This is the sixth in a series of Q&A sessions with farm managers, general managers, and farm owners about how they are handling a Thoroughbred operation amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Record-breaking two-time Hong Kong Horse of the Year Beauty Generation will race next season and is set to join Lexus Melbourne Cup (G1)-winning trainer David Hayes.

Leading second-crop sire Constitution has commanding attention this year with the results of his 3-year-old progeny. Now one of his 2-year-olds is on the scene—Hyperfocus—​​​​​​​a first-out winner at Gulfstream Park in the second race there May 9.

Breeders’ Cup, in conjunction with the Japan Racing Association, announced May 8 that the $2.1 million Victoria Mile Stakes (G1), a mile turf race for older fillies and mares May 17 at Tokyo Racecourse, will be a new Challenge Series race.

The outside perimeter of Belmont Park came alive May 8 for a bustling drive-thru and walk-up food distribution event for the residents of Elmont, N.Y., the track’s hometown.

Bolt d’Oro will not shuttle to Spendthrift Australia this year, a decision Spendthrift Australia general manager Garry Cuddy said has been made “with the welfare of the horse in mind.”

French racing will resume as planned May 11 at three tracks, including ParisLongchamp, but only after a tense 24 hours of negotiation to avert a potentially heartbreaking change of tack from the government.

A statement issued May 9 from Santa Anita Park indicates the track has not yet received a decision from the Los Angeles Health Department regarding its request to resume spectatorless racing.

Six juvenile races into the spring meet at Gulfstream Park, and horses raised in the Sunshine State have illustrated their precociousness. The scorecard: Florida-breds, five wins; Kentucky-breds, one.

Hanover Racecourse in the north of Germany is far from being one of Europe’s most famous tracks, but it captured the attention of the racing world May 7.

Sottsass will make his first start since a third in the 2019 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1). Also on the card, unbeaten group 1 winner Victor Ludorum starts his 3-year-old campaign in the Prix de Fontainebleau (G3).

French racing’s bid to resume after a seven-week hiatus due to the coronavirus outbreak has one more hurdle to clear, it emerged May 8. 

Brian Kavanagh has defended Horse Racing Ireland’s six-day radio silence and, while the chief executive empathized with frustrated industry stakeholders, he insisted the resumption of racing is a matter the government will have ultimate say on.

Group 1 winners In Her Time, Samaready, Booker, and Youngstar all broke the Australian million-dollar barrier May 8 during the virtual Inglis Chairman’s Sale.

The Breeders’ Cup on May 8 announced Blessings for the Backstretch, a charitable initiative in partnership with The Stronach Group to support mothers living and working on the backstretch at Santa Anita Park on Mother’s Day.

The Washington Horse Racing Commission voted May 8 to approve a 44-day season for Emerald Downs that will begin June 22. Racing was originally scheduled to commence April 18 but was postponed due to COVID-19.

Six juvenile races into the spring meet at Gulfstream Park, and horses raised in the Sunshine State have illustrated their precociousness. The scorecard: Florida-breds, five wins; Kentucky-breds, one.

Preakness Stakes (G1) winner War of Will will likely bypass the $75,000 Sunshine Forever Stakes May 9 at Gulfstream Park as his connections hope Santa Anita Park will resume racing in time to run the May 25 Shoemaker Mile Stakes (G1T).

Last year’s Preakness Stakes (G1) winner War of Will stands out among a field of older horses, drawing the outside post in the 1 1/16-mile Sunshine Forever, which attracted a field of 12.

Jack Preston, with his late brothers Art and J.R., owned and operated a Texas oil and gas company and bred and raced many elite racehorses, including 1998 Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Victory Gallop.