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A field of 11 fillies and mares, led by grade 2 winners Gun Song and My Mane Squeeze, have been entered for the $200,000 Ruffian Stakes (G2) May 10 at Aqueduct Racetrack @TheNYRA. Read more:

New York officials are negotiating a $5 million tax break for racetracks as part of a budget that appears to be having its final touches put together in the state capital. The proposal also calls for penny breakage and advanced imaging equipment.

British trainer Jamie Osborne reported from his Lambourn stable May 6 that UAE Derby (G2) runner-up Heart of Honor is scheduled to ship to the United States May 8 to begin preparations for the Preakness Stakes (G1) May 17 at Pimlico Race Course.

Maiden Watch: Week of April 28-May 4

Long-time Monmouth Park executive John Heims, currently the track's general manager and in-house counsel, has been named the 2025 recipient of the Virgil "Buddy" Raines Distinguished Achievement Award, it was announced May 6 by Monmouth Park.

Goffs has announced Fitzwilliam Sports as a new title partner of the Goffs London Sale, joining returning title partner Privat 3 Money for this year's event.

For a ninth straight year, a total of $100,000 in bonus money is on the table for trainers that run a minimum of five horses in the 15 Thoroughbred stakes races during Preakness Stakes (G1) weekend, May 16 and 17, at Pimlico Race Course.

Sovereignty, winner of the Kentucky Derby (G1), will not run in the May 17 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course. Instead, he will be pointed toward the June 7 Belmont Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.

The voting media gave the son of Into Mischief 299 points, a total that matches the season-best total achieved by Journalism, who was favored to win the Derby. Journalism posted consecutive 299-point weeks in leading the poll April 14 and 21.

The Inglis Australian Weanling Sale record set May 5 was broken only a day later when an immaculately bred colt by sire-of-the-moment Too Darn Hot fetched AU$775,000 on a spirited day of trading at Riverside.

BH Interview: Michael Shiffman

Oaklawn continues to deliver a world-class racing experience, marked by competitive fields and champion performances.

While the New York Thoroughbred racing industry eagerly awaits the expected Fall 2026 re-opening of Belmont Park, one of the circuit's oldest stakes also sits on hold.

Fasig-Tipton has added 36 supplemental entries to its upcoming Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, including 2-year-olds in training by top sires such as Constitution, Gun Runner, Not This Time, Uncle Mo, and Vekoma.

On the May 5 episode of BloodHorse Monday, Louie Rabaut and Sean Collins react to the results of the 151st Kentucky Derby (G1) and hear from winning connections Michael Banahan, Junior Alvarado, and Bill Mott.

A decision on whether there will indeed be a Triple Crown bid in 2025 should come in the next day or two, according to Michael Banahan, director of bloodstock for Godolphin, owners of Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Sovereignty.

Thorpedo Anna last year also won the Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) and was second in the Travers Stakes (G1). The seventh-place finish May 2 was her first time outside of the top two in 13 career races. She finished 8 1/2 lengths behind Raging Sea.

A daughter of group 1-winning mare Sheidel by Golden Slipper (G1) hero Stay Inside set a new record on the first day at the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale May 5, after she was bought back by her breeder Rob Crabtree for AU$650,000.

Twelve of the world's leading Flat riders, including Irad Ortiz Jr., Flavien Prat, and Frankie Dettori have joined forces to create a global jockeys' league that is expected to launch across the sport's most prestigious racing venues early next year.

William Harrigan knew what he was doing when he bought Complicated as a 4-year-old at the 2016 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. The daughter of Blame had finished a nose behind Lady Eli in a maiden special weight at Saratoga in 2014.