In a statement released May 16, Keeneland president and CEO Bill Thomason remembered Caldwell, who carried on the legacy of his late father, Tom Caldwell, and worked for many years alongside his brother Scott Caldwell at Keeneland.

Two of the anticipated favorites for the May 23 Matt Winn Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs, Maxfield and Major Fed, tuned up for the 1 1/16-mile qualifier on the Road to the Kentucky Derby with breezes in Kentucky May 16.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced racetracks will be permitted to resume racing without fans effective June 1. His office will be issuing guidance in the coming week as to how tracks can operate safely as the COVID-19 crisis continues.

A return to a familiar setting could return Bellafina to peak form in the $100,000 Desert Stormer Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park May 17.

Wildwood’s Beauty, a runner-up in three consecutive races including back-to-back graded-stakes during the Championship Meet, hopes to find the cure for her recent seconditis in the $100,000 Musical Romance Stakes May 16 at Gulfstream Park.

The $75,000 Hollywood Wildcat Stakes at Gulfstream Park May 15 may not have provided qualifying points toward the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1), but the race provided something else: redemption for Oaks contender Tonalist’s Shape.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar underscored the huge importance of racing to Ireland’s economy on the day it was announced the sport’s resumption was brought forward from June 29 to June 8.

Purses drop from £200,000 to £100,000 for races of 3-year-olds and older

Three weeks after its original intended opening, Churchill Downs will join a select but growing number of tracks resuming operations amid COVID-19 when it begins its spring meet May 16.

Foreign-trained runners will be allowed to run in the first two classics of the disrupted British flat season, the British Horseracing Authority has confirmed.

Bast, a daughter of Uncle Mo, won three grade 1 stakes at 2.

Maryland horsemen are hopeful racing without spectators will be permitted to resume in the near future. The Stronach Group, however, which owns and operates Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park, is still awaiting Gov. Hogan’s permission to proceed.

Hughie Morrison is delighted with stable ace Telecaster and is readying last season’s Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Dante Stakes (G2) winner at the top group 1 races this season.

Churchill Downs announced May 15 that its spring racing would be televised on FOX Sports’ “America’s Day at the Races,” airing every race day on either FS1 or FS2. Racing from Churchill not be shown on TVG, but on its secondary channel, TVG2.

For Breeze Easy, the partnership of owners Mike Hall and Sam Ross, a busy weekend at Churchill Downs with 3-year-olds Karak and Four Wheel Drive is offset by a couple of retirements and a setback to a few older horses.

After successfully extending its meet once already during the COVID-19 crisis, Tampa Bay Downs has applied to the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation to add eight June racing dates to its 2019-2020 season.