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The sale will be held Feb. 5-6 at the Newtown Paddocks sales grounds in Lexington.

New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program saw over a 15% increase in retired racehorses that went through the program in 2023 compared to the prior year. The program's mission is to rehab, retrain, and rehome retired Thoroughbreds and Standardbreds.

The Steve Asmussen trainee will need to once again defeat rising star Nash from the Brad Cox barn as well as grade 2 winner Can Group, a top performer on the turf who takes his talents to the dirt in the chance to join the Derby fray.

Freezing temperatures are expected in the Houston area until Jan. 17.

Racing in the Asian jurisdiction to close April 1 as government pulls plug on the sport in the world's gambling mecca.

Southern California's turf king Phil D'Amato struck again when his runners finished 1-2 in the $100,000 Las Cienegas Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita Park.

Minimum quality scores used to monitor the quality of non-listed, black-type stakes will be increased starting Jan. 1, 2025. The higher scores could remove black-type status for around 59 stakes.

WinStar Farm's Life Is Good, winner of the 2021 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1), sired his first reported foal when a filly out of the graded stakes-placed Verrazano mare Shesa Mystery was foaled at Brookstone Farm in Paris, Ky., Jan. 13.

Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Storm Boy, the unbeaten son of global sire sensation Justify, could command international interest from stud farms as well as fierce competition from Australia's stallion operations.

Godolphin's newly turned 4-year-old First Mission continued serious preparations for the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) Jan. 27 with another five-eighths of a mile bullet work Saturday at the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.

Although National Treasure has been nominated for the Feb. 24 Saudi Cup (G1), co-owner Tom Ryan of SF Racing indicated on the media platform X Saturday afternoon that the Jan. 27 $3 million Pegasus would be the colt's next start.

The Chosen Vron proved too much for his California-bred peers in the $150,000 California Cup Sprint Stakes going six furlongs at Santa Anita Park.

Walmac Farm's Pinehurst, winner of the 2021 Del Mar Futurity (G1) and a millionaire son of Twirling Candy, sired his first reported foal when a filly out of the winning Klimt mare Lady Jewels was born at Southern Comfort Farm Jan. 12.

The Todd Pletcher barn had a busy morning Jan. 13 with Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) hero Fierceness and Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) hopefuls Dynamic One and Grand Aspen turning in works at Palm Beach Downs.

It was a day for favorites at Tampa Bay Downs, as both 1-9 Book'em Danno and 4-5 Mystic Lake scored stakes victories in the Pasco Stakes and Gasparilla Stakes, respectively, Jan. 13.

The first reported foal for 2022 champion 3-year-old male Epicenter arrived Jan. 13 at Twin Creeks Farm near Versailles, Ky., when two-time Saratoga Race Course winner and stakes-placed Peaceful produced a quality filly.

After earning a stakes placing as a 2-year-old last season, Gin Gin opened her 3-year-old campaign with a clear victory in the $97,000 Busanda Stakes Jan. 13 at Aqueduct Racetrack.

An AU$1.4 million colt by Extreme Choice proved too irresistible for big-time international investor Yulong as the curtain came down on Book 1 of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale Jan. 13.

Due to impending freezing temperatures and snow forecasted, Oaklawn has made the decision to cancel the races on Sunday, Jan. 14.

Top Santa Anita Park older horses National Treasure and Newgrange each worked Saturday towards potential starts in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) at Gulfstream Park Jan. 27.