The July 30 ruling against the prohibition of cloned horses in the American Quarter Horse Association’s registry could have a far-reaching effect into the breed’s racing industry.

The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program (T.I.P.), which encourages the retraining of Thoroughbreds into other disciplines, has created a performance award pilot program for the second half of 2013.

“The original goal of T.I.P. was to offer awards and prizes for Thoroughbreds at specific horse shows,” said Kristin Leshney, legal associate for The Jockey Club and the administrator of T.I.P. “This new program enables us to recognize the Thoroughbred accumulating the most points at all horse shows in each of the award categories and divisions throughout the year.”

Duane and Wayne Murty, the brothers charged with second-degree animal cruelty after neglected horses were found on a central Kentucky property they leased, entered not-guilty pleas to those charges Monday in Woodford District Court, the Lexington Herald-Leader has reported.

Leading Australian freshman sire Northern Meteor died Tuesday at Widden Stud in New South Wales following a severe bout of colic, Racing Post reports.

The 7-year-old Encosta De Lago horse was set to be crowned Australia's champion freshman sire for the season, which concludes July 31.

A proposed slaughterhouse facility in Roswell, N.M., set to begin domestic horse slaughter next week, was allegedly attacked by arsonists on Saturday, July 27, the owner said on Tuesday.

Grade 2 winner Sir Shackleton will stand at Dana Point Farm in Lenhartsville, Pa., for the 2014 breeding season, marking his return to the Keystone State after two years in Indiana.

The 12-year-old son of Miswaki previously stood at Indiana Stallion Station in Anderson, Ind., where his advertised fee for 2013 was $1,000. Prior to moving to Indiana for the 2011 season, Sir Shackleton stood at Dana Point Farm for two seasons after arriving in 2009 from Castleton Lyons in Lexington, Ky., where he entered stud in 2007.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Elaine Klein, a prominent owner and breeder in Kentucky who raced horses in partnership with her husband, Bert, and son, Richard, died Wednesday at her home in Buckner, Ky., after a battle with cancer. She was 80.

A native of Nashville, Tenn., Klein was an accomplished equestrienne, and showed three-gaited American Saddlebreds and road ponies, winning World’s Amateur and National titles in the early 1980s at such venues as Madison Square Garden. But for much of the last 30 years, her involvement with horses extended to breeding and racing Thoroughbreds.

Champion and standout Australian commercial sire Fastnet Rock was represented by his first winner in the Northern Hemisphere on Monday, as his daughter Oriel broke her maiden at Windsor in England.

Grade 2 winner Flashpoint has been purchased by Spendthrift Farm and will make his stallion debut in 2014 at Le Mesa Stallions in Carencro, La.

The 5-year-old son of Pomeroy will be the first of Spendthrift’s Louisiana stallions to be included in the farm’s “Share The Upside” program. Under the program, breeders can earn a lifetime breeding right to Flashpoint by sending a mare to the stallion in his first and second seasons, producing a live foal both times, and paying the stud fee, among other conditions.

Grade 2 winner and Louisiana freshman sire Behindatthebar was represented by his first winner on July 27, as Miss Monroe broke through with a victory in her third career start at Louisiana Downs.