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The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority announced that Samuel Reinhardt has joined the organization as assistant general counsel.

With heavy rain and the likelihood of more than three inches of precipitation at Santa Anita through March 22, track officials, in consultation with the CHRB, TOC, Jockeys' Guild, and the CTT, have opted to cancel the eight-race program March 24.

The son of Afleet Alex, who previously stood at Crestwood Farm in Kentucky, is expected to be attractive to breeders in Ohio, where he's been represented by multiple winners.

Hip 546, a Good Magic colt consigned by Top Line Sales, dropped the hammer at $2 million to top Day 2 of the Ocala Breeders' Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. Donato Lanni signed the ticket for Amr Zedan's Zedan Racing Stables.

Woodbine Entertainment announced March 21 the addition of Sovereign Award and Queen's Plate winning trainer Dan Vella as Horse People Liaison.

A hearing officer in the Medina Spirit case said following a March 21 hearing that she hopes to make a recommendation about the horse's Kentucky Derby (G1) disqualification to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission in April.

A colt by Arrogate and a full brother to grade 1 winner Cave Rock got tongues wagging when he went :21 1/5 ahead of the Ocala Breeders' Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. Tom McCrocklin sold the colt for $1.05 million to Katsumi Yoshida.

Turf Paradise, previously fined by HISA for rule noncompliance, has been ordered by a HISA board panel to complete repairs of an "unsafe" racetrack rail by March 31 or be prohibited from out-of-state simulcast export beginning next month.

Queensland's premier trainer Tony Gollan has backed up his opinion of freshman sire Dubious by taking home the highest-priced yearling sold at the 2023 QTIS auction March 21.

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission unanimously approved a motion March 21 to opt into a voluntary implementation agreement with the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.

The first lot to go through the Ascot ring for Gibbs, who consigns through his Millstone Stables, is Purple Aki (Lot 91), a son of the late Champs Elysees who scored on his only start at Larkhill late last month. 

Sean Flanagan bought the gray or roan colt that worked :9 4/5 during the under tack show and is consigned by Eddie Woods. He is the second seven-figure sale so far during the three-day Ocala Breeders' Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale.

Byron King's Top 12 on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, presented by Spendthrift Farm.

Winners of the Royal Palm Juvenile Stakes and Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies Stakes May 13 at Gulfstream Park will each earn an automatic entry into one of Royal Ascot's six 2-year-old races in addition to a $25,000 equine travel stipend. 

Juvenile prospects out of stakes-winning and stakes-producing dams among the highlights of the third and final session of the OBS March Sale.

The virtual conference series will provide information about the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority and its Anti-Doping and Medication Control Program.

Old Friends has broken ground on The Ms. Josephine Abercrombie Center, a new building to host events and showcase a collection of horse racing memorabilia, artwork, and racing trophies donated to Old Friends by the Bobby Frankel Estate.

Mike Acton will serve in the same capacity at Retama Park and Zia Park.

Tom Pedulla interviews Luis Gavignano, discussing his love of racing and the Derby.

The OBS March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale opener March 20, sprung into action, albeit with a slow start. The session was headlined by a Justify colt who sold for $1.2 million to the partnership of Maverick Racing and Siena Farm.