When Gusty Wind drew off to win the fifth race at Gulfstream Park July 21 by 3 3/4 lengths, Jerry Bozzo broke his own record as the oldest trainer to win a Thoroughbred race.

Peter Brant’s Sistercharlie needed every bit of the Saratoga Race Course stretch and all of her class to notch her latest grade 1 triumph July 21 as she nailed 15-1 longshot Ultra Brat on the wire to take the $500,000 Diana Stakes (G1T).

Trainer Todd Pletcher celebrated his seventh triumph in the Sanford Stakes (G3) July 21 when Starlight Racing’s Sombeyay caught Strike Silver at the wire to prevail by a neck in the six-furlong test.

In a brilliant start that sent him away on top, Waterville Lake Stable’s homebred Sea Foam ran gate-to-wire to win the $150,000 New York Derby July 21 at Finger Lakes. 

The Mark Casse-trained daughter of Get Stormy cleared seven rivals with ease and drew off to score by two lengths under a confident ride from Patrick Husbands in the $125,000 Ontario Colleen Stakes (G3T) July 21 at Woodbine.

Martine Bellocq, the trainer who charged into a burning barn in an attempt to save her horses in December at San Luis Rey Training Center, has been selected to be the recipient of the 15th Laffit Pincay Jr. Award.

Trainer Todd Pletcher sent graded stakes winner Vino Rosso out for his final work in preparation for the $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) July 28, covering four furlongs in company over Saratoga Race Course’s Oklahoma training track July 21.

A July 20 storm caused severe damage across Central Kentucky, leaving thousands of homes and farms without power and Woodford county in a state of emergency.

Racing at Harrah’s Louisiana Downs has been canceled for July 21.

Apprentice jockey Kevin Carmona notched the first win of his career at Gulfstream Park July 21, when he guided 30-1 longshot Art Major to victory from off the pace in the day’s first race.

A first starter became a first winner July 20 for Mr. Besilu, as the freshman sire’s daughter She B Glamorous gave a good account of herself in a maiden special weight at Canterbury Park.

William Haggas and James Doyle upset the Ballydoyle party with a late run by Sea Of Class (IRE) to deny Forever Together (IRE) in the Darley Irish Oaks (G1), completing a hat-trick for the jockey on a rare foray to Ireland.

Accelerate, the West Coast’s top handicap horse, has been scratched from the $200,000 San Diego Handicap (G2) July 21 at Del Mar and could be headed to the East coast next, according to his owner.

Opening Day of the 2018 season at Saratoga Race Course generated all-sources handle of $20,247,319.

Catherinethegreat set a hot pace in the Schuylerville Stakes (G3) and kept going powerfully to the wire to earn a 4 1/4-length win over favorite Nonna Madeline on the opening day of the Saratoga Race Course meet July 20.

Irish-bred Hunt, the acclaimed grass horse of the 2017 Del Mar summer meeting, returns to the seaside track to seek another win in the $250,000 Eddie Read Stakes (G2T) July 22, when he heads a field of 11 turf specialists.

The 1 1/16-mile Lake George Stakes (G3T) marked the first win for Jim and Susan Hill’s Daddy Is a Legend since a one-length victory in the Nov. 25 Jimmy Durante Stakes (G3T) at Del Mar in her 2-year-old finale.

Nearly a month after a contentious California Horse Racing Board meeting delayed a proposal on out-of-competition testing changes, the regulatory agency appeared to take a step forward July 20.