A lawsuit filed against Hagyard-Davidson-McGee and four partners, and the acknowledgement that some Hagyard Equine Hospital veterinarians misdated radiographs to meet sale deadlines, has not caused an uproar among sale buyers and sellers.

An emphatic victory by War of Will in the grade 2 Risen Star Stakes Feb. 16 at Fair Grounds was enough to elevate the Mark Casse trainee to the No. 2 position behind champion Game Winner in this week’s NTRA top 3-year-old poll. 

Queensland’s leading trainer charged with seven animal cruelty offences

At the same meeting that the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission approved a new owner of the state’s first track to offer historical racing, it also heard a promise from an official of Kentucky’s lone track without the games to have them added by June.

A lawsuit filed against Hagyard-Davidson-McGee and four partners, and the acknowledgement that some Hagyard Equine Hospital veterinarians misdated radiographs to meet sale deadlines, has not caused an uproar among sale buyers and sellers.

Trainer Steve Asmussen will ship promising 3-year-old Wicked Indeed west for a stakes try in the $100,000 Mine That Bird Derby on Sunday, Feb. 24 at Sunland Park.

Super Steed launched an eye-popping move in the far turn of the $500,000 Southwest Stakes (G3) on his way to a three-quarter-length victory in the 1 1/16-mile test for 3-year-olds at Oaklawn Park. 

Robert LaPenta and Head of Plains Partners’ Coal Front held off Copper Bullet to win the $500,000 Razorback Stakes (G3) by a neck on Presidents Day at Oaklawn Park.

A graded stakes try figures to be on the horizon for California-bred Galilean after he toyed with four other state-breds Feb. 18 on his way to an easy victory in the $200,000 California Cup Derby at Santa Anita Park.

She’s a Julie returned to the winner’s circle Feb. 18, speeding away in the stretch of the $200,000 Bayakoa Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park.

In his first race in nearly seven months, Racing Hall of Fame jockey Victor Espinoza put Hronis Racing’s Gallantlystreaming in good position early then rallied to a second-place finish in the first race Feb. 18 at Santa Anita Park.

The German-bred son of Galileo died following a paddock accident at 9 in May 2017.

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission today announced payment of more than $14.2 million in breeder awards from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Breeders’ Incentive Fund.

New Mexico-based trainer Justin Evans secured the 2,000th victory of his career Feb. 17 when Curlina Curlina rallied from fifth to win a 6 1/2-furlong maiden claiming race at Sunland Park.