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Jockey Michael Baze's first career victory - Hollywood Park - May 3, 2003

Michael Baze, the leading jockey at Arlington Park last summer and a member of the famed Baze riding family, was found dead Tuesday afternoon in his vehicle in the stable area of Churchill Downs.

A conference focusing on the raceday use of the diuretic furosemide to treat bleeding in the lungs has been scheduled for June 13-14 in New York City, the organizers of the conference announced on Thursday.

Racing at Saratoga is back on national television.

After turning to regional telecasts of Saratoga’s premier events the last two summers, the New York Racing Association reached a deal with NBC Sports Group to televise eight one-hour weekend shows highlighting many of the Grade 1 stakes to be run during the 40-day meet. There will be one-hour programs each of the seven Saturdays of the meet as well as a one-hour telecast on Sunday, Aug. 7.

LEXINGTON, Ky. − When Barry Irwin grasped the Kentucky Derby trophy Saturday evening in the Churchill Downs winner’s circle, representing the 20 partners of Team Valor International who own Animal Kingdom, it was a moment racing’s traditionalists and its modernizers could appreciate.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A memorial tribute honoring Michael Baze has been scheduled for between races Friday at Churchill Downs, where the 24-year-old jockey was found dead in his vehicle Tuesday afternoon. The brief service is scheduled for after the fourth race at about 4:30 p.m. Eastern.

An autopsy performed Wednesday proved inconclusive as to the cause of death. The Jefferson County (Ky.) coroner's office said results of toxicology tests will not be available for several weeks.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Graham Motion barely slept in the euphoric 48 hours after he sent out Animal Kingdom to win the Derby last Saturday at Churchill Downs, although when he did, his staff was there for him – as always.

Named the new voice of the Triple Crown days after Tom Durkin withdrew from the position in late April. He is the announcer at Monmouth Park and Gulfstream Park and has recently worked as a backup to Trevor Denman during the Breeders’ Cup. His call of the stretch drive between Mywife­nosevrything and Thewifedoesntknow in a race last summer at Monmouth earned national attention. Daily Racing Form caught up with Collmus, 45 and a native of Baltimore, just before and after his first Derby call.

Toby’s Corner, who was forced to miss the Kentucky Derby because of lameness, has responded well to treatment in recent days and could return to training next week, his trainer, Graham Motion, said Thursday.

“He has significantly improved in the last 48 hours,” Motion said on a national teleconference. “He had an acupuncture treatment 48 hours ago, and since then we’ve seen big improvement. I would say he’s marginally off, if at all.”

Motion said he “maybe would put the tack on him next week.” Toby’s Corner is at Motion’s barn at the Fair Hill training center in Maryland.

New York regulators have rescheduled a hearing to consider whether to revoke Richard Dutrow Jr.’s trainer’s license to June 1-2, as options for the trainer to enter horses in other states continue to dwindle.

Dutrow was initially scheduled to appear before the New York State Racing and Wagering Board on May 10-11, but the hearings were rescheduled at the request of Dutrow’s attorney, Gerard Romsky, who asked for additional time to prepare, according to Joe Mahoney, a spokesman for the board. Dutrow’s license in New York expires on Aug. 5, according to board records.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation has hired a new chief executive officer, Rob Hinkle, who most recently was chief operating officer at the 2010 World Games 2010 Foundation, the company that produced the World Equestrian Games at Lexington’s Kentucky Horse Park.

Hinkle will be based in Lexington.