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Bregman Family Racing and Ivan Cabrera's regally-bred No Nay Mets is batting .667 having won two of three starts heading into the Aug. 18 Skidmore Stakes,  a $150,000 5 1/2-furlong Mellon turf sprint for 2-year-olds, at Saratoga Race Course.

Recent Prix Jacques le Marois (G1) third-place finisher Light Infantry will have one more run in Europe before heading off for another Australian adventure.

Applications are available for horse shows to apply for 2024 T.I.P. awards, and high point Thoroughbred awards will be offered at the American Eventing Championships.

Maiden Watch: Aug. 7-Aug. 13

Since its formation in the early 2000s, Horse PAC has distributed nearly $5 million to the election campaigns of federal candidates who support Thoroughbred breeding and racing.

Classic-winning trainer Joseph F. Orseno won his 2,000th race Sunday, Aug. 13, when Lord Eddard Stark raced to victory in the ninth race at Gulfstream Park. Trainer Rodney J. Cone won his 1,000th race.