Star of Seville, the winner of the Group 1 French Oaks at Chantilly on June 14, will have her stakes debut against older fillies and mares in Saturday’s $934,860 Nassau Stakes at about 1 1/4 miles on turf at Goodwood Racecourse in England.

Trained by John Gosden, Star of Seville has won four of six starts for owner and breeder Carole Bamford. The French Oaks, formally known as the Prix de Diane, was Star of Seville’s second start in a Group 1, following a ninth-place finish in the English Oaks at Epsom Downs on June 5.

The world changed dramatically in the 37 years between Affirmed outdueling arch rival Alydar at Belmont Park and American Pharoah’s own triumphant romp down that long homestretch to finally bring the Triple Crown trophy out of storage. That was in plain evidence as the bay colt stormed through the lane, with thousands of smartphones and tablets thrust skyward to capture the historic image, and those perspectives of the day then being shared thousands of times on social networks.

Delaware State Police have identified Ruben Rojas, a journeyman jockey, as the man who shot a trainer on the Delaware Park backstretch Wednesday morning, according to an announcement by the law-enforcement agency.

Rojas was arrested shortly after shooting the trainer at approximately 9 a.m. on Wednesday. The trainer, whose identity has yet to be confirmed, was shot in the stomach, police said, but was admitted to a hospital with “non-life-threatening injuries,” the police said.

OCEANPORT, N.J. – Late Wednesday afternoon, shortly before Triple Crown winner American Pharoah arrived at Monmouth Park, track management raised the purse of Sunday's Grade 1 Haskell Invitational from $1 million to $1.75 million.

The purse increase comes less than 24 hours before entries were to be taken for the Haskell. There are four stakes for 3-year-olds in the East this week, and the competition for horses has been intense.

Police arrested a man early Wednesday morning on the Delaware Park backstretch after he shot another man in a dispute, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.

The incident occurred just before 9 a.m., Delaware police said. The man who was shot was admitted to the hospital with “non-life-threatening injuries,” a police spokesman said. The suspect remained in police custody as of late Wednesday afternoon.

Jockey Oriana Rossi has made progress since suffering critical injuries to her back in a spill July 22 at Indiana Grand, but her long-term outlook remains uncertain, and Rossi still might be paralyzed from the waist down, according to trainer Tim Glyshaw.

Glyshaw and his wife and assistant, Natalie, have a long-standing relationship with Rossi, 32, who galloped horses for them before taking out her jockey’s license in 2009. Rossi’s first mount was trained by Glyshaw.

Drug testing for horses at West Virginia racetracks will be handled by Industrial Labs in Colorado as of Aug. 12 after the state racing commission voted to allow the state’s current contract with Truesdail Laboratories in California to expire, commission officials said Wednesday.

The commission voted to switch labs at a commission meeting Tuesday, citing concerns about Truesdail that were revealed in a quality-assurance analysis recently conducted by the Indiana Horse Racing Commission, according to Joe Moore, the executive interim director of the West Virginia Racing Commission.

Pretty Suspect is the one to beat in Thursday’s featured third race at Louisiana Downs, but she might have to contend with more pace than she did earlier this month when she won an optional $17,500 claiming race for fillies and mares on turf. Pretty Suspect went wire to wire in that race, which was at the same level as Thursday’s race.

“I was hoping there wasn’t as much speed in the race, but we got a good post,” said Al Cates, who trains Pretty Suspect for Five Star Racing Stable.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – At least 17 European-based horses were under consideration early this week for the four major stakes on the Aug. 15 Arlington Million program, and even if that number – as is likely – gets winnowed down between now and entry time, the overseas contingent figures to be at least on par with recent seasons.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Palace will return to statebred competition for the first time in 18 months when he takes on seven others, including defending champ Weekend Hideaway, in Thursday’s $100,000 John Morrissey at Saratoga.