Two races on the Breeders’ Cup card this year will be run at non-traditional distances due to the configuration of the Del Mar turf course, Breeders’ Cup announced on Wednesday.

The Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint will be run at five furlongs this year, while the Breeders Cup Filly and Mare Turf will be run at 1 1/8 miles, the shortest distance for the race since it was added to the event in 1999. The other 11 Breeders’ Cup races on the two-day card scheduled for Nov. 3-4 will be run at their traditional distances, including the four other turf races, Breeders’ Cup said.

Diamond Stripes, a multiple Grade 2 winner, was euthanized Monday at Old Friends Equine Retirement in Georgetown, Ky., due to complications of treatment from progressive ethmoidal hematoma, a benign but locally invasive sinus cancer.

The 10-year-old gelded son of Notebook had resided at Old Friends since his retirement from the racetrack in December 2011.

ARCADIA, Calif. - The carryover in the single ticket jackpot pool at Santa Anita has reached $355,861 for Monday’s Memorial Day program.

The carryover was not a certainty until Not too Shiny ($10.20) won Sunday’s ninth race. There were three horses in the ninth race that would have produced a payoff in the single ticket pool had they won. Miz Strawberry Dee, who finished fourth at 7-1, had the best finish of those three horses.

ARCADIA, Calif.- The carryover in the single ticket jackpot pool at Santa Anita has soared past $300,000, but only because Miner’s Light won Saturday’s ninth race by a nose.

Miner’s Light ($23.20) caught 102-1 Malibu Music in the last stride to win a maiden race at 1 1/8 miles on turf. A win by Malibu Music would have resulted in a payoff of more than $500,000 in the pick six, a sum that would have included the single ticket jackpot carryover of $287,404 from Friday.

A bill that would create a federal authority responsible for racing’s drug and medication policies and their enforcement has been amended to include an explicit ban on the administration of any medication within 24 hours of a race, a provision that likely will perpetuate opposition from major U.S. horsemen’s organizations.

Parx Racing will host the fourth annual Jockey and Jeans fundraiser for the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund on June 3.

Jockeys and Jeans, which in its first three years was held at Tampa Bay Downs, Indiana Grand, and Gulfstream Park, has raised more than $650,000 for the PDJF. This year’s goal is to raise $200,000.

A group of 17 Hall of Fame riders will attend the event, including Ramon Dominguez, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2016, and Julie Krone, who will attend the event for the first time. Krone is the only female rider in the Hall of Fame.

The Maryland Jockey Club has scheduled 21 stakes worth a total of $1.67 million for the Laurel Park summer meet. The 33-day stand begins June 9 and runs through Aug. 20.

Eight of the stakes are for Maryland-bred and/or Maryland-sired horses. Another eight are for Virginia-bred and/or Virginia-sired runners.

The Virginia-restricted races are pending final approval by the Maryland Racing Commission.

The richest race of the season is the $100,000 Stormy Blues, a 5 1/2-furlong turf sprint for 3-year-old fillies on July 15. The other 20 stakes are each worth $75,000.

John Gaines, Ogden Mills “Dinny” Phipps, and Matt Winn have been selected for induction into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in the category of Pillars of the Turf, which recognizes leaders in the racing industry.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (May 22, 2017) — Leading online sports auction house Lelands will have a major presence at Equestricon, organizers announced today. For the first time, Lelands will offer live on-site appraisals of all racing items, allowing attendees of the historic convention an opportunity to bring in their racing memorabilia and to find out what it’s worth.

Five-time champion steeplechase jockey Paddy Young is in critical but stable condition in a Pennsylvania hospital after being involved in a spill Saturday at the Radnor Races in Malvern, Pa., according to his wife, Leslie Young.

Leslie Young, a steeplechase trainer, said Paddy Young suffered head trauma after being kicked by a trailing horse when his mount, King’s Apollo, fell trying to negotiate a fence in the $30,000 Radnor Hunt Cup, a timber stakes race.

Leslie Young said her husband was wearing a new A.P. McCoy helmet, which she believes helped prevent further damage.