Blood-Horse

With state lawmakers in Florida considering legislation that would decouple casino licenses tied to Thoroughbred tracks, opponents of such a plan are digging in for a fight.

JR Ranch, Marquee Bloodstock, High Step Racing and OGMA Investments' Ferocious, twice grade 1-placed as a 2-year-old, continues to work forwardly at Gulfstream Park for his highly anticipated sophomore debut.

C2 Racing Stable, Prince Faisal bin Khaled bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and Antonio Pagnano's three-time grade 1 winner White Abarrio put in his final breeze Jan. 16 for the $3.015 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Park Jan. 25.

Thorpedo Anna's early 2025 racing schedule could include two races at Oaklawn Park, trainer Kenny McPeek said Jan. 15.

Group 1 winner and champion sire Savabeel is set to be inducted into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame for his contributions to the New Zealand racing and stud industries.

The catalog includes nearly 70 horses of racing age or racing prospects, as well as broodmares, broodmare prospects, and short yearlings. Thirty covering sires are represented, including Complexity, Epicenter, Tiz the Law, Uncle Mo, and Vekoma.

Keeneland Library is now presenting the exhibit Of Turf and Stone: Keeneland Through the Ages to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Keeneland Association.

The average and median saw an increase from 2024, with the average up to $48,584, from $47,013, and a 47% increase in the median, up to $22,000 from $15,000. A total of 723 horses sold for $35,125,900.

Tiz the Law, ranked third on the first-crop sire list in 2024, saw strong results during the third session of the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, getting the top-priced yearling colt and filly at $160,000 and $110,000, respectively.

With two seconds and a third in the Kentucky Derby (G1) since 2018, trainer Chad Brown has high standards for his top 3-year-olds.

A year after the idea died during state government budget talks, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing to invest state funds in a Thoroughbred safety initiative adjacent to Belmont Park.

One of Tampa Bay Downs' most popular promotions, the "Live It Up Challenge" online handicapping contest, begins Jan. 18 and runs through March 8, the date of the 45th running of the $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G3).

Stud TNT's dominating maiden winner Running Away tackles black-type company for the first time in the $125,000 Busanda Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Rockingham Ranch and David Bernsen's 5-year-old millionaire Newgrange has been elevated to the main field on the final invitation list for the $3.015 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) Jan. 25 at Gulfstream Park.

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

Godolphin's Kentucky homebred Poster, last-out winner of the Dec. 7 Remsen Stakes (G2), will look to double up on stakes wins in New York when he returns for the 1 1/8-mile, $250,000 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack Feb. 1.

With five runners from four different countries, the Jan. 17 Cape Verdi Stakes (G2T), the feature on the nine-race Dubai Racing Carnival card, is a truly international affair.

Stakes winners Greavette, Connie Swingle, and Accomodate Eva have also been added to the sale that runs Feb. 3-4. Also included in the supplements are short yearlings by Corniche, Hard Spun, Practical Joke, Street Sense, Violence, and War of Will.

Despite a brief interruption in training due to wildfires in Southern California, Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) winner Straight No Chaser remains on track for a start in the $2 million Riyadh Dirt Sprint (G2) at King Abdulaziz Racecourse Feb. 22.

The 3-year-old daughter of up-and-coming sire Wootton Bassett is a half sister to group 3-placed and group 1 fourth Bajan Girl. There was fair trade for the online sale, 49 lots sold for 371,400 guineas, at an average price of 7,580 guineas.