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At the close of trade, New Zealand Bloodstock reported 207 yearlings had found new homes at a clearance rate of 77%. The day one aggregate finished at NZ$38,197,500, a 43% increase year-on-year.

Hong Kong superstars Romantic Warrior and Ka Ying Rising dominated local rivals in their group 1 victories Jan. 25 at Sha Tin Racecourse as both continued assaults on the record books.

Umberto Rispoli's mount in the Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint, Unconquerable Keen, clipped heels in deep stretch and dislodged him. The rider suffered a fractured ankle. The horse walked off under his own power. 

Perfect Shot pulled the upset in the $300,000 Houston Ladies Classic (G3) at Sam Houston Race Park Jan. 24, extending Steve Asmussen's win streak to five and giving him seven wins in the past eight years. Dual grade 1 winner La Cara finished fifth.

For a sixth time, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert scores in the $100,500 La Canada Stakes (G3) Jan. 24 at Santa Anita Park with 5-year-old Nafisa.

Skippylongstocking finishes ahead of his other 7-year-old rivals, stablemate White Abarrio and Full Serrano.

Now 2-for-2 at Gulfstream Park, Steve Landers Racing's Destino d'Oro pulled the upset to win the $490,500 Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G2T) Jan. 24.

Amerman Racing's Test Score outran stablemate One Stripe to give trainer Graham Motion a 1-2 finish in the $937,800 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes (G1T) Jan. 24 at Gulfstream Park.

More Than Looks (More Than Ready–Ladies' Privilege, by Harlan's Holiday), winner of the 2024 GI Breeders' Cup Mile, was represented by his first three foals Saturday, when a colt and a filly arrived in Kentucky and a second colt was born in Florida.

Multiple stakes-winning and multiple graded stakes-placed Eden Prairie (Mizzen Mast) produced a colt, bred by Sampson Racing Stables, at Chesapeake Farm in Kentucky.

“We couldn't be more pleased with this colt. He's a strong, good-looking individual,” said Chesapeake Farm's Collier Mathes. “The dam's success with More Than Ready made the decision to breed to More Than Looks an obvious choice after his Breeders' Cup win. We have big expectations for his future.”

Eden Prairie is the dam of multiple stakes winner and graded-placed Minnesota Ready (More Than Ready).

Also in Kentucky, Clear Voice (Kantharos) produced her first foal, a filly bred by Machmer Hall.

“We are thrilled to bits with this darling, leggy filly by Breeders' Cup Mile Winner More Than Looks,” said Carrie Brogden of Machmer Hall. “She has a beautiful expression and is the epitome of class for a newborn.”

A colt bred by Tag Stables, and out of the Stormy Atlantic mare Spirited Storm, was born at Lambholm South in Florida. Spirited Storm is the dam of the graded-placed Uncaptured Spirit (Uncaptured) and stakes winner Spirited Boss (Street Boss).

“He is a huge colt with lots of personality, but smart,” said Shelly Fournier of Lambholm South.

In addition to his Breeders' Cup victory, More Than Looks won the 2023 GIII Manila Stakes and was second in the 2024 GI Coolmore Turf Mile and GI Fourstardave Handicap.

More Than Looks stands at Lane's End for $10,000.

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Stablemates Skippylongstocking (Exaggerator) and White Abarrio (Race Day) exited their one-two finish in Saturday's GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational in good shape and connections are still contemplating next moves for the 7-year-olds, according to trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr.

“Nothing's signed yet. Just talking it over briefly, something like the GII Oaklawn Handicap comes into play for one of them,” Joseph said. “And also the G1 Dubai World Cup. But nothing's really been decided yet. We're going to sleep on it and then decide.”

The Oaklawn Handicap will be run at Oaklawn Park Apr. 18. The Dubai World Cup is scheduled for Mar. 28 at Meydan Racecourse.

Skippylongstocking was a 10-time graded stakes winner before earning his first Grade I victory at Gulfstream Saturday.

“He ran fast enough at times to win one, but he never did it. People were always knocking, knocking him, saying he's not a Grade I winner, not a Grade I winner, and look, he showed up,” Joseph said. “He did it in a race that a lot of great horses have won.”

Skippylongstocking rated well off the early pace under Tyler Gaffalione before rallying to catch defending champion White Abarrio in deep stretch in what was the later's first start since being controversially scratched by attending veterinarians at Del Mar just minutes before the start of the Nov. 1 GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile.

“Obviously, there was a lot of pressure running Abarrio after being scratched from the Breeders' Cup. You're overthinking everything–that's not the way you want to train a horse. You have to train with confidence, but we couldn't be confident because of the lack of preparation,” Joseph said. “I didn't know how he would run. Going into the race, there was no confidence. To do what he did [Saturday] was special.”

Test Score (Lookin at Lucky) and One Stripe (SAf) (One World {SAf}), another pair of stablemates who finished one-two Saturday at Gulfstream, this time in the G1 Pegasus Turf World Cup Invitational, were reported in fine shape by trainer Graham Motion Sunday.

“Everybody looks really good,” Motion said. “One Stripe's a little irritated about being beaten, I think, but they both seem really good.”

Amerman Racing's 4-year-old homebred Test Score, second by less than a length after a troubled trip in the Nov. 29 GI Hollywood Derby, and jockey Manny Franco split horses in the stretch and held off One Stripe's dramatic late run to earn his second career Grade I victory and push his bankroll over $2 million.

“I've rewatched it a lot,” Motion said. “It was hard to watch at the time. I kind of focused on One Stripe at the top of the stretch and I didn't realize that the horse he was going to nail if he got there was Test Score. It was a little bit surreal.”

Hollywood Racing and Rikesh Sewgoolam's 5-year-old One Stripe, a two-time Group 1 winner at home under regular South African rider Gavin Lerena, found himself well out in the center of the turf course when they uncorked a furious late surge.

“Around the three-eighths pole Gavin said [One Stripe] got a little tight and got a little intimidated there and it took him a little while to get going. Once he straightened away, it took him a while to kind of switch leads and run on, which I think is why he ended up so far out on the track. But what a brave race he ran,” Motion said.

“Both jocks were great. I think the difference was the trip Manny had. It was just a perfect trip,” Motion added. “Test Score is just so resilient. He always just tries so hard. He's such a tough horse. He's a kind, kind horse in the morning but he's such a competitor.”

Motion said Test Score will get some time off after racing nine times at seven different tracks in 11 months and could point for the May 2 GI Turf Classic on the Kentucky Derby undercard.

“I'm definitely going to freshen him up. A race like the [Turf Classic] on Derby Day would probably make sense,” Motion said. “It's the right distance for him, it's a big purse and the timing would be good.”

One Stripe was making his second start of the Championship Meet Saturday, having earned his first North American victory in a one-mile optional claiming allowance Dec. 26 and may be pointed long-term at the GI Arlington Million at Colonial Downs in August.

“I really think a mile and a quarter is going to be in his scope. I think that's the kind of race I'd like to point for this summer, but I haven't really thought about his next start,” Motion said. “I really didn't think beyond the day for either one of them, but I'm not going to be in a hurry to run them back. One Stripe has had two pretty strong runs down here, so I'm not going to be looking to run him back real quick.

“I've had an extraordinary amount of people reach out. I guess being on national television makes a difference, but it's very rewarding,” he added. “I'm so pleased for the South African crew. They had faith in this horse and it kind of showed to be justified that he's this kind of horse. And I couldn't be prouder of Test Score. We've been really lucky with this horse and Trikari. I'm so fortunate to have some of these nice horses for Mr. Amerman.”

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Prominent racehorse owner Earle Mack's The Earle I. Mack Foundation, in partnership with Project Victory, has delivered 750 additional generators to communities across Ukraine, prioritizing children and families living in the most vulnerable conditions, according to a press release from the foundation. The generators and heaters, which run on petrol or diesel, help to restore heat, light, water and online learning across Ukraine.

Previously, heaters and generators delivered by the Earle I. Mack Foundation and its partners at the Pataki Center have brought critical heat and power to more than one million Ukrainians, primarily vulnerable children, helping them survive the bitter winter. The latest delivery with Project Victory brings the total number of heaters and generators donated to 1,150.

“These generators have been distributed to orphanages, shelters, foster families, home schools, and households, providing children with protection from prolonged blackouts that now last eight to 20 hours per day in many regions,” said Mack. “In some frontline and recently liberated areas, electricity is unavailable for weeks at a time. By supporting these deliveries, we are helping bring stability and dignity to children and families facing extreme hardship as winter sets in.”

Earle Mack has travelled to Ukraine to deliver the generators four times, with a fifth trip planed in the near future.

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The betting public couldn't take their eyes off him before the race, and Code Review (Uncle Mo) never stopped going in the lane after posting brisk early fractions, striding home to become his late sire's newest 'TDN Rising Star. presented by Hagyard' at Gulfstream Park.

Code Review left the gates as the 3-5 favorite and stepped forward to contest the pace through an opening quarter in :21.80, and a half in :44.90. On a narrow advantage at the head of affairs with challengers mounting bids on both sides, he responded when called in the stretch, and extended his margin just enough to comfortably defeat the closers. Amberjack (Complexity) and Royal Crescent (Quality Road) were the looming dangers late, but were well beaten in second and third, respectively.

The victor is a full-brother to the ill-fated Laoban GSW, $526,250, and is the dam's most recent to the races. Chattertown most recently has a yearling filly by Practical Joke to her credit and is due to Golden Pal in 2026. In addition to the aforementioned full-brother, Code Review is a half-sibling to Ready Ready Ready (More Than Ready), the dam of GSW Abientot (Not This Time), Canadian champion juvenile colt Mr. Hustle (Declaration of War), and GSP Malibu Coast (Malibu Moon). Another half-sister is mother to SP Dai Vernon (Good Magic).

This is the same female line that produced GSP Bluegrass Chatter (Bluegrass Cat) and MSP Chit Chatter (Lost Soldier), herself dam of MGISW I'm a Chatterbox (Munnings).

 

CODE REVIEW ($3.20) surged home under @iradortiz and won on debut in the 3rd at @Gulfstreampark. The full brother to Laoban is conditioned by @SaffieJosephJr for owners @C2RacingStable, Ken Reimer, JRM Stables, & Tami Bobo.

Start a Pick 4 here: https://t.co/jLQPq6YsJi pic.twitter.com/Vy5BKXy4TS

— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) January 25, 2026

3rd-Gulfstream, $68,000, Msw, 1-25, 3yo, 6f, 1:10.25, ft, 1 1/2 lengths.
CODE REVIEW, c, 3, by Uncle Mo
                1st Dam: Chattertown {SP, $104,332}, by Speightstown
                2nd Dam: Chatter Chatter, by Lost Soldier
                3rd Dam: Bedroom Chatter, by Cure the Blues
Sales history: $200,000 Wlg '23 FTKNOV; $575,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $40,800. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
O-C2 Racing Stable, LLC, Ken T. Reimer, JRM Stables, LLC and Tami Bobo; B-Longfield Stables (KY); T-Saffie A. Joseph, Jr..

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Leading jockey Umberto Rispoli, who was thrown from his mount Unconquerable Keen (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}) nearing the sixteenth pole of Saturday's Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint, was taken to the hospital and has been diagnosed with a fractured ankle, tibia and fibula, according to a post on X from his agent Matt Nakatani.

“This isn't the end of the road for us,” Nakatani wrote. “We will be back stronger than ever. We greatly appreciate all of your support.”

Nakatani posted that Rispoli will undergo surgery in the near future pending conversations with doctors. There was no immediate timeline for his return to the saddle.

Rispoli was replaced on his two remaining mounts on the program, including aboard Almendares (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), who rounded out the triple in the GI Pegasus World Cup Turf. He was scheduled to have four rides Sunday at Santa Anita, including Later Than Planned (Ire) for Phil d'Amato in the Baffle Stakes.

 

Latest update on Jockey Umberto Rispoli

This isn't the end of the road for us. We will be back stronger than ever. Thank you again for all the texts and calls. We greatly appreciate all of your support @umbyrispoli #TeamRispoli #PrayersUpForASpeedyRecovery pic.twitter.com/iXaep147oe

— Matt Nakatani (@MATT_NAK) January 25, 2026

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NOBLE AFFAIR (c, 3, Vekoma–Paden Affair, by Rockport Harbor) was unveiled Dec. 27 at this venue but sprinting on the turf, and ran on well to claim third in a blanket finish after trailing early on from eighth.

Moved to the dirt for this second jump, he was asked to navigate a sloppy surface as Fair Grounds hustled to beat the weather, and left the gates carrying 3-1 odds on this seasonal debut. Out to set the pace through an opening quarter in :22.38 and after four furlongs in :45.89, Noble Affair was still leading the bunch, but that lead was under pressure from Corona de Oro (Bolt d'Oro) in the lane. Game along the rail as the 2-1 favorite came calling from the grandstand side, his advantage was shrinking late as the pair battled down to the wire. Noble Affair managed to hold off that looming rival by a half-length and it was a long way back to third.

The victor is the most recent to the races for Paden Affair, who has now produced five successful offspring from six of racing age. Her most recent is a yearling colt by Nashville, and the mare is due to Elite Power for 2026. Paden Affair is a half-sister to SW & GSP Indian Burn (Indian Charlie), herself the dam of MGSW & GISP Crazy Beautiful (Liam's Map).

Noble Affair was purchased for $600,000 at OBS April last season after previous selling for $275,000 as a yearling at Keeneland September last year and bringing $75,000 as a weanling during the auction's November sale in 2023.

 

 

#8 NOBLE AFFAIR ($8) goes gate-to-wire digging in late to win race 7 at the @fairgroundsnola. The son of Vekoma (@spendthriftfarm) was ridden by @James_D_Graham and is trained by Steve Asmussen. Wathnan Racing owns, pic.twitter.com/SELIos1aMO

— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) January 24, 2026

7th-Fair Grounds, $54,000, Msw, 1-24, 3yo, 6f, 1:09.84, ft, 1/2 length.
NOBLE AFFAIR (c, 3, Vekoma–Paden Affair, by Rockport Harbor) Sales history: $75,000 Wlg '23 KEENOV; $275,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP; $600,000 2yo '25 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, $38,450. O-Wathnan Racing; B-Sandra Sexton & Silver Fern Farm (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen.
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Amerman Racing LLC's Test Score (Lookin At Lucky) continued a phenomenal and productive afternoon for the newly turned 4-year-olds on the grass at Gulfstream Park, as he emerged from the pack to take out the $1-million GI Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational, just holding off a late surge from his very well-backed stablemate One Stripe (SAf) (One World {SAf}).

Earlier on the program, Layabout (Laoban) was expertly handled from the front by David Egan to win the GIII W.L. McKnight Stakes, while Destino d'Oro (Bolt d'Oro) defeated her elders in the GIII Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf while making her first start as four.

Off at odds of 38-5 in his first start outside of age-restricted competition, the rail-drawn homebred secured the perfect spot two back on the fence in the box seat as Cabo Spirit (Pioneerof the Nile) made the running for Hall of Famer Mike Smith. Ridden for luck, with favored Program Trading (GB) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) stalking his every move from the fence a few lengths adrift, Test Score was angled sharply to the outside of the pacesetter in upper stretch, edged to the lead and proved narrowly best.

One Stripe, who had never raced beyond a mile, was hammered at the tills in the late stages to jump at odds of 43-10 from a 12-1 morning line. The recipient of a midfield trip for leading South African jockey Gavin Lerena, the bay entire came widest for the drive and was getting to the winner, but the wire arrived too soon. Almendares (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}) finished a longshot third.

“I wanted to come out of there running because I knew there was a lot of speed in the race and I didn't want to be too far behind,” said winning jockey Manny Franco. “I didn't want to lose position going into the first turn. I held my position the whole time until we got to the backside. After that I was happy with where I was and how my horse was traveling.

“At the three-eighths pole, the horse on the lead got away a little bit and I was able to go outside him,” Franco added. “When [Test Score] made the front early he kind of waited a little bit, but when he felt the competition again he gave me another gear.”

Campaigned aggressively at three, Test Score defeated World Beater (Oscar Perormance) in the GI Belmont Derby at Saratoga on July 4 before finishing a half-length third to that foe in the Aug. 2 GI Saratoga Derby. An even fourth in the GIII Nashville Derby around the undulating course at Kentucky Downs in September, he outclassed his rivals in the GII Twilight Derby Oct. 25 with blinkers added for the first time and endured a checkered run through the lane when beaten a half-length into third in the GI Hollywood Derby at Del Mar Nov. 29.

Motion said he was inclined to shut down Test Score, given the rigors of his sophomore campaign.

“I'm going to give [Test Score] a bit of a break,” he said. “He's had a long year. I wanted to point for this race. We'll freshen him up for the spring. One Stripe, I think the future is unlimited for him. The distance really helped him today.”

Pedigree Notes:

John and Jerry Amerman purchased third dam Society Dream privately from her French breeder and she was a stakes winner and Grade III placed in California under the care of Neil Drysdale. She has posthumously gone on to become the second dam of the Amermans' dual-surface Grade III winner Endlessly, a son of their star turf horse Oscar Performance.

Miss Chapin, one of six winners out of Society Dream, also became a noteworthy producer for the couple, accounting for GI Just A Game Stakes heroine Coffee Clique (Medaglia d'Oro), two-time graded winner Admission Office (Point of Entry) and MGSP Royal Fury (Langfuhr).

Test Score is the third of three winners from his dam and has a 2-year-old half-brother named Military Academy (War of Will) and a yearling half-sister by Liam's Map. Joy of Learning was most recently covered by Not This Time.

Saturday, Gulfstream Park
PEGASUS WORLD CUP TURF INVITATIONAL S.-GI, $937,800, Gulfstream, 1-24, 4yo/up, 1 1/8mT, 1:47.04, fm.
1–TEST SCORE, 123, c, 4, by Lookin At Lucky
                1st Dam: Joy of Learning, by Kitten's Joy
                2nd Dam: Miss Chapin, by Royal Academy
                3rd Dam: Society Dream (Fr), by Akarad (Fr)
O/B-Jerry Amerman (KY); T-H. Graham Motion; J-Manuel Franco. $516,000. Lifetime Record: 13-5-3-3, $2,000,525. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus* Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com  catalogue-style pedigree.
2–One Stripe (Saf), 123, h, 5, One World (Saf)–Silver Stripe (Saf), by Silvano (Ger). O-Hollywood Racing and Sewgoolam, Rikesh; B-Drakenstein Stud (SAF); T-H. Graham Motion. $172,000.
3–Almendares (GB), 123, g, 6, Havana Grey (GB)–Glace (Ire), by Verglas (Ire). 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. (16,000gns Wlg '20 TATFOA; 14,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Rochfort, John, McLean Racing Stables, Gevertz, Saul, Nentwig, Michael and Pagano, Ray; B-D. TUCKER (GB); T-Philip D'Amato. $86,000.
Margins: NK, 1, HD. Odds: 7.60, 4.30, 37.70.
Also Ran: Astronomer, Program Trading (GB), Fort Washington, Chasing the Crown, Call Sign Seven, Cabo Spirit, Beach Gold, Cugino, Major Dude. Scratched: Balnikhov (Ire).
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TEST SCORE ($17.20) held off a flying One Stripe (SAF) in the $1,000,000 Pegasus World Cup Turf (G1) at @GulfstreamPark. Trainer @GrahamMotion trains the 1-2 finishers! @jockeyfranco was up on the 4YO Lookin At Lucky colt.

Pegasus World Cup is now: https://t.co/UXCZfzZ4lz pic.twitter.com/MOoRgUHdM7

— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) January 24, 2026

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Racing Post takes a look at the top new stallions to stand this year in Britain.

Multiple graded stakes winner Domestic Product saw his first reported foal Jan. 23 at Hidden Brook Farm when the Violence mare She Caught My Eye produced a bay colt.

Ahead of the OBSOnline January Sale and January Winter Mixed Sale, OBS has upgraded its internet bidding platform for both live and timed auctions. 

New Zealand Bloodstock is set to mark a significant milestone as the National Yearling Sale celebrates its 100th anniversary, offering a refined catalog of quality yearlings to be offered across three days of selling, beginning Jan. 25 at Karaka.

There will be plenty of music at Gulfstream Park Jan. 24 on a typically festive Pegasus World Cup day. The DJs in the hospitality areas will probably be playing lots of pop and hip-hop. But on the racetrack, it could be Disco Time.