Eric Mitchell

An extensive investigation by trainer Jorge Duarte Jr. identified contamination from a freelance hot walker he used at Delaware Park.

Fourteen dams represented by a seven-figure yearling in the 2023 Keeneland September Yearling Sale are back with offspring in Books 1 and 2 for the sale that begins Sept. 9.

Runaway Ghost is a freshman sire standing at Double LL Farm in New Mexico. The debut winner also is the first winner for her dam Mountain Goddess.

Heartland is a half brother to champion and multiple grade 1 winner Classic Empire.

Colonel Bob is the 10th winner produced by the Petionville mare Honorville.

The son of Sky Mesa has been among Indiana's top 10 sires since 2020.

The New York-bred colt prevails by a head at the wire of the Aug. 16 Skidmore Stakes and survives a claim of foul for interference to become the first black-type winner for his sire and dam.

This year's Troy Stakes will be considered a grade 3 race, while the Galway Stakes will be recorded as a non-listed black-type stakes.

The North American Thoroughbred foal crop is officially a predominantly commercial product. Actually foals born in 2021 in the United States and Canada first claimed this distinction.

The trainer blames contamination at an Aqueduct receiving barn, which he said did not have adequate bathrooms for hundreds of grooms, hotwalkers, and track employees. He was suspended for 15 days and fined $1,000.