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Juddmonte announced Jan. 18 that Mandaloun's first reported foal is a filly, delivered over the weekend at Goodwin Farm.

Led by the Grade 1, $1 million Haskell Stakes, Monmouth Park is set to offer $8.05 million in stakes races when the track kicks off its 79th season on Saturday, May 11.

After six years of equine fatality decline in California, the total number of equine deaths (racing and training, all breeds) increased to 82 in 2023. Regulators hope return to stricter policy on injections helps in 2024.

After racing was canceled Jan. 19-21 due to severe winter weather, Oaklawn Park moved the Southwest card from Jan. 27 to Feb. 3. The Southwest Stakes (G3) is a Kentucky Derby (G1) race, carrying a point scale of 20-10-6-4-2 to the top five finishers.

Scott Miller bred the New York filly out of the Tiznow mare Sea Gazer. Magic On Tap is a grade 2-winning son of three-time leading sire Tapit.

Bred by Franziska Jacobs out of the half sister to Deutsches Derby second Schwarzer Peter, the colt is the first reported foal for Gestut Auenquelle's three-time group 1 winner. 

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will play host to the second annual "Countdown to the Triple Crown" fundraising event on Saturday, Feb. 3.

The bill passed by a 35-1 vote Jan. 8 with the expectation that Murphy would sign the bill into law. But Drazin said that Murphy expressed his reluctance to pass anything that was approved during lame-duck session.

The filly born Jan. 18 is out of the Unbridled's Song daughter Sophie Sophie.

Tom Hammond, whose dynamic career of more than 50 years in broadcasting, television production, and numerous contributions to the Thoroughbred industry, will be honored with the Special Eclipse Award for Career Excellence Jan. 25.

Each of 1/ST Racing's venue racetracks will continue to make payments to the Jockeys' Guild to subsidize health and safety benefits, life and accident insurance, as well as short-term and long-term disability benefits for qualifying jockeys.

Churchill Downs has recently begun to implement new procedures that it believes will resolve the issues that have haunted its turf course.

The supplemental catalog to the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2024 Winter Mixed Sale is now available on the company's website on the sale's main web page.  A total of 46 horses have been supplemented to the sale.

"We are honored that John, Ty, and Andy will join our board," said TOC chairman Gary Fenton. "We are in a period of great transition and their passion, wisdom and institutional knowledge of California horse racing will be of tremendous value."

The $100,000 La Canada Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park Jan. 20 will serve as a 1 1/16-mile battleground for a rematch between 2023 Bayakoa Stakes (G3) 1-2 finishers Midnight Memories and Desert Dawn.

The famed stud north of Perth is about to embark on an era of change with the retirement of founder David Smith. Smith's son Jeremy and his wife Sarah will take over ownership of the operation on March 1.

The 2024 Wanamaker's January Sale catalog is now available for viewing. A wide range of horses are on offer with horses of racing age, open broodmares, in-foal broodmares, and stallion seasons are all cataloged this month.

Gainesway announced Jan. 17 the first reported foal by grade 1-winning sprinter Drain the Clock, a colt born at Machmer Hall Farm in Kentucky.  The colt is out of the mare Egyptian Bride, a half sister to grade 1-placed Generous Tipper.

Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance announced the dates of the annual Off to the Races Campaign, an online benefit auction featuring VIP racing experience packages with all proceeds going to support accredited aftercare.

NYRA today unveiled the official logo for the 2024 Belmont Stakes (G1), which will be contested at Saratoga Race Course for the first time in history to allow for the uninterrupted construction of a new and re-imagined Belmont Park.