Ruidoso Downs announced on Sunday that it has canceled the final six weeks of racing because of frequent flash floods since late June and will run the remainder of the meeting at The Downs at Albuquerque approximately 180 miles to the north.

Ruidoso Downs was scheduled to continue at the southern New Mexico venue through Sept. 2.

The decision to relocate means such famous races as the All American Derby and $3 million All American Futurity will be run at Albuquerque on Sept. 1 and 2, according to Ruidoso Downs track owner Johnny Trotter.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Ken McPeek said he won’t keep the racing world in suspense too long about whether the fabulous filly Thorpedo Anna will take on the boys in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Travers Stakes on Aug. 24, but there are still a few things to consider before making a final decision.

OCEANPORT, N.J. – Midmorning Sunday, the day after winning the Haskell Invitational Stakes at Monmouth Park, Dornoch, sound and healthy according to trainer Danny Gargan, was on a horse van bound for Saratoga. But while the Travers Stakes there on Aug. 24 remains the colt’s immediate goal, Dornoch won’t stay long at the track.

NYRA Bets, the national account-wagering operation of the New York Racing Association, will formally take over account wagering in New Jersey under an agreement signed between the association and the operator of Monmouth Park, the state’s only full-time Thoroughbred track, the two companies announced on Tuesday.

Accel Entertainment, a manufacturer and distributor of gambling machines, has reached an agreement to purchase Fairmount Park, which operates as Fan Duel Sportsbook and Horse Racing, in a transaction that will allow a casino to be built on the property, the companies announced on Monday.

Members of the team that calculates Beyer Speed Figures occasionally encounter data that defies common sense. If a horse earns a seemingly implausible figure, we may override it and assign a number that does make sense for most of the horses in the field. We don’t do this lightly, but we don’t want to publish figures that undermine our own credibility.

Louis Albertrani, a retired trainer best known for campaigning 1999 champion sprinter Artax, died Saturday of an apparent heart attack at his home near New Castle, Del., family members said Monday. He was 67.

According to Equibase, Albertrani won 133 races from 1,657 starters during a 30-year career from 1992-2021. In 1999, Albertrani won three Grade 1 stakes, including the Breeders’ Cup Sprint, with Artax, who was voted the Eclipse Award for champion sprinter. His other victories that year included the Carter and Vosburgh as part of a 15-race campaign.

A truly remarkable 2023/24 Hong Kong racing season concluded at Sha Tin on Sunday, 14 July, marking the close of one of the most extraordinary chapters in Hong Kong’s racing history. 

The Club’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges: “We had the best-ever season finale, we want to position racing as a world-class entertainment and sporting event. We couldn’t have planned a better season finale than today when the on-course atmosphere and response from our 30,000 racing fans, which include a record number of over 6,000 Mainland visitors, was amazing.”

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - The first race from Saratoga on June 7 is the definition of a key race.

White Sands, who has won the first two races of her career by a combined margin of 23 1/4 lengths, could move into graded company for her next start, trainer Wesley Ward said Saturday.

Ward said White Sands is under serious consideration for the Grade 3, $150,000 Sorrento Stakes at Del Mar. The six-furlong race for 2-year-old fillies will be run Aug. 10.