Trainer Jose Corrales has been suspended for two years and fined $10,000 by HIWU after an arbitrator found him responsible for a nikethamide positive in Curlene's Spirit following her victory in a claiming race Feb. 20 at Laurel Park.
The New York Racing Association announces the stakes schedule for the 2026-27 winter meet at Belmont Park, which will include 28 stakes races worth nearly $5.7 million in total purses.
The clock is counting down on the remarkable career of Ag Bullet, but trainer Richard Baltas is hoping there are still two shots in the chamber left to fire. The first of those comes Oct. 11 in the $400,000 Franklin Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland.
2025 Arkansas Derby (G1) winner and social media star Sandman has been retired from racing, according to a social media post by Griffin Johnson, and will stand the 2027 breeding season at Rockridge Stud near Hudson, N.Y.
Multiple leading sire Into Mischief holds his place atop the roster at $250,000, and will be joined with six-figure fees by Vekoma and Yaupon at $100,000. Vekoma's fee remains unchanged, while Yaupon's fee rises from $60,000.
Alex Frost is set to step down as chief executive of the UK Tote Group at the end of 2026 after almost nine years leading the business, with James Coxon appointed as his successor.