No rest for Astronomia in Belmont’s Valor Lady Stakes

Hayley Turner shared top billing with superstar Frankie Dettori at Royal Ascot on Friday as she became only the second female jockey to ride a winner at the meeting. The 36-year-old Englishwoman — who came out of retirement last year — gave a terrific ride to 33/1 shot Thank Be to land the Sandringham

Two of France’s top thoroughbred horse races, the Prix du Jockey-Club and the Prix Diane, will be raced on the same card for the first time ever at the Chantilly racetrack on July 5, likely behind closed doors. Horseracing is a major economic activity in France with 10,000 licensed professionals, over 9,000 thoroughbred racehorses and 142 racetracks. Warm-up races to the Diane and the Jockey Club should be raced at Longchamp in Paris June 1, where France’s top race the Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe is raced in October.

Santa Anita had 17 people test positive for the coronavirus during its recently completed meet, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said. The Arcadia racetrack was on Monday’s list of nonresidential settings with five or more confirmed cases of the disease. The list includes food and retail stores, meat processing plants and educational settings.