The Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award competition has been held for the 16th time to honor the best of long-format race writing. Three finalists were selected by a panel of judges from nearly two dozen submissions published during 2021. Source
Month: June 2022
Rare Mare Sierra Sue to be Offered on Inglis Digital
Dual group 1 winner Sierra Sue will be auctioned in a bespoke Inglis Digital Online Sale later this month after connections of the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained mare chose to retire the high-class sprinter-miler. Source
NYRA and National Museum of Racing to Honor ‘Peb’
NYRA and the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will highlight the career and accomplishments of the cartoonist Pierre “Peb” Bellocq during a ceremony at Belmont Park on Saturday, July 9, as part of the Stars and Stripes Racing Festival. Source
NYTB and NYSTBDF Join With the TAKE2 Program
The New York Thoroughbred Breeders and the New York State Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund are recognized for their contributions to Thoroughbred aftercare as the June “Donors of the Month” for the TAKE2 Program. Source
Owens, Forney Retire From TOC; Taboada, Egan Fill Roles
Thoroughbred Owners of California’s longest-running board member, Jack Owens, and its executive director, Mary Forney, are set to retire July 1. Source
Silent Poet Aims to Defend Highlander Stakes Title
In just his third race since last year’s Highlander—all this year—Silent Poet is coming off a fifth-place finish in the Jacques Cartier Stakes (G3) on Woodbine’s all-weather track. Source
Grade 1 Trio Returns for a Showdown in Fleur de Lis
The top three finishers from the La Troienne Stakes (G1) will face each other again July 2 in the $350,000 Fleur de Lis Stakes (G2) going 1 1/8 miles at Churchill Downs. Source
Charge It Returns in Belmont’s Dwyer Stakes
Six months after a promising career debut, Charge It is still playing catch up with the top runners in his 3-year-old crop. Source
Posner Pleads Guilty to Drug Adulteration, Misbranding
Veterinarian Michael Posner entered a plea of guilty June 29 to a single count of drug adulteration and misbranding in federal court. Source
Ce Ce Set to Defend Princess Rooney Title
Bo Hirsch’s Ce Ce is scheduled to ship from Santa Anita Park to Gulfstream Park June 29 for a planned title defense in Saturday’s $300,000 Princess Rooney Invitational Stakes (G2). Source