Celebration of Life for Steve Dance to be Held June 16

A celebration of the life of Steve Dance will be held at the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium June 16 at 1 p.m.

Dance, who passed away May 25 at the age of 78, spent over half-a-century as an auctioneer, both at Fasig-Tipton and at his own Milton J. Dance Company.

The sales pavilion may be accessed through the Marquee (South) Gate on York Road, near its intersection with Timonium Road.

In lieu of flowers, donations are suggested as follows:

Baltimore County 4-H Fair, c/o Janice Coroneos, 1801 Ridgeway Avenue, Lutherville, MD 21093 or the Harford County 4-H Program, 3525 Conowingo Road, Suite 600, Street, MD 21154.

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Rebel’s Romance Out of Belmont

Godolphin's Rebel's Romance (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), winner of the G2 UAE Derby in March, will be forced to miss Saturday's GI Belmont S. due to an infection in a hind leg, according to a tweet from Godolphin Tuesday morning.

“We hope this is only a minor setback and we look forward to seeing him back on the racecourse in the near future,” the tweet read.

With his UAE Derby victory, Rebel's Romance had qualified into the field for the May 1 GI Kentucky Derby, but connections decided to bypass that race and aim for the Belmont. The Godolphin homebred, trained by Charles Appleby, most recently worked six furlongs in 1:14.29 (1/2) at Belmont Park May 26.

Godolphin is expected to be represented in the Belmont by last year's champion 2-year-old Essential Quality (Tapit).

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OBS Under-Tack Show Begins Wednesday

The five-session under-tack show ahead of next week's Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June Sale of 2-Year-Olds gets underway Wednesday morning at 7:30 a.m.

Hip numbers 1-185 will breeze Wednesday. Hips 186-370 will go to the track Thursday; hips 371-554 breeze Friday; hips 555-738 work Saturday and hips 739-927 will go to the track Sunday.

The under-tack show will be streamed live on TheTDN.com.

The June sale will be held next Wednesday through Friday with bidding beginning each day at 10:30 a.m.

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Lone Star Holiday Card Sets Handle Record

Monday's holiday card at Lone Star Park, which included the GIII Steve Sexton Mile S., set an all-sources handle record of $6,944,947. Excluding the 2004 Breeders' Cup, it was the highest all-sources handle in the track's 25-year history.

Export handle on the Lone Star Park Million Day card was $5,494,681, besting the previous high of $4,523,685 bet on Million Day in 2001.

A total of $904,299 was wagered on-track Monday and attendance on the rain-soaked day was 5,851.

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