Heat wave update: Tracks announced more postponements and post-time changes Wednesday. Keep track of them here. 📸: Horseshoe Indianapolis

"He's a lovely horse, 3-for-3, so he's exciting," 📸: Riverdeestable.com

East Avenue wins the Salvator Mile, and Burnham Square continues to be one of the leading long-distance turf horses of the year. 📸: Sue Kawczynski / Eclipse Sportswire

At least seven tracks have made changes to their schedules. 📸: Horseshoe Indianapolis

That's a positive rate of 0.8% across 13,609 sample collection sessions.

NTRA poll: Magnitude takes top spot with Stephen Foster win 📸: Candice Chavez / Eclipse Sportswire

Handle has more than doubled in the last 10 years, while purses have early tripled. 📸: Ryan Denver / Eclipse Sportswire

This year's Breeders' Cup Classic could be the most international edition yet. 📸: Eclipse Sportswire

Trainer Bob Baffert is expected to point Brant to the Breeders' Cup Classic in the fall. 📸: Lindsay Affleck / Eclipse Sportswire

Splendora was scratched from the Fleur de Lis Stakes at Churchill Downs on Saturday because of wet weather. 📸: Bentley Breland / Eclipse Sportswire

With the summer's marquee meet at Saratoga beginning this week and Ellis Park opening, many noteworthy youngsters will make their first starts. 📸: Scott Serio / Eclipse Sportswire

Nu What's New wired the field in his win at Churchill Downs. 📸: Churchill Downs / Julie Clark

Check out the likely fields for the holiday weekend's graded stakes! 📸: Gary Johnson / Eclipse Sportswire

Flatter: Amid a flood of memories, Aqueduct has a fittingly melancholy closing day. 📸: Sue Kawczynski / Eclipse Sportswire

Pierette rallies to capture the Debutante Stakes at Churchill Downs. 📸: Casey Laughter / Eclipse Sportswire

Irad Ortiz Jr. clinches Churchill Downs spring meet riding title 📸: Ben Breland / Eclipse Sportswire

Corey Lanerie to make his final ride Sunday in the Hanshin Stakes at Churchill Downs. 📸: Churchill Downs

Aqueduct 1858-2026: Timeline traces 132-year track history through Man o’ War, Secretariat & even nasty fumes. 📸: Jason Moran / Eclipse Sportswire

Zipse: So long, farewell, Aqueduct, adieu 📸: Jason Moran / Eclipse Sportswire

Churchill Downs: Magnitude wires star-studded Stephen Foster 📸: Casey Laughter / Eclipse Sportswire

Churchill Downs: After scratches, Twinkle Town wins high-profile, juvenile-maiden race. 📸: Bentley Breland / Eclipse Sportswire

A $90 million stalking-horse bid sets the price floor for the bankruptcy sale of Hawthorne Race Course. www.horseracingnation.com/news/Hawthor... 📸: Hawthorne Race Course

COMINGS & GOINGS Churchill Downs has the Stephen Foster today. Aqueduct closes tomorrow. Hear Ron Winchell, Steve Haskin, David Levitch and co-hosts John Cherwa and Keith Nelson talk about the racing weekend on the @ronflatter.bsky.social Racing Pod. www.horseracingnation.com/news/Flatter...

New track record setter at Aqueduct leads Friday's fastest horses across North America. www.horseracingnation.com/news/Speed_f... 📸: Sue Kawcznski / Eclipse Sportswire

Stephen Foster: Find out how this goat has helped White Abarrio find some of the best form of his career. www.horseracingnation.com/news/Goat_ge... 📸: Ron Flatter

Sunday's Churchill Downs card marks the first big 2-year-old stakes competitions, with the Bashford Manor and Debutante. 📸: Scott Serio / Eclipse Sportswire

"This will be the 2-year-old race of the season so far." 📸: Fasig-Tipton - edited

"He’s a bigger, stronger version of himself at 4." 📸: Dubai Racing Club

Matt and Brian pick different winners for these two big races Saturday at Churchill Downs. 📸: Tommy Land / Eclipse Sportswire

These handicappers have different top picks for the Wise Dan, but neither takes the favorite. 📸: John Voorhees / Eclipse Sportswire

Bob Baffert enters a maiden in pursuit of 10th Los Alamitos Derby win. 📸: Richard Steele / Eclipse Sportswire

TOMORROW Preview of Stephen Foster with Magnitude’s owner Ron Winchell. Remembering Aqueduct with historian Steve Haskin. Churchill Downs handicapping with Paddock Prince David Levitch. Plus John Cherwa & Keith Nelson on the Ron Flatter Racing Pod. horseracingnation.com/content/podc...

Kelso, Damascus, Easy Goer, Riva Ridge and Artax are among the names about to be forever adorned as the fastest ever at various distances at Aqueduct, which opened in 1894. www.horseracingnation.com/news/Kelso_i...

Division rankings: Chip Gehrke believes the time is now for Sovereignty to live up to expectations. 📸: Scott Serio / Eclipse Sportswire

Mott says he's not against the timing of the Triple Crown, but “there needs to be more money involved if you run in two or three of the races.” 📸: Candice Chavez / Eclipse Sportswire

Head to Head: These handicappers agree on the top pick but then go in different directions. 📸: Bentley Breland / Eclipse Sportswire

“I'm proud of the first half of the season.” 📸: Keeneland

"The upside is so much greater than the downside at this point that we decided to take a risk." 📸: Carlos J. Calo / Eclipse Sportswire

Two of Saffie Joseph Jr.'s entrants are pointed to other tracks. 📸: Eclipse Sportswire - edited illustration

Willy D's is cross-entered in the Texas Turf Classic at Lone Star Park. 📸: Coady Media / Ashleigh Schlitt

Here's a look at the seven-horse field for Saturday's Grade 1 race at Churchill Downs. 📸: Ben Breland / Eclipse Sportswire

Trainer Mike Maker said this morning he probably will scratch Willy D’s from the Stephen Foster on Saturday at @churchilldowns.bsky.social in favor of going in the Texas Turf Classic on Saturday at Lone Star Park.

Cornhusker Handicap headlines Iowa Festival of Racing at Prairie Meadows. 📸: Prairie Meadows

Coal Battle won the Rebel Stakes in February and most recently was sixth in the Arlington Stakes. 📸: John Voorhees / Eclipse Sportswire

Speed figures: See last week's fastest stakes winners 📸: Benoit Photo

The Arc has been an outlier among other major Group 1s. 📸: France Galop

Fair odds: @ejxd2.bsky.social believes Magnitude is a wildcard in the Stephen Foster after his Dubai World Cup victory. 📸: Candice Chavez / Eclipse Sportswire

The Colonial Downs meet starts Thursday, and Ed DeRosa lets you know what to expect on the track and at the windows. www.horseracingnation.com/news/Colonia... 📸: Coady Media

Monday works: Grade 1 winners Thought Process and Seismic Beauty lead 14 graded-stakes winners on the Monday work tab. www.horseracingnation.com/news/Monday_... 📸: Lindsay Affleck / Eclipse Sportswire

Among other highlights, a Jackie's Warrior filly out of multiple Grade 1-winning dam Ami's Mesa debuts at Churchill Downs 📸: Joe Labozzetta