Steve Andersen

Imperial Hornet, a 4-year-old gelding based at Pleasanton, is unbeaten in six starts this year and has won his last eight races dating to December. Imperial Hornet has his seventh start of the year in an allowance race at the Alameda county fair in Pleasanton on Sunday, a notable jump in class from his recent starts.

Barbara D. Livingston Privman, a $625,000 Keeneland yearling, is named for retired DRF national correspondent Jay Privman. The Justify colt makes his 2-year-old debut Saturday at Los Alamitos.

Ambiente Friendly, second in the Group 1 English Derby earlier this month, was supplemented to Sunday’s Group 1 Irish Derby at The Curragh for the steep fee of $107,000 earlier this week.

The New Mexico State Racing Commission on Tuesday asked officials with The Downs at Albuquerque to form a contingency plan to run Thoroughbreds at that track in coming weeks while Ruidoso Downs in the southern part of the state rebuilds a portion of its track damaged by flash floods on Saturday and Sunday. An official with The Downs at Albuquerque told the commission that a proposal could be presented on Wednesday or Friday.

The lightly-raced 3-year-old gelding Know Thyself has won three of his first four starts in Australia leading to his stakes debut in the Group 3 Winx Guineas at Sunshine Coast Racecourse on Friday evening.

Bet Now CYPRESS, Calif. – The lightly-raced 3-year-old Where’s the Loot could go from a start in an allowance race at Los Alamitos on Sunday to a stakes appearance at Del Mar in early August.

Barbara D. Livingston Santa Anita announced the rearranging of stakes and purses, including adding the newly-created Laffit Pincay Stakes to the opening-day card.

Benoit Photo Aidan Butler, president of 1/ST Racing, proposed the consolidation of racing in California at a California Horse Racing Board meeting Thursday.

The purses of two claiming races at Los Alamitos in September and October have been ordered redistributed after jockey Barrington Harvey was twice cited for excessive use of the whip.

All-sources handle at venues throughout California showed a decline of 6 percent through October compared to the corresponding period in 2023, according to figures presented at Thursday’s California Horse Racing Board meeting.