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Ocean Bear stretches out to a route for the first time in kicking off his 3-year-old season in the $175,000 California Chrome Cal Cup Derby.

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 248 entries for its January Digital Sale. Bidding opened Jan. 15 and will close Jan. 20, beginning at 2 p.m. ET. The catalog features nearly 130 broodmares or broodmare prospects available just ahead of the breeding season.

Oaklawn Park is raising the stakes for the weekend of the Jan. 31 Southwest Stakes (G3), announcing major enhancements to its high-profile horseplayer contests that will bring top players together for a premier national competition.

Progeny of the late, great Snitzel ensured a third buoyant day in succession at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale Jan. 15, topped by a Snitzel filly who went the way of Eugene Chuang’s Hermitage Thoroughbreds for AU$1.6 million.

After the Finish Line's Charity Auction of Breeders' Cup Caps starts Jan. 18 and runs for one week. Proceeds will help care for, rehabilitate, retrain, rehome, and/or retire off-track Thoroughbreds.

A collection of 307 lots has been cataloged for Tattersalls February Sale, highlighted by Brazilian group 1 winner Namasse, who is offered in foal to Cracksman on a Southern Hemisphere cover.

Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races canceled its card Jan. 15 due to wind chills in the single digits. Track and state racing officials met Jan. 15 with members of the jockey colony and decided to cancel racing for human and equine safety.

The grade 1-placed, multiple grade 3 winner by Complexity will stand for $2,500.

Expressing concerns that it could not responsibly approve fair Northern California race dates amid unresolved legal, regulatory, and logistical issues, the CHRB agreed to reconvene next month to consider allocating race dates for several fairs.

As it did in 2025, a Florida House of Representatives bill seeking to decouple racing and gaming licenses for Thoroughbred operators unsurprisingly passed its first committee.

The recommended increases in breeder bonuses, presented at the Jan. 14 Maryland Racing Commission meeting by the Maryland Fund Advisory Committee, were passed for the period of Jan. 1-June 30. 

BCCA announced Jan. 14 that Libby Imperio is stepping down from her role as president of the board of directors, with Donald Little Jr. named as her successor.

Dual group 3 winner and group 2-placed Lastotchka headlines the Tattersalls Online January Sale, held Jan. 20-21. She is a daughter of the grade 1-winning sire Myboycharlie.

No money is expected to be available to creditors from the liquidation of Frankie Dettori's companies, leaving the taxpayer out of pocket by more than £750,000.

Yulong Investments claimed the most sought-after offering on Day 2 of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale Jan. 14 when Zhang Yuesheng’s outfit bid AU$2 million for a well-related son of sire sensation Extreme Choice.

Duncan will receive this award in recognition of remarkable achievements in horsemanship and for creating innovative ways to improve the human-equine relationship.

Whispering Oaks Farm announces the birth of the first Louisiana-bred foal of 2026, born Jan. 6. She is also the inaugural offspring of multiple graded stakes winner Wit.

Juan Hernandez earns Jockey of the Week after winning three stakes at Santa Anita Park.

There is at least a shot that San Vicente (G2) winner So Happy can continue to show high-class form as the distances increase.

Orinoco River (Hip 863) tops the mare market on Day 2 of the Keeneland January Sale at $500,000. Eaton Sales sold the daughter of War Front to St. George Stables, which is owned by Mexican billionaire Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco.