Blood-Horse

Dual grade 1 winner La Cara is set to be back in action Jan. 24, favored in a field of eight contesting the $300,000 Houston Ladies Classic (G3) at Sam Houston Race Park.

Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races has released its 2026 stakes schedule following approval by the West Virginia Racing Commission.

Keeneland has scheduled 19 stakes worth a total of $9.55 million during the Spring Meet April 3-24. It offers two marquee events for 3-year-olds: the $1.25 million Blue Grass Stakes (G1) for males and the $750,000 Ashland Stakes (G1) for fillies.

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association Horse PAC Board Chairman Bill Farish and President Tom Rooney announced Phil Maxson and David O'Farrell as the newest members of the Board of Directors of NTRA Horse PAC. 

The New York Racing Association announced that tickets and hospitality offerings for the final Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at historic Saratoga Race Course will go on sale to the general public Feb. 12 at 10 a.m. ET.

Winter weather has led to the cancellation of racing Jan. 20 at both Parx Racing and Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course. Both tracks had also canceled racing Jan. 19.

Maiden Watch: Week of Jan. 12-18

The son of Sunday Silence was a five-time grade 1 winner, landing the likes of the Japanese Two Thousand Guineas (G1T), the Yasuda Kinen (G1T), and the Tenno Sho Autumn (G1T), as well as being the country's champion miler on two occasions.

Longines and the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities also co-honored the Champion Stakes (G1) and Japan Cup (G1) as the Longines World's Best Horse Race with an equal rating of 126.25.

Everything worked out perfectly for White Abarrio in last year's Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1).

In a post on the social media platform X, Repole wrote he is "convinced there is only one path left to force real change and save this industry outside of Kentucky and a few surviving states."

The 12-year-old son of Tale of the Cat is a freshman sire of 2026. He will stand this year at Colebrook Stallion Station for an advertised fee of CA$2,500 with a live foal guarantee.

Pleasant Acres Stallions announced the arrival of the first foal by its grade 3-winning stallion Champions Dream. The filly arrived Jan.16 and is out of the unraced mare Dream Again Jessie, hailing from a black-type female family.

Grade 1 winner Senor Buscador’s first foal arrived at Shawhan Place, the very same farm where he was born. The colt, bred by the team that raised Senor Buscador, is out of the Medaglia d’Oro mare Oriole.

On the Jan. 19 episode of BloodHorse Monday: Gulfstream Park's Brian Nadeau previews the Pegasus World Cup card, and Frank Angst discusses a recent study stating regulatory vets are protecting vulnerable horses.

A graduate of the Godolphin Flying Start program, Harrison Everett is mixing his passion for racing and design as the Abu Dhabi Turf Club aims to raise its prominence on the international market.

Tally-Ho Stud has welcomed the first foals by resident stallion King of Steel, including a half sister to Spycatcher, a multiple group 3 winner and runner-up in the Prix Maurice de Gheest (G1) for Karl Burke.

Gainesway announced the arrival of the first reported foal by classic winner and multiple grade 1 winner, Seize the Grey. The bay colt was born Jan. 17 at Tanya Johnson’s Red Gables Stud near Lexington.

The pari-mutuel field of "All Other 3 Year Olds" closed as the 7-2 favorite in Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby (G1) Future Wager and unbeaten Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) winner Ted Noffey was the 6-1 second choice.

A total of 202 entries, including supplements, have been cataloged for the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association January Winter Mixed sale, held Jan. 20 Fairplex Park in Pomona.