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A Kentucky Supreme Court case about a trainer commission puts at stake a long-time tradition of doing business with a handshake in the horse business.

In Australia, the Victoria Racing Club announced April 11 that its CEO, Steve Rosich, has resigned.

The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program awards for 2023 attracted participation from 734 Thoroughbreds from 44 states and five provinces that competed in more than 15,000 classes, divisions, and events.

Kota Fujioka, age 35, has died after suffering severe injuries in a mid-race fall at Hanshin April 6, the Japan Racing Association has announced. 

Hip 551, a daughter of Instagrand consigned by Hoppel, agent, breezed a quarter in :20 3/5, the fastest work at the distance at the fourth session of the under tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training.

The April 11 fifth session of the under tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training has been rescheduled for April 12 due to a forecast of severe weather in the Ocala, Fla., area.

Julia Augusta led the way in a record-breaking Tattersalls Online April Sale when fetching 72,000 guineas (US$94,814, 1gn = US$1.31) to the winning bid of owner Jimmy Chua.

Team Valor International belted a grand slam March 30-April 6, taking home four stakes victories in four different countries across three continents. Better yet, the wins came in consecutive stakes appearances for the ownership group.

Two bills that would have cleared the way for a new School of Veterinary Medicine at Murray State University in Western Kentucky have failed to advance out of committee in the Kentucky Senate.

West Point Thoroughbreds announces the appointment of Trey Gordon as president. Terry Finley continues as CEO.

Mike Ryan's Dilger will kindle plenty of emotion when he goes to the post for the 42nd running of the $400,000 Lexington Stakes (G3) April 13 at Keeneland.

You often see strange things late at night, but travelers at Warwick Farm train station in Australia had a loose horse for the company April 5.

"We're privileged to align the Tattersalls Ireland brand to the Polish St Leger. The Polish racing industry goes from strength to strength, and our graduates are an integral part of raising its profile as a racing nation," Simon Kerins said.

Godolphin's Master of The Seas is out to avenge his former stablemate's defeat, as well as make amends of his own, when he lines up April 12 in the $600,000 Maker's Mark Mile (G1T) at Keeneland.

The Fasig-Tipton April Digital Sale closed April 9 with 87 horses sold for $4,274,300. Sale topper Eileen's Dream (Hip 21) set a record for a single offering on the Digital platform when sold for $660,000.

Hip 365, a Tiz the Law filly consigned by Tom McCrocklin, agent, breezed a quarter in a track record-equaling :20 1/5, the fastest work at the distance at the third session of the 2024 OBS Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training Under Tack Show.

Luciano Salice, who owned the brilliant Falbrav along with a host of other top-class horses, has died. He was 88.

Five-time graded stakes winner Adare Manor has lost the only two times she raced outside her Southern California base, but she still should be favored in the $1.25 million Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) April 13 at Oaklawn Park.

Skelly, second to Remake in the $1.5 million Riyadh Dirt Sprint (G3) Feb. 24 in Saudi Arabia, is back racing at a familiar domestic track: Oaklawn Park. The speedster bids to win a second consecutive running of the Count Fleet Handicap (G3).

Maiden Watch: Week of April 1-7