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A tsunami of litigation has flowed from the creation of so-called prediction markets that compete with horse racing for gambling dollars. Dozens of court cases are tasked with deciding exactly what those markets are and how they should be regulated.

Prairie Meadows 2026 live racing season will begin May 2 , the date of the Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs, and will conclude Sept. 26.

Ted Noffey, the 2025 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) winner who is expected to be honored next week as the Eclipse Award-winning champion 2-year-old male of 2025, is back on the work tab for the first time as a 3-year-old.

WinStar Farm's Heartland sired his first reported foal Jan. 16 when a colt out of the Champali mare I Love Nola was born at KatieRich Farms near Midway, Ky. The colt was bred by Rattner Bloodstock.

A deep catalog headlined by elite breeding prospects has been unveiled for the Inglis Digital Australia January Online Sale, with 461 lots offered in Inglis' first digital auction of the year.

Wasabi Ventures Stables bred the filly born Jan. 12 out of the Justify mare Itgetsgreaterlater. The filly was born in Kentucky at Serendipity Springs.

Ted Noffey, the 2025 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) winner who is expected to be honored next week as the Eclipse Award-winning champion 2-year-old male of 2025, is back on the work tab for the first time as a 3-year-old.

A diverse buying bench and deep catalog combined to ensure the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale session concluded Jan. 16 with a decidedly healthy set of figures. 

A total of 11 tech startups will pitch ideas to improve British racing to an audience of investors, industry figures, and venture capitalists next month in the first stage of the BHA's Future of Racing initiative.

Santa Anita Park on Jan. 15 quietly unveiled 26 "Racing On Demand" gaming terminals that base payouts on previously run horse races.

Fasig-Tipton has released the first group of supplemental entries to its Kentucky Winter Mixed sale, adding 30 offerings to the sale.

Laurel Park will run two $100,000 stakes Jan. 17 for runners bred Maryland or Virginia or by sires in these states: the Jennings Stakes and Geisha Stakes. The card also includes two $100,000 open handicaps.

Three Chimneys Farm announced Jan. 16 that Newgate has sired his first reported foal, a filly born Jan. 4 at Jody and Michelle Huckabay's Elm Tree Farm near Paris, Ky.

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The 2025 Longines World Racing Awards ceremony, which will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 20, will be available via live stream. The ceremony will honor the Longines World's Best Racehorse and the Longines World's Best Horse Race from 2025.

Trainer Angel Sanchez-Pinero is sanctioned for multiple violations that add up to eight years suspended and $90,000 in fines.

Rockridge Stud stallion Chewing Gum sired his first reported foal, a filly out of the winning Miracle Man mare Hatta's Appeal, Jan. 14. The filly was bred by Pearl Thoroughbreds in New York.

The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance announced the dates of their annual Off to the Races online benefit auction.

John Velazquez, who served as chairman of the Jockeys' Guild for more than 20 years and as co-chair with Mike Smith since 2018, will be stepping down from that role. However, Velazquez will remain actively involved with the Guild as a board member. 

After Bush fractured his back in three places and breaking a rib last August, he decided to go out his own way by riding one more race at Tampa Bay Downs.