ARCADIA, Calif. – Judge Miller surprised his trainer and his rider Saturday at Santa Anita, where the lightly raced 4-year-old burst to prominence with a runaway allowance romp that earned a 105 Beyer, equaling the highest figure this year in North America.

Mark Glatt trains Judge Miller, a full brother to multiple Grade 1 winner Clairiere who was stretching to a mile after winning a maiden sprint in his second start. Glatt was confident the colt would appreciate two turns Saturday, but acknowledged the performance took him by surprise.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Dornoch, winner of the Grade 2 Remsen, and Locked, who finished a distant third as the tepid favorite in the 2023 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, will make their much-anticipated 3-year-old debuts and figure to be the likely favorites in the $400,000 Fountain of Youth on Saturday at Gulfstream Park. 

The Grade 2 Fountain of Youth lured a field of nine, including Locked’s stablemate Speak Easy, who trainer Todd Pletcher also has entered in a 1 1/8-mile allowance race here on Friday.

The Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit has dropped a case against trainer Jeffery Englehart after testing revealed that a banned drug, clenbuterol, could not have been administered while the horse was in his care, according to the organization.

The Jockey Club of Canada announced Thursday that Robert “Red” McKenzie will be presented with the Special Sovereign Award during the Sovereign Awards ceremony in April. 

Selected unanimously by The Jockey Club of Canada’s stewards, the Special Sovereign Award recognizes a particular achievement within a given year. The honor will be bestowed upon McKenzie for becoming the oldest trainer to saddle a winner in Canada, doing so at age of 96 on June 23, 2023, when his mare, Entitled Star, won the second race at Century Mile. 

Barbara Livingtson, the longtime chief photographer for Daily Racing Form, has donated a photographic collection of the late Jim Raftery to the Keeneland Library in Lexington, Keeneland announced on Thursday.

The donation numbers an estimated two million photographic negatives weighing approximately 3,300 pounds, according to Keeneland, and it spans nearly 60 years of racing history, from the late 1930s to the early 1990s. Livingston acquired Raftery’s collection from his estate in 2020.

No More Time, winner of the Grade 3 Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs Feb. 10, will head back to the Oldsmar, Fla. track for his next start in the Grade 3, $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby March 9, owner Rich Mendez said Thursday.

“The logical place is the Tampa Bay Derby,” said Mendez, who heads the ownership group known as Morplay Racing. “We’re probably going to work him a week-and-half before the race, but the logical race to point to is the Tampa Bay Derby. He definitely liked the surface over there. We like our odds.”

Philip Oliver, a former trainer, died Monday in Indiantown, Fla., according to a statement from his family. Oliver was 53.

A native of England, Oliver trained from 1999 to 2017 and amassed 153 wins from 1,324 starts. His best horses included Last Full Measure, who won the Grade 1 Madison Stakes at Keeneland in 2013, and two Grade 3 winners, Middie and Closing Range.

Prior to his training career, Oliver was an assistant to Ian Jory, Bruce Headley, and Elliot Walden. After retiring as a trainer, he assisted in the operation of the racing stable of his wife, Victoria.

Churchill Downs Inc. had record revenue of $2.46 billion in 2023, but its net income fell 5 percent compared to 2022 due to lower gains from the sales of property, according to financial statements released by the company on Wednesday.

Revenue for the year increased 36 percent compared to 2022, largely due to new revenue provided by historical horse racing machines in operation in Kentucky and Virginia. Revenue from casinos operated by Churchill also increased markedly.