The 2019-20 winter-spring meet at Santa Anita will include three weeks down time, 12 race days to be determined, under a plan approved Aug. 22 by the California Horse Racing Board at its regular meeting in Del Mar.

Trainer John Gosden expects there is no hiding in the Aug. 23 Weatherbys Hamilton Lonsdale Cup (G2), in which superstar stayer Stradivarius bids to secure a second Weatherbys Hamilton Stayers’ Million bonus for owner-breeder Bjorn Nielsen.

The National Owner of the Year will be announced during the TOBA National Award Dinner Sept. 7 at Fasig-Tipton. The finalists are Juddmonte Farm, Hronis Racing, Klaravich Stable, Rockingham Ranch, and Peter M. Brant.

Despite conceding eight or more pounds to more experienced hurdlers at a longer distance, Winston C easily won the New York Turf Writers Cup (NSA-1), pulling clear by six lengths at the furlong pole and romping home by 8 3/4 lengths.

New York-based trainer M. Anthony Ferraro reached a big milestone Aug. 20 in race 5 at Presque Isle Downs where his stable’s 4-year-old filly Morgan’s Z Va won her second race of the year.

TVG, America’s horse racing network, announced today that TVG’s Morning Line program will feature the return of host Ken Rudulph and the addition of handicapper Matt Bernier to the TVG broadcast team.

TMB Racing LLC has signed a 50-year lease with Josephine County to host and operate live commercial horse races at the Grants Pass Downs racetrack.

Multiple grade 1 winner and expatriate stallion Tizway has been acquired by owner/breeder Nimet Arif Kurtel and will be relocated from South Korea to Turkey.

Racing on the New York circuit is never short of Chad Brown runners. Saratoga Race Course’s $400,000 Woodford Reserve Ballston Spa (G2T), which drew a field of nine fillies and mares, is no different as the leading trainer has three entered.

Multiple grade 1 winner and expatriate stallion Tizway has been acquired by owner/breeder Nimet Arif Kurtel and will be relocated from South Korea to Turkey.

Racing royalty Enable enhanced her reputation as one of the best mares in history with a terrific 10th top-level success in the Aug. 22 Darley Yorkshire Oaks.

Battaash’s traditional Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes (G1) warm-up at Goodwood went smoothly for the third year running, but trainer Charlie Hills hopes a slight tweak to the gelding’s preparation can help him end his York hoodoo.

Racing on the New York circuit is never short of Chad Brown runners. Saratoga Race Course’s $400,000 Woodford Reserve Ballston Spa (G2T), which drew a field of nine fillies and mares, is no different as the leading trainer has three entered.

When the field goes to post Aug. 24 at Saratoga Race Course for the $1.25 million Runhappy Travers Stakes, it will include Everfast, the latest top-level competitor from Brendan and Olive Gallagher’s Frankfort Park Farm.

The Road to the Kentucky Derby will begin Sept. 14 at Churchill Downs, as the $200,000 Iroquois Stakes (G3) for 3-year-olds launches a journey which, for a lucky few, could end beneath the Twin Spires on the first Saturday in May.

Multiple grade 1 winner and expatriate stallion Tizway has been acquired by owner/breeder Nimet Arif Kurtel and will be relocated from South Korea to Turkey.

The University of Louisville Equine Industry Program speaker series will address racetrack surface safety, sports betting, and feature renowned NYRA race caller Tom Durkin.

This week is a recap of the 2007 King’s Bishop Stakes (G1) at Saratoga won by Hard Spun. Written by Jeff Scott, the recap ran in the Sept. 1, 2007 magazine under the headline “The Right Spin.”