HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Todd Pletcher became the 10th trainer in North American racing history to win 4,000 races when his first-time starter Eagle Scout captured Friday’s fifth race at Gulfstream Park. A homebred son of Tapit, Eagle Scout is owned by WinStar Farm, for which Pletcher won his only Kentucky Derby with Super Saver in 2010. Luis Saez rode the winner Friday.

Ken Kirchner, a racing consultant, will not be retained for his simulcasting and wagering services by the Breeders’ Cup this year, ending a 20-year relationship, Kirchner confirmed on Wednesday.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The Florida Department of Agriculture on Tuesday lifted the quarantine at Payson Park that had been in effect since a horse at the facility tested positive for the equine herpesvirus March 1. But Gulfstream Park officials said they will not accept entries from horses stabled at Payson Park until the standard 21-day quarantine period has expired.

Trainer Alfredo Velazquez scored his 1,000th career victory Tuesday when Rosie My Way won the first race at Parx.

Velazquez, a 71-year-old native of Puerto Rico, has been training since 1984. He has a 15 percent win average and purse earnings of more than $15.8 million.

The Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation has approved the allocation of $1.16 million in funding for new and ongoing research projects, the group announced on Tuesday.

The funding will go toward 11 new research projects and eight projects that are in their second year of study, the foundation said. In addition, the board of the foundation approved two $15,000 grants to scientists studying equine issues.

New Jersey voters will be asked in a referendum this November to decide whether the state should allow two new casinos to open outside of Atlantic City, opening up the possibility that the Meadowlands harness track will get a long-sought casino license.

The state’s legislature passed a bill on Monday putting the constitutional amendment on this year’s ballot, and Gov. Chris Christie has said that he will sign the legislation. The amendment would allow for two casinos in the northern part of New Jersey, where they would draw from the vast New York City metropolitan area.

Thomas Vanderhyde, a prominent owner in the Midwest in the mid-2000s, died last Thursday at age 67.

A resident of Grand Rapids, Mich., Vanderhyde was best known as the original owner of Even the Score, who won the Mardi Gras Handicap and placed in a pair of Grade 2 races before being sold to Ro Parra of Millennium Farms.

Jac’s Fact, a five-time stakes winner during his 4-year-old campaign in 2015, dethroned two-time Ohio-bred Horse of the Year Needmoreflattery during Saturday night’s annual awards banquet of the Ohio Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners at Darby Dan Farm in Galloway, Ohio.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Songbird was the 3-5 favorite for the Kentucky Oaks and Mohaymen the 3-1 favorite for the Kentucky Derby with one more day of wagering still to go in the future wagers being offered this weekend by Churchill Downs.

ARCADIA, Calif. – Santa Anita has been reaccredited by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s Safety and Integrity Alliance for outstanding standards related to a variety of policies ranging from safety and security for horses to wagering security.