Triple Crown winner on dirt, Justify strengthened his résumé as a top stallion for European turf races June 18 at Royal Ascot with offspring taking the 2 1/2-mile Gold Cup Stakes (G1) and finishing 1-2 in the 7-furlong Chesham Stakes.
Despite being a Triple Crown winner on dirt, Justify strengthened his résumé as a top stallion for European turf races June 18 at Royal Ascot with offspring taking the 2 1/2-mile Gold Cup Stakes (G1) and finishing 1-2 in the 7-furlong Chesham Stakes.
Group 1-winning sprinter Reserve Bank will continue his career as a stallion after being secured by Botty's Bloodstock though the inaugural Inglis Bull Ring sale, a new private auction platform powered by Inglis Digital.
The New York Racing Association announces the names for the New York legs of the Empire Trillium Series, a 14-race program of stakes races at Belmont Park and Woodbine restricted to horses foaled in New York or Canada.
Aidan O'Brien-trained stablemates Precise and True Love meet for the third time this season in the Coronation Stakes (G1) at Royal Ascot. Each filly owns a win over the other this season, with the Coronation a potential final rubber match.
New York stewards fine jockey Junior Alvarado $3,000 and suspend him for three racing days for exceeding the permitted number of strikes from his riding crop in guiding Chief Wallabee to a fourth-place finish in the June 6 Belmont Stakes (G1).
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority announces the additions of Drs. Kevin Dunlavy, Vickie Heidlage-Williams, Jamie McAnly, Clayton McCook, and Gabrielle Rivest to its Veterinary Advisory Committee.
Kentucky-bred Scandinavia provided trainer Aidan O'Brien with his 100th winner at Royal Ascot by edging out defending winner Trawlerman in the final strides of a scintillating Gold Cup Stakes (G1) June 18 at Ascot Racecourse.
The New York Racing Association announces a full slate of events for the July 4th Racing Festival, which will be held July 3 through July 5, and serve as opening weekend of the summer meet at Saratoga Race Course.