New York horsemen and the Jockeys’ Guild reached an agreement to raise losing mounts for jockeys at New York Racing Association tracks, it was announced in a press release Wednesday.

Jockeys on horses who finish fourth will receive $125 in races with purses under $50,000, $175 in races with purses from $50,000 to $99,999 and 5-percent of purse earnings in raises with purses of $100,000 or higher. Jockeys who finish fifth or worse will receive from $110 to $500 depending on the purse of the race.

The Louisiana Racing Commission will hear presentations as part of a “discussion of horse slaughter,” during its July 16 meeting, according to a meeting agenda. Maggi Moss will give a presentation as a representative of the new National Thoroughbred Welfare Organization, founded by owner Rick Porter. Patrick Richmond will give a presentation as a representative of the Louisiana Horse Rescue Association.

Justify, the Triple Crown winner, will be re-evaluated in two weeks, trainer Bob Baffert said on Wednesday, to see if the filling that has recently developed in his left front ankle subsides.

“We just have to evaluate it,” Baffert said. “It goes and it comes. I don’t know if it’s because he’s been training on a different track. But it’s the first time he’s ever had a little filling, so you have to be cautious.

“He’s not unsound. But he’s never carried any filling before. We gave him a couple of days, and then it came back. We’re being super-duper cautious.”

The Green Monkey, whose physical bearing, fast work times, and respectable pedigree led to a record $16 million auction price as a 2-year-old in 2006, was euthanized earlier this year after a long battle with laminitis, owners of the horse confirmed on Monday night.

Alberta’s Horse Racing Appeal Tribunal disqualified Chief Know It All from first in last year’s Grade 3 Canadian Derby and placed him third behind Double Bear and Trooper John, who dead-heated for second in the 1 3/8-mile race last Aug. 19.

The tribunal ruled that “Double Bear was fouled, and the outcome of the race was altered.”

Mike Smith, who won the Triple Crown aboard Justify, is being honored in a special way by his home state of New Mexico. 

The state's governor, Susana Martinez, has proclaimed Sunday as "Mike E. Smith Day" across New Mexico, according to a press release from Ruidoso Downs. Smith will be at the New Mexico track Sunday to sign posters as part of a fundraiser for the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund. The rider is based in Southern California. 

Smith also is scheduled to lead a post parade for one of the races Sunday at Ruidoso.

Trainer Al Stall Jr. will be looking for his 12th win with his last 13 starters in Louisiana on Saturday when he starts Iona Guitar in the fourth race at Louisiana Downs.

Stalls wins have come at Evangeline Downs in Opelousas and Louisiana Downs in Bossier City.

Iona Guitar is launching her career in a 4 1/2-furlong maiden special weight for 2-year-old fillies bred in Louisiana. Stall’s other starter Saturday comes in the sixth race, with Half a Sugar.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Girvin, winner of the Grade 1 Haskell at Monmouth last year, has been retired due to a soft-tissue injury, trainer Joe Sharp said Tuesday.

The top 3-year-old of 2017 in Louisiana, where he won the Grade 2 Risen Star and Grade 2 Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds, Girvin went into the Kentucky Derby nursing a troubled foot and ran 13th behind Always Dreaming. He then returned to finish second in the Ohio Derby, narrowly beaten by Irap, before catching McCraken in the final stride and winning the Haskell by a nose.

Parx Racing has canceled its Tuesday card due to the continuing heat wave in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Parx canceled its Monday card Sunday morning. The decision to cancel Tuesday was made early Monday afternoon. The Tuesday forecast in Bensalem, Pa., calls for a high temperature of 96 with a real-feel temperature of 108, according to AccuWeather. There is a 25 percent chance of thunderstorms.

Trainer Mike Lauer won his 1,000th race Saturday night at Indiana Grand.

Lauer, who has started 7,688 runners, hit the milestone when Miracles Take Time won the third race. Miracles Take Time was an appropriate representative of Lauer’s accomplishment. The filly was bred by Lauer and his wife, Penny, and is owned by Penny Lauer. The Lauers keep 15 broodmares on a farm in Kentucky and have been active Indiana breeders and racers for years.