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Making her second start this year, 4-year-old Ways and Means leads a field of seven fillies and mares in the seven-furlong, $300,000 Bed o’ Roses Stakes (G2) June 6 at this year’s Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course.

Rogue Legend will sport the colors of John Stewart’s Resolute Racing at Royal Ascot later this month after the talented 2-year-old son of Havana Grey was bought from the Rogues Gallery Partnership for an undisclosed sum.

With each trainer considering the talents and capabilities of their horses, trainers Bill Mott and Michael McCarthy are both comfortable with the race spacing of their classic winners going into the Belmont Stakes (G1) June 7 at Saratoga Race Course.

Amplify Horse Racing is now accepting applications for the fall 2025 session of its Mentorship Program, open through June 24. This free, educational program connects youth and young adults with experienced Thoroughbred industry professionals.

Horse racing is evolving and so is the way fans experience it. With a new Belmont Park, the New York Racing Association is betting big on both.

Zulu Kingdom returns June 7 in the Pennine Ridge Stakes (G3T) at Saratoga Race Course. He will face nine rivals including Kentucky Derby (G1) participant Flying Mohawk, who returns to turf after that main-track attempt.

Calandagan has one mission for 2025—to win a group 1—and his search for a first top-level success will continue in the June 6 Coronation Cup (G1) at Epsom.

Graded stakes-winning turf filly Thought Process begins her sophomore campaign with a return to the dirt for the first time since her debut in the $100,000 Summertime Oaks (G3) June 7 at Santa Anita Park.

There are all sorts of variables to consider when betting a race, and rain is again in the forecast for the Belmont Stakes. A wet track often plays a significant role in the outcome of a race.

Nitrogen aims to keep her flawless 2025 record intact as she goes for her fifth straight victory in the June 7 Wonder Again Stakes (G2T) at Saratoga Race Course.

Outfinishing his rivals after jumping the final fence, Bruton Street-US's Proven Innocent drew clear under Freddie Procter to win the $150,000 Beverly R. Steinman Hurdle Handicap (NSA-G1) June 4 at Saratoga Race Course.

Think Big will look to continue his ascent up the ladder as the nation's top turf sprinter when he goes for grade 1 glory in the $500,000 Jaipur Stakes (G1T) June 7 at Saratoga Race Course.

The sale comprises of 837 horses and fillies in/out of training and 94 broodmares, 11 of which have foals at foot. Among its leading graduates is Entreat, the dam of recent Prix du Jockey Club (G1) hero Camille Pissarro.

WinStar Farm's Mullikin, winner of the 2024 Forego Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, is the 2-1 morning-line favorite as he returns June 7 to the scene of his most important win in a very competitive edition of the $400,000 True North Stakes (G3).

Ocala Breeders' Sales announced June 4 that a total of 83 horses have been supplemented to the June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age taking place June 17-18.

Jon Clay is reaping the benefits of campaigning Raging Sea, an RNA at the 2021 Keeneland September Sale. She is the 5-2 morning-line favorite in the June 6 Ogden Phipps Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, a race she finished fourth in last year.

Excellent Truth had a rather tumultuous introduction to American racing.

Brian Hernandez, Jr. was named Jockey of the Week after he rode Mystik Dan to victory in the Blame Stakes at Churchill Downs, the site of the colt's biggest triumph. Mystik Dan won the 2024 Kentucky Derby, for which Hernandez was also in the irons.

Should Baeza win the June 7 Belmont Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, it would make history for his dam, Puca, as the first mare to produce three American classic winners and the second to produce consecutive Belmont winners.

In this monthly BH interview, Karen M. Johnson profiles young racing personalities.