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Jody's Pride scored a breakthrough graded stakes victory May 10 in the $200,000 Ruffian Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Shisospicy kept the flame burning hot for her third win in a row for Morplay Racing, capturing the $224,625 Mamzelle Stakes (G3T) May 10 at Churchill Downs.

Strong-finishing Abaan denied champion Snap Decision to win the $250,000 Calvin Houghland Iroquois Stakes (NSA-G1) at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tenn.

The $169,750 John A. Nerud Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct Racetrack was short on competitors, but not on drama. Three sprinters battled to a photo finish, with Whatchatalkinabout narrowly prevailing over Silver Slugger and Surveillance.

Leinster extended his early lead over the freshman sire class when his 2-year-old daughter Lennilu gave the first-crop stallion his first stakes winner in the $100,000 Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies Stakes May 10 at Gulfstream Park.

Hollie Doyle praised Hayley Turner after surpassing her former weighing-room colleague as the winningmost female jockey in Britain following her 1,023rd victory on Brindavan at Ascot Racecourse May 10.

Leinster extended his early lead over the freshman sire class when his 2-year-old daughter Lennilu gave the first-crop stallion his first stakes winner in the $100,000 Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies Stakes May 10 at Gulfstream Park.

A well-bred Night of Thunder colt sold for €1.9 million in Deauville May 10 to lead the record proceedings at the Arqana Breeze Up Sale.

A dual grade1 winner a year ago, LSU Stables' Far Bridge continued a sharp start to his 5-year-old season by cruising to a comfortable length victory in the $388,000 Man o' War Stakes (G2T) May 10 at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Newmarket has been and gone, and the Curragh is still to come, but it is the turn of Longchamp to provide the next chapter of the European classic season May 11, starting with the Poule d'Essai des Poulains (French Two Thousand Guineas, G1).

Zarigana will start an overwhelming favorite for the first French fillies' classic, the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (French One Thousand Guineas, G1) May 11, although some might argue her price is hard to justify based on her last two starts.

River Thames and Gosger recorded breezes May 10 in preparation for the $2 million Preakness Stakes (G1) May 17 at Pimlico Race Course, and another leading 3-year-old, Sandman, joined the prospective lineup.

In a ruling issued May 9, jockey Junior Alvarado was fined $62,000 and suspended two racing days for violating established riding crop rules in piloting Sovereignty to victory in the May 3 Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs.

Wood Memorial Stakes (G2) winner Rodriguez will miss the May 17 Preakness Stakes (G1) because of a foot issue, but his connections have another colt in mind for the second leg of the Triple Crown, undefeated Goal Oriented.

Former trainer Kathy Walsh died in her sleep May 8 in Chico, Calif., where she had resided for the past 2 1/2 years. She was 85. 

With the recent success of last year's Arqana Breeze-Up Sale topper Ruling Court in the Two Thousand Guineas (G1), top buyers have flocked to Deauville ahead of Saturday's ring action.

A big step for Maryland racing was made May 9, when Maryland Gov. Wes Moore approved a plan that called for the demolition and restoration of Pimlico Race Course, in addition to the acquisition of Shamrock Farm as a satellite training center.

Blane Servis, assistant to trainer Brad Cox, allowed America’s Best Racing inside his journey on the path to recovery and behind the scenes with Final Gambit before and during the May 3 Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs.

The Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority announced the inaugural board of directors for The Maryland Jockey Club, a newly formed nonprofit entity charged with overseeing live racing at Laurel Park, Pimlico, and a new training facility.

A panel of veterinarians serving in equine medical leadership roles discussed Kentucky's equine safety protocols and advances in technology during a May 9 panel of the ARCI Annual Conference at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.