Alberta sire Declassify was represented by his first winner July 26 when Dark Cloud Racing’s Tucker Time aired by seven lengths in a four-furlong maiden special weight at Marquis Downs.

For La Force to secure what has proven an elusive grade 1 win in the $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes July 28 at Del Mar, she’ll have to defeat a familiar foe in Paradise Woods and other talented runners.

Bill Farish couldn’t find a nearby piece of wood, so he laughed and then banged his fist lightly against his head in a gesture to ward off the racing gods.

Sagamore Farm notable Social Outcast and turf champion Youth will be honored Aug. 17.

A San Diego County judicial officer July 26 granted trainer Jerry Hollendorfer an injunction that will allow him to train horses at Del Mar.

Tiz a Slam will attempt to win the $175,000 Nijinsky Stakes (G2T) Sunday at Woodbine for a second straight year. Last season, Tiz a Slam delivered a gate-to-wire victory in the 1 1/2-mile turf test.

Saudi sports officials are set to announce a new international race, designed to be the world’s richest, at an event Aug. 7 press conference at Fasig-Tipton in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

For Glen Kozak and his track maintenance crew, it was a perfect storm.

John Gosden is bracing himself for a potentially tricky tactical battle with Ballydoyle July 27, with the trainer wary about the threats posed to highweighted Enable by her talented opposition in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1).

In a new twist on shared Thoroughbred ownership, B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm is offering investors in Wayne O, a well-bred 2-year-old son of Into Mischief, the opportunity to cash in should the colt win a grade 1 stakes.

Britain’s first lady of racing will appear before her people at Ascot July 27, where the indisputably magnificent Enable headlines a QIPCO King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) comparable to those of the race’s golden era.

Both of grade 1 races on the calendar are six-furlong sprints: the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1) at the Spa, and Bing Crosby (G1) at Del Mar, part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series and offers the winner a fees-paid berth to the Sprint (G1).

Saudi sports officials are set to announce a new international race, designed to be the world’s richest, at an event Aug. 7 press conference at Fasig-Tipton in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Tiz a Slam will attempt to win the $175,000 Nijinsky Stakes (G2T) Sunday at Woodbine for a second straight year. Last season Tiz a Slam delivered a gate-to-wire victory in the 1 1/2-mile turf test.

The DTRC stewards on Monday slapped trainer Marcus Vitali with a one-year suspension and a $2,500 fine for “interfering with and impeding an investigation.”

Wendell Fong, a perfect 3-for-3 with a stakes win at six furlongs, will face the question about how much an additional half-furlong matters in the $200,000 Amsterdam Stakes (G2) at Saratoga Race Course.