Blood-Horse

Vincent “Jimbo” Bracciale Jr., a beloved jockey, trainer, horseman, mentor, and friend, died Dec. 15 at the age of 72.

Beginning Jan. 1, Gulfstream Park will increase Florida-Bred Incentive Fund purses from $5,000 to $10,000 for all maiden special weight and allowance races.

With a threat of rain in Southern California next week, Santa Anita Park has delayed the close of entries for its opening-day card on Dec. 26 until Sunday, Dec. 21, according to a text distributed from the track's racing office.

Florida Derby (G1) winner Tappan Street scores a workmanlike comeback victory in a second-level allowance optional claiming race Dec. 19 at Gulfstream Park.

The Jockey Club has made available the list of mares in the 2026 Mare Incentive Program, which waives registration fees for certain 2027 foals of mares that meet criteria defined by The Jockey Club.

The American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association announced Dec. 19 its listing of United States graded and listed stakes races for 2026. The Ladies Turf Sprint Stakes at Kentucky Downs becomes a grade 1.

On Festive Friday at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, Heart of Honor, Opera Ballo, and Imperial Emperor all flashed credentials that could carry them to the top of the big Middle Eastern races later this season.

Months after being named the 2024 Indiana Thoroughbred Owner's and Breeder's Association's Horse of the Year for 2024, multiple stakes winner Demolisher was euthanized after a bout with laminitis.

One consideration for Eclipse Award voters to ponder is whether Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Forever Young should win the older dirt male Eclipse Award after making just one start in North America.

Japan's 2-year-olds are back in action on Dec. 21 in the Asahi Hai Futurity (G1T), normally the bailiwick of runners destined for future glory at a mile.

Sir Johnny Weatherby, a member of one of racing's most famous families, and whose many achievements in the sport included modernizing Ascot, died Dec. 18 at the age of 66.

The Jockey Club has made available the list of mares in the 2026 Mare Incentive Program, which waives registration fees for certain 2027 foals of mares that meet criteria defined by The Jockey Club.

Taylor Made Stallions' Not This Time is the leading sire of 2-year-olds by a margin of nearly $97,500. A win by his son Time for Music in the Dec. 20 Remington Springboard Mile would make it a longshot for runner-up Into Mischief to catch up.

The supplements to the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale include Broken Oath, a half sister to multiple grade 1-placed, grade 2 winner Venetian Harbor.

Taylor Made Stallions' Not This Time is the leading sire of 2-year-olds by a margin of nearly $97,500. A win by his son Time for Music in the Dec. 20 Remington Springboard Mile would make it a longshot for runner-up Into Mischief to catch up.

The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with TwinSpires in a legal dispute over whether the state of Michigan could regulate online horse race wagering with rules in conflict with the Interstate Horseracing Act.

The legal fate of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act took a step closer to finality as the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals again ruled in favor of its constitutionality.

Mister Punch could work out a beneficial stalking trip from the outside post and deserves a long look in the Dec. 20 Gun Runner Stakes at Fair Grounds.

A chance to travel around two turns as a 2-year-old in a Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifying race awaits a field of 12 in the Dec. 20 Remington Springboard Mile at Remington Park.

The supplements to the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale include Broken Oath, a half sister to multiple grade 1-placed, grade 2 winner Venetian Harbor.