Multiple graded stakes winner Successful Dan, the older half-brother to two-time defending Horse of the Year Wise Dan, has been retired because of ligament problems in his left front, trainer Charlie LoPresti said Friday.
Keeneland Race Course plans to hold a month-long festival next year to kick off its hosting of the 2015 Breeders' Cup World Championships. The festival will involve concerts, hospitality tents and other entertainment still in the planning stages.
For the second straight season, the Fasig-Tipton July select yearling sale, set to start at 10 a.m. Monday at its Newtown Pike paddocks, will be followed immediately by a horses of racing age sale.