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Tip Top Thomas showed his determination Aug. 19 in the $200,000 Smarty Jones Stakes at Parx Racing, holding off a fast-closing Fact to win by a head.

More than two hundred attendees gathered at Churchill Downs Aug. 19 to celebrate the life of late horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who died June 28 at age 89.

Trainer Brad Cox believes in the "strength in numbers" theory. "You can never have too many shots in a grade 1," he said.

Maiden Watch: Week of Aug. 11-Aug. 17

Jockey Pietro Moran, 20, would make history one way or another in the $1 million King's Plate Aug. 16 at Woodbine as he joined his father, David, as the first-ever father-son duo to ride in the first jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown.

Godolphin's impressive maiden winner Distant Storm clashes with Coolmore's Italy in the Aug. 23 Acomb Stakes (G3), a Beeders' Cup Challenge Series event.

New owners Randy and Jenny Boyd made their presence in the Thoroughbred industry at Fasig-Tipton's The Saratoga Sale Aug. 4-5 securing two yearlings, including the top priced filly at $2.6 million—Hip 175, a filly by Gun Runner out of Paradise Woods.

This week's schedule of racing events on television, radio, and streaming.

A mural celebrating Sunday Silence's 1989 Kentucky Derby (G1) win will soon adorn a building in downtown Paris, Ky., joining the town's growing collection of large-scale public equine art.

Following her victory over Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Good Cheer in the Aug. 16 Alabama Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, Nitrogen has cracked the leading 10 horses in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top Thoroughbred Poll. 

Skippylongstocking bids to become the first three-peat winner of the Charles Town Classic (G2) when the 6-year-old competes in the $1 million race the evening of Aug. 22.

Trainer partnerships aren't the "thing" in American racing but the father-son team of John and Thady Gosden is showing how it's done in Europe and around the globe.

Dollars & Sense with Frank Angst

The most surprising aspect of the Travers Stakes (G1) involves Bill Mott.

BH Interview: Joe Anzalone of Magic Cap Stables

On the Aug. 18 episode of BloodHorse Monday, BBN Racing's Brian Klatsky discusses Bracket Buster's chances in the Travers Stakes (G1), and Emerald Downs track president Phil Ziegler on how promotions are used to boost track attendance.

FanDuel TV hosted the sixth annual CARMAthon fundraiser on Saturday and the popular event raised in excess of $200,000 for Thoroughbred aftercare including a $25,000 donation from FanDuel.

Amo Racing smashed the Arqana August Yearling Sale record when Kia Joorabchian bid $3.5 million to secure the Night Of Thunder filly out of Ecurie des Monceaux's blue hen Prudenzia midway through the third session Aug. 18 in Deauville.

The Jockey Club announced Aug. 18 the election of 10 new members: Craig Bernick, Peter M. Brant, Boyd T. Browning Jr., Case Clay, Dennis Drazin, Marette Farrell, Jonathan Green, Andrew Moore, Dean Reeves, and Bill Strauss.

On a record-setting day at Emerald Downs Aug. 17, celebrity chef Brian Malarkey accomplished a lifelong dream of winning the $125,000 Longacres Mile Stakes with Arrowthegreat.