Attorneys for the Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer and the state’s trainers’ organization are seeking an immediate court order that will prevent Del Mar Thoroughbred Club from denying the trainer the ability to enter horses in the track’s races, according to a complaint filed Monday in Superior Court of San Diego.

DEL MAR, Calif. -- Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer filed a complaint in San Diego superior court earlier this week in an effort to operate a stable at the Del Mar summer meeting that begins on Wednesday.

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The Monmouth Park stewards have fined jockey Paco Lopez $1,000 in a ruling dated Sunday for careless riding in the sixth race June 23.

Lopez, a five-time leading rider at Monmouth, has been under a microscope following two careless-riding suspensions at Gulfstream Park this winter.

Longtime New Jersey trainer Joseph Zoppi died on Tuesday at the age of 74.

Zoppi trained horses in New Jersey for more than 40 years and was a longtime board member for the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association. For many years, he administered the hands-on trainer tests to aspiring New Jersey horsemen.

A native of Newark, N.J., Zoppi lived in Cedar Grove. He won 101 races during his career.

A private funeral service was held at Shook’s Cedar Grove Funeral Home. Zoppi is survived by his aunt, Marie Zoppi, and numerous cousins.

The globetrotting millionaire Cooptado has been retired and will be made available for adoption as a sport-horse prospect via the Maker’s Mark Secretariat Center in Lexington, Ky.

The 9-year-old gelding last started in March. He concluded his career, during which he won on both dirt and turf at distances from seven furlongs to 1 9/16 miles, with a record of 46-6-7-4 and earnings of $1,193,150.

Owner Ralph Evans announced Sunday that his two-time Grade 1-winning New York-bred Diversify has been retired after coming out of a workout Saturday at Belmont Park with a suspensory injury.

Diversify was owned by Evans and his daughter Lauren, who purchased the horse from WinStar Farm at the 2016 Keeneland November sale for $210,000 after he had opened his career with a pair of one-sided victories that season at Belmont. A 6-year-old gelded son of Bellamy Road, Diversify retires with 10 wins in 16 starts and earnings of just under $2 million.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Country House, the 2019 Kentucky Derby winner via disqualification, is finished racing for the year, trainer Bill Mott said Saturday night during the Downs After Dark program at Churchill Downs.

Mott said he was dissatisfied with the way Country House had trained and acted at Churchill and after the colt was shipped to Saratoga on Wednesday. Country House missed the Preakness and Belmont Stakes with a minor illness and had been in light training at Churchill for about two weeks before being sent north. The colt will be turned out for 60 days, if not longer.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Sam-Son Farm last won the Queen’s Plate in 2009 when Eye of the Leopard surged past Mr. Foricos Two U in the stretch to give the stable its fifth win in the race. In between, there have been eight other Queen’s Plate starters for Sam-Son Farm, including a pair of runner-up finishes from Hotep in 2010 and Up With the Birds in 2013.

In a quiet neighborhood not far from Santa Anita, a little girl scuffled playfully with the family dog, sidestepping toys on the living-room carpet with Mom close by and Dad in the kitchen making dinner. A nice, relaxing suburban evening.

Then the wide-screen television turned on for a replay of the 2010 Dubai World Cup, and the girl’s attention went from poodle to horse. Valentina Pereira, who turns 3 in August, has seen this race before. She knows how it ends.