Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher will start a seven-day suspension imposed by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit on Tuesday after deciding not to dispute a positive late last year for a regulated corticosteroid in a horse he trains.

Pletcher will begin serving the suspension three days after one of his horses, River Thames, finished a close second in the Fountain of Youth Stakes, a major prep for the Kentucky Derby. Pletcher also has several late-blooming horses that could figure in the road to the Derby over the next several months.

Kendrick Carmouche, the second-generation jockey who has ridden on the New York circuit since 2015, has been named the winner of the 2025 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award after a nationwide vote of his peers, the administrator of the award, Santa Anita Park, announced on Monday. 

Carmouche, the son of the Louisiana jockey Sylvester Carmouche, has ridden for 25 years, mostly in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and New York. He is known for his outgoing relationship with fans and his willingness to volunteer for nearly any cause benefiting riders or horses. 

The horsemen’s organization representing owners and trainers at Gulfstream Park in Florida has rejoined the National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association as an affiliate, the organizations announced on Monday.

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – Colloquial, the 3-year-old who earned a 106 Beyer Speed Figure winning a maiden race by seven lengths at Aqueduct on Feb. 7, returned to the work tab Thursday morning at the Palm Beach Downs training center, going an easy half-mile in 52.78 seconds. 

Daily Racing Form clocker Dave Norton caught Colloquial in splits of 13.74 seconds and 27.28 as the horse was going very easy throughout. 

American Dreamin, one of the nation’s leading 2-year-old Quarter Horse fillies in 2024, tested positive for carmoterol following a win in a major futurity trial at Los Alamitos last November, her third positive for the banned medication in a six-week period, according to the California Horse Racing Board’s website.

In late January, the racing board announced that three horses trained by Monty Arrossa, including American Dreamin, showed the presence of carmoterol in four post-race and out-of-competition tests taken in late October and early November.