Were Upset not part of the foal crop of 1917, it is entirely possible that he would be far more than a footnote in racing history. Instead, he is mostly forgotten other than for the false notion that his name is the inspiration for the word describing an unlikely event, most often used in the context of sports.

Nik Goodwin rode his 1,000th Thoroughbred winner Thursday night at Canterbury Park when he booted home Saganaga for trainer Gary Scherer in the sixth race.

Goodwin, who has been riding at Canterbury regularly since 2006, also has ridden well over 100 Quarter Horse winners.

Remington Park in Oklahoma City has boosted the purse of the Springboard Mile for 2-year-olds to $400,000, the track announced Tuesday. The race will be run Dec. 17. It is the co-richest offering of the meet that opens Aug. 25. The Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby at 1 1/8 miles is set for Sept. 24. Last year, the Springboard Mile was worth $300,000. 

The Springboard Mile will be showcased on a card of five stakes that ends the meet. Other races on the card include the $100,000 Trapeze for 2-year-old fillies at a mile.

Officials at Keeneland Racecourse aren’t about to fix what isn’t broke. The 17-race stakes schedule for the fall meet in October at the Lexington, Ky., track was released Wednesday with virtually no change from the status quo.

The Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park had its purse cut by $250,000 while the Cigar Mile at Aqueduct had its purse increased by the same amount in a series of changes to the New York Racing Association’s stakes schedules for the Belmont and Aqueduct fall meets.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Sophie Doyle could have been on a whirlwind trip to Europe, but duty called.

Doyle, perhaps as much as anyone on this side of the pond, is taking a fervent interest in this week's Royal Ascot meet. Her younger brother, James, has become a world-class jockey who won the Group 1 St. James’s Palace on Tuesday aboard Barney Roy for Godolphin.

“I’d love to be there this week,” said Sophie Doyle, the Kentucky-based jockey who grew up in her native England riding horses alongside her brother. “But I’ve got work to do here.”

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Before starting his own training operation in 1998, Malcolm Pierce played a part in three Queen’s Plate victories as an assistant trainer for Jim Day and Mark Frostad.

Pierce was working as Day’s assistant when Regal Intention won the Queen’s Plate in 1988 and was part of Dance Smartly’s Canadian Triple Crown sweep in 1991. In 1996, Pierce also played a major role in Victor Cooley’s victory in the Queen’s Plate while working for Frostad. While he wasn’t the listed trainer for the race, Pierce said he handled a lot of Victor Cooley’s training.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Longtime Woodbine assistant racing secretary Sheryl McSwain died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. She was 53.

Visitation for McSwain will be at the Scott Funeral Home (West Toronto Chapel) at 1273 Weston Road in Toronto from 1-2 p.m. on Friday. It will be followed by a service there from 2-2:30 p.m., after which there will be a reception from 2:30-4 p.m.

All-sources betting on Saturday’s Belmont Stakes was down 9.2 percent from last year, according to charts compiled by Equibase, with handle on the race suffering from a lackluster field that did not include the Kentucky Derby winner, the Preakness winner, the expected favorite, or any standout.

ARCADIA, Calif. – The Santa Anita single-ticket jackpot was hit for $891,568 Saturday, the first time the bet had been won since May 4. But the payoff was not without controversy.

After a series of middle-priced winners for the first five legs of the sequence, there was a single “live” ticket on comeback maiden Fly to Mars, second choice on the morning line, going into the 11th and final race.