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The 8-year-old son of Distorted Humor won the Longacres Mile Stakes in 2023-24 and retires with more than $900,000 in earnings.

Jonathan Thomas sent out three graded stakes winners in one week for Augustin Stables to complete a stellar Del Mar Turf Festival.

Cruz Ramirez was bred in Kentucky by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings and is out of the mare Ragtime Hope. She is a half sister to Secret Circle, winner of the Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) and Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1).

A large crowd, including more than 100 anticipated alumni, is expected to attend the University of Arizona's Global Symposium on Racing Dec. 9-11 in Tucson.

Thirty years after introducing the Kentucky Cup, which eventually fell out of favor when overshadowed by richer races, Turfway Park is launching another lucrative day of racing on Dec. 14—the Turfway Park Synthetic Championships.

The new Maryland Jockey Club announced the stakes schedule for the 2025 winter-spring meet at Laurel Park, which will feature 25 stakes worth more than $2.6 million in total purses.

Zarak is the sire of 16% stakes winners or placed horses from his whole production to date. Zarak has notably sired Poule d’Essai des Poulains (G1) winner Metropolitan, as well as group 1 winners Haya Zark and Zagrey.

Dr. Mark Dedomenico, who reached racing's heights on the track as an owner of 2010 champion filly Blind Luck and off the track with the Pegasus Training and Rehabilitation Center near his Redmond, Wash., home, died Dec. 7. He was 87.

Bloodstock South Africa alumni dominated feature race action at Kenilworth Dec. 7.

Ingmar De Vos and Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges elected as president and vice president of the International Horse Sports Confederation.

My Denysse, a 35-1 longshot, won the My Dear Girl Division of the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Nov. 30 for trainer, owner, and breeder Ruben Sierra. The Venezuelan moved to the United States when he was 17, and now owns a farm near Ocala, Fla.

The 2023 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner breezed Dec. 8 at Gulfstream Park.

The year's final Australian group 1 proved another feather in the cap of trainer Ciaron Maher after Light Infantry Man defied a wide gate to seize an elusive elite-level victory in the $1.5 million Northerly Stakes (G1) going 1,800 meters at Ascot.

Mike Repole made six purchases at the Arqana Breeding Stock Sale in Deauville, France, a haul that generated receipts worth €1,960,000 ($2,070,175) for five racing prospects and one broodmare.

Arma Veloce jumped to the top of Japan's 2-year-old filly division with a victory in the Dec. 8 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (G1).

Engelbrecht-Bresges, who is the head of World Pool, believes the threat of illegal operators is not appreciated by governments and affordability checks in Britain have incentivized punters to seek out illicit alternatives.

The Pegasus World Cup (G1) may be next for the 4 -year-old son of Gun Runner, with the Saudi Cup (G1) and Dubai World Cup (G1) also on the radar.

Hong Kong Jockey Club CEO Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges has lauded the 2024 Hong Kong International Races as "one of the best days of racing" in Hong Kong racing history.

SVREL which organized the Dec. 7 Mouttet Mile in Kingston, Jamaica, wants to revitalize the sport in the country.

Romantic Warrior leads Hong Kong forces as they win three of the four group 1 races on International Races day at Sha Tin.