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Strong trade marked the opening session of the 2023 Midlantic May Two-Year-Olds in Training sale held Monday in Timonium, Md.

In her first-ever try on turf, Elm Drive handled the assignment with aplomb as she sat close to the early pace and went on to a decisive 1¼-length score in Saturday’s $100,000 Mizdirection Stakes at Santa Anita.

Straight No Chaser wins the Grade 3 Maryland Sprint Stakes in a rapid 1:08.27 for six furlongs on Preakness Day at Pimlico in Maryland.

Family First, the fourth largest group in the UK, has acquired nursery group Kids Play to take it to 100 settings.

Hip No. 449, a son of Frosted consigned by Longoria Training & Sales, Agent, went to Donato Lanni, Agent, for $900,000 to top the second session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2023 Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training.

A daughter of Good Magic consigned by Tom McCrocklin, Agent, sped a quarter in :20 3/5 to post the session’s fastest time at the distance. The chestnut filly, Hip 1112, is out of the Tiznow mare Tiz Heavenly, a daughter of graded stakes-winning OBS graduate Tasha’s Miracle.

A preview of Saturday’s books pages and a round-up of the latest literary news

A Carlow based e-scooter company has made a significant acquisition in the shape of an Irish e-scooter and e-bike service provider. Zeus Scooters…

Bloodstock editor Joe Nevills examines the most successful sires of the 2023 2-year-old sale season by breeze time and median sale price.

Making her first start in more than six months, Little Red Feather Racing’s Elm Drive fired off her third stakes triumph in taking the $200,000 Monrovia for older fillies and mares Saturday at Santa Anita.