For Martin Garcia, it could have been the worst case scenario. He was aboard Steve Wood (Maximus Mischief) in Saturday's second race at Churchill Downs when a horse named Lutkenhaus (Upstart) broke down in front of him and led to a chain reaction with six jockeys going down in the spill. Garcia got the worst

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After winning the 2-year-old maiden special weight of the summer at Saratoga Aug. 8, Gaudreau (Nyquist) will make his next start in the GI Champagne S. at Belmont Park Oct. 3. He's posted five workouts since his very promising unveiling, led by a four-furlong move in :47.83 (4/55) for trainer Chad Brown at Saratoga Sept.

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Keeneland will sell GI Spinaway Stakes winner and producer Sippican Harbor (Orb), dam of millionaire and GI Florida Derby winner Commandment, in Book 1 of the November Breeding Stock Sale on Tuesday, Nov. 3. In foal to Into Mischief, she is carrying a full sibling to Commandment. Her weanling colt by McKinzie also will be

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Dr. Thomas Riddle, who formed Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital with Dr. Bill Rood in 1985, passed away at home September 20, surrounded by his family, according to a post on Legacy.com. He was 74 years old. Born June 7, 1952 in Greenville, South Carolina to a veterinarian father, Riddle graduated from Wake Forest University

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Grade II San Felipe Stakes winner and Grade I Santa Anita Derby runner-up Potente (Into Mischief) was humanely euthanized at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Kentucky after being diagnosed with a femoral nerve hemorrhage and edema in August. He was owned by Speedway Stables and trained by Bob Baffert and had most recently finished

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