BY CYNTHIA MCFARLAND

A typical morning finds Max Ubide training his horses on the track at Ocala Breeders’ Sales. After training wraps up, he often hangs out at the barn for a while and chats with other horsemen before heading home to his own farm where he does chores and tends to his horses there. Thoroughbreds have been Ubide’s entire career. Now 74, he’s still as fascinated with racing as when he fell in love with the game as a teenager.

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Ground Support, the Florida-bred Champion 2-Year-Old filly of 2025, is set to make her first start of the year Saturday in the $275,000 Tepin, a Listed stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Churchill Downs.

HISA PRESS RELEASE (Edited)

LEXINGTON, KY-The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority is seeking public comment on proposed modifications to the Rule Series 6000 (Equine Standards for Laboratories and Accreditation) of its Anti-Doping and Medication Control Program.

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

This attentive filly walks next to her dam, winner Strike Right Now, at Pleasant Acres Stallions in Morriston, Florida. Bred in Florida by Bill Bianco’s Bianco Thoroughbreds in Morriston, the filly is an April Fool’s baby, foaled April 1. She is by Neolithic, who stands at Pleasant Acres Stallions.

PRESS RELEASE (Edited)

Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation announced today the agenda for the 12th Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit, which is scheduled for June 29-30 in the Keeneland Sales Pavilion in Lexington, Kentucky and livestreamed at grayson-jockeyclub.org and jockeyclub.com.