Thistledown racetrack near Cleveland, Ohio, will submit a revised racing schedule to state regulators for a meet starting on June 4 and ending on Oct. 21, according to the state’s horsemen’s group.

The starting date is the same opening date for Belterra Park in Cincinnati, which on Tuesday received approval from the Ohio State Racing Commission to run a 75-day meet, spectator-free. Both Belterra and Thistledown will run on a four-day-a-week schedule, Monday through Thursday.

Trainer Peter Walder wasn’t surprised that Fast Pass won Thursday’s allowance feature at Gulfstream Park. It was the manner in which he won that impressed Walder.

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Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado achieved another milestone in his riding career when he surpassed Angel Cordero Jr. to take over sole possession of eighth place in the all-time jockey standings by guiding 2-year-old first-time starter Flying Aletha to an easy victory for trainer Wesley Ward in Thursday’s second race.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Woodbine Entertainment CEO Jim Lawson said in a Thursday industry update that the equine herpesvirus outbreak on the Woodbine backstretch appears to be contained to Barn 12. All horses in the neighboring Barn 10 tested negative.

This year’s Racing Hall of Fame induction ceremony has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and this year’s inductees will instead be honored during next year’s ceremony, the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame said on Thursday.

The Hall of Fame induction ceremony is held every August in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., concurrent with the immensely popular live racing meet at Saratoga Race Course. This year’s event was scheduled for Aug. 7. The Hall of Fame has also canceled the Museum Ball, which was scheduled this year for Aug. 14.

Belterra Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, plans to re-open June 4 with spectator-free racing, the track has announced.

Belterra, which was scheduled to open its 2020 meet in April but delayed those plans due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has plans to run 75 total race dates this year, on a Tuesday-through-Friday schedule, with a first post of 12:35 p.m., the track said. The amended racing schedule was approved Tuesday by the Ohio Racing Commission.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Woodbine’s revised stakes schedule reveals that the historic Canadian International has been shelved for this season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Code of Honor, the multiple Grade 1 stakes winner at 3, will make his 4-year-old debut in the Grade 3, $100,000 Westchester Stakes on June 6 at Belmont Park, trainer Shug McGaughey told the New York Racing Association publicity department.

Code of Honor has been in training at Payson Park in Florida, where he recorded five breezes before shipping to Belmont Park this week.

Shivaree, runner-up in both the Grade 1 Florida Derby at 1 1/8 miles and the Grade 3 Swale at seven furlongs, will be under consideration for the Belmont Stakes, trainer Ralph Nicks said Wednesday.

“One intriguing factor with it being one turn is what’s the pace scenario going to be like?” Nicks said.

Given how well Shivaree ran at 1 1/8 miles, finishing second to Tiz the Law in the Florida Derby, Nicks said, “I’d sure be interested in doing it again.”

Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. said he is hoping to have a string at Saratoga this summer.

Joseph, who has developed one of the stronger barns on the East Coast with the likes of Math Wizard, Ny Traffic, and Tonalist’s Shape, said his goal is to have 12 to 16 horses at the Saratoga meet, which is scheduled to begin July 16.

“We now have the right clientele and the right kind of horses,” Joseph said. “Before we never had those kind of horses. Thankfully, we’re getting them now.”