Keeneland closed its 2018 spring meet April 27 with an all-sources handle total of more than $157 million.

After shattering his left front leg in a September 2017 workout at Belmont Park, the millionaire immediately had trainer Brad Cox and owner Abdullah Saeed Almaddah in his corner.

A grade 2 winner at a mile and a quarter, Matthew Schera’s Isotherm will try something entirely different in the $100,000 San Simeon Stakes (G3T) April 29 at Santa Anita Park.

Agent Steve Young acquired the filly, who is half sister to grade 1 winner Stormello and graded stakes winners My Best Brother and Gala Award, for an undisclosed client. “She brought what she was supposed to bring,” he said.

The added distance of the 1 1/2-mile Bewitch Stakes (G3T) proved a good fit for Mom’s On Strike, who took command in midstretch on her way to a 3 1/4-length victory April 27 at Keeneland, closing day of the spring meet.

Magnum Moon, Audible, Vino Rosso, and Noble Indy each gained the approval of their trainer April 27 after the first three each covered a half-mile in their final tune ups, with Noble Indy going five furlongs.

On the first Saturday in May, Bob Baffert will saddle Justify as the favorite in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1). Before that, though, comes the last Saturday in April.

A veteran New York lawmaker, who has been involved in all major racing-related matters at the state Capitol for much of the past decade, announced he will not seek re-election this year.

Bloodstock agent John Moynihan bought the fleet Kantharos colt (Hip 1164), which became the co-highest-priced horse at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales April 2-year-olds in training sale. The colt was bred and sold by Ocala Stud, which stood Kantharos.

Multiple group 1 winners Halo Holiday (ARG), La Extraña Dama (ARG), and defending champion Kiraki (ARG) headline a field of 13 fillies and mares entered for the May 1 Gran Premio Criadores (G1) on dirt at Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo.

Notes on the Kentucky Oaks and Derby from Churchill Downs.

Colorado owner Ed Orr prevailed in a bidding war for the strapping bay colt that topped a lot of buyers’ short lists. The colt was the most expensive horse the owner said he’s ever bought at auction.

Magnum Moon, Audible, Vino Rosso, and Noble Indy each gained the approval of their trainer April 27 after the first three each covered a half-mile in their final tune ups, with Noble Indy going five furlongs.

Beginning Thursday, May 3, first post time on all Santa Anita Park live racing days, excepting three Triple Crown Saturdays, will be at 12:30 p.m. PT.

China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners, Starlight Racing, and WinStar Farm’s Justify put in his final timed work for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) at his Santa Anita Park home base April 27.

George Hofmeister, the former owner of Highland Farms near Paris, Ky., has been sentenced to 41 months in prison after pleading guilty to the theft of assets from two employee pension plans, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.

Revolutionary Racing and Peninsula Pacific April 25 announced they had closed a deal to purchase Virginia’s Colonial Downs, located in New Kent County, for “in excess of $20 million.”