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The chestnut colt (Hip 114) out of grade 2 winner Deceptive Vision becomes the early leader during opening day Jan. 12 at the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale. The yearling is the second horse in the early offerings to sell above $500,000.

A private tour to visit Hall of Fame member Zenyatta at Lane's End Farm, along with halters worn by Breeders' Cup winners such as American Pharoah and Flightline, are among items listed in a Breeders' Cup Charities online auction launched Jan. 12.

Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance announced Jan. 12 that the 2026 accreditation application is now available and can be accessed online.

Magic Millions' Gold Coast Yearling Sale gets underway Jan. 13 with 1,221 lots cataloged for the five-day sale.

Podium, a leading global provider of trusted sports content and data solutions, announced Jan. 12 an international deal with Woodbine Racetrack aimed at bolstering the digital experience to fans.

As a boutique auction in which less than 200 horses are offered, The Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton's select yearling sale, does not always prove a reliable measure of interest in young Thoroughbreds. But in 2025 it assuredly would prove a harbinger.

Keeneland will kick off 2026 with the Horses of All Ages Sale Jan. 12-13 in Lexington. The sale, which spans over two days, features a catalog of 1,105 horses, including breeding stock, racing prospects, and short yearlings.

A heavy favorite, Queen Maxima earned her third graded triumph as she outgamed Princesa Moche to win the $102,000 Las Cienegas Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita Park Jan. 11.

Returning to the place of her grade 1 success, buyers will have the opportunity to make Simply in Front part of their broodmare band at the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, Jan. 12.

One of Tampa Bay Downs' most popular promotions, the "Live It Up Challenge" handicapping contest, begins Jan. 17 and runs through March 7.

The saddle jockey Ron Turcotte used aboard Secretariat in the sweep of the 1973 Triple Crown will be offered as part of an auction featuring the memorabilia collection of late Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay.

After finally breaking her maiden in her sixth attempt, Margarita Girl wasted no time becoming a graded stakes winner with a win in the $100,500 Las Flores Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park Jan. 11.

After winning the San Vicente Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park Jan. 10, So Happy carries a cherished pedigree line for breeder Leverett Miller to the top of the sport.

A quartet of Breeders' Cup winners—Splendora, Nysos, Super Corredora, and Full Serrano—all recorded workouts Jan. 11 at Santa Anita Park.

Goal Oriented, the grade 1-winning son of Not This Time, has been retired from racing and will take up stud duty at Spendthrift Farm for the 2026 breeding season, the farm announced Jan. 11. His introductory fee will be $30,000 S&N.

Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager, featuring GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Ted Noffey (Into Mischief) as the 6-1 individual favorite, will open Friday at noon (all times Eastern) and close Sunday at 6 p.m.

Additionally, All Other 3-Year-Olds not listed among the 39 individual interests are listed as the overall 4-1 choice.

The three-day pools feature $2 Win and Exacta wagering.

In 2025, Ted Noffey was undefeated through four starts winning the GI Hopeful, GI Breeders Futurity and Breeders' Cup Juvenile. Trained by Todd Pletcher, Ted Noffey closed as the individual in the first two pools at 10-1 and 7-1, respectively.

The complete field for Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (with trainer, sire and odds):

 

#1 Balboa (Brittany Russell, Not This Time, 80-1)

#2 Blackout Time (Kenny McPeek, Not This Time, 60-1)

#3 Boyd (Bob Baffert, Violence, 60-1)

#4 Brant (Bob Baffert, Gun Runner, 30-1)

#5 Buetane (Bob Baffert, Tiz the Law, 75-1)

#6 Cannoneer (Brad Cox, Into Mischief, 15-1)

#7 Chief Wallabee (Bill Mott, Constitution, 60-1)

#8 Chip Honcho (Steve Asmussen, Connect, 50-1)

#9 Class President (Todd Pletcher, Uncle Mo, 80-1)

#10 Commandment (Brad Cox, Into Mischief, 20-1)

#11 Crossingthechannel (Mike Trombetta, Omaha Beach, 90-1)

#12 Crown the Buckeye (Mike Maker, Yaupon, 75-1)

#13 D'code (Ray Ashford Jr., Speightstown, 80-1)

#14 Desert Gate (Bob Baffert, Omaha Beach, 50-1)

#15 Englishman (Cherie DeVaux, Maxfield, 60-1)

#16 Ewing (Mark Casse, Knicks Go, 60-1)

#17 Express Kid (Justin Evans, Bodexpress, 60-1)

#18 Further Ado (Brad Cox, Gun Runner, 10-1)

#19 Incredibolt (Riley Mott, Bolt d'Oro, 30-1)

#20 Intrepido (Jeff Mullins, Maximus Mischief, 80-1)

#21 Iron Honor (Chad Brown, Nyquist, 75-1)

#22 Liberty National (Kenny McPeek, Maxfield, 80-1)

#23 Litmus Test (Bob Baffert, Nyquist, 20-1)

#24 Mesquite (Cherie DeVaux, Union Rags, 90-1)

#25 Mob (Brian Lynch, Gun Runner, 80-1)

#26 My World (Brad Cox, Essential Quality, 50-1)

#27 Napoleon Solo (Chad Summers, Liam's Map, 40-1)

#28 Nearly (Todd Pletcher, Not This Time, 50-1)

#29 Ottinho (Chad Brown, Quality Road, 90-1)

#30 Paladin (Chad Brown, Gun Runner, 10-1)

#31 Renegade (Todd Pletcher, Into Mischief, 60-1)

#32 Secured Freedom (Tim Yakteen, Practical Joke, 80-1)

#33 So Happy (Mark Glatt, Runhappy, 75-1)

#34 Strategic Risk (Mark Casse, Noble Bird, 40-1)

#35 Ted Noffey (Todd Pletcher, Into Mischief, 6-1)

#36 Thunder Buck (Brad Cox, Gun Runner, 80-1)

#37 Thunderously (Bill Mott, Gun Runner, 60-1)

#38 Waymark (Brad Cox, Liam's Map, 90-1)

#39 White Tiger (Brad Cox, Constitution, 80-1)

#40 All Other 3-Year-Olds (4-1)

In last year's third Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool, eventual Kentucky Derby 151 winner Sovereignty closed at 21-1.

There are no refunds in the Kentucky Derby Future Wager. If Churchill Downs officials determine during the duration of this week's pool that one of the wagering interests experiences an injury, illness, or other circumstance that would prevent the horse from participating in the Kentucky Derby, betting on the individual horse will be suspended immediately.

Other Future Wager dates are set for Feb. 13-15 (Pool 4); Mar. 13-15 (Pool 5) and Apr. 2-4 (Pool 6). Pool 5 also will include the Longines Kentucky Oaks Future Wager.

More information, Brisnet.com past performances and real-time odds on the Kentucky Derby Future Wager will be available before the pools open Thursday at www.KentuckyDerby.com.

 

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Trevor Denman will be honored with the Special Eclipse Award for Career Excellence, according to a release by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters on Monday.

Denman's award will be celebrated at the 55th annual Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards at the Breakers Palm Beach in Florida on Jan. 22.

“What a wonderful way to end a 53 year career,” said Denman “I am so honored to receive this award and will treasure it forever. I wish to thank Alan Balch of Santa Anita and Joe Harper of Del Mar for giving an unknown kid a chance to call at such prestigious tracks back in 1983. I also thank all the fans for their tremendous support over the years. Thank you all!”

Born in Germiston, South Africa, Denman began calling races at 18 in 1971 in South Africa, and sometime later he was noticed by Californian Bill Kolberg, who was in South Africa and caught Denman's race calls. When Santa Anita was looking for a new racecaller, Kolberg gave racetrack officials a ringing endorsement of Denman, who was given an audition and passed it at age 31. He began calling races at the Oak Tree Meeting in 1983.

“What Claude Monet did for water lilies with a brush and canvas Trevor Denman did for the Thoroughbred with his voice and a microphone over the course of a 40-plus-year career as the race caller at Southern California's iconic race tracks,” said longtime industry executive and current partner and senior advisor at Brown Advisory, Craig Fravel. “Those of us fortunate to have heard him work day-in and day-out at Del Mar, Hollywood Park, Pomona and Santa Anita were treated to the art of storytelling that made the pace, drama and dynamics of a race clear from start to finish even with your eyes closed. His iconic calls in the 1989 Preakness Stakes with Sunday Silence and Easy Goer and the 2009 Breeders' Cup Classic won unbelievably by Zenyatta will live on as perfect complements to the greatness of the equine athletes on the track. This is an award richly deserved.”

At one time, Denman was calling the races at Santa Anita, Hollywood Park, Del Mar and Pomona (Fairplex) during a prolific annual schedule.

Denman called the races at Santa Anita until 2015, and at Del Mar from 1984 through 2024. He announced his retirement from Del Mar on March 6, 2025.

“This is one of the hardest decisions I have ever made,” Denman said to Del Mar publicity. “But my soul is telling me that now is the time.”

Denman called races for more than 50 years. In addition to his work in Southern California, he worked at tracks in the Bay Area and on the East Coast, as well as calling the Breeders' Cup races when ESPN had the TV rights to the championship event. Additionally, he provided the calls in several racing movies and dozens of television shows.

He currently lives with his wife, Robin, on a 500-acre farm in the Minnesota countryside.

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A short yearling colt by Gun Runner (hip 114) jumped to the top of the leader board in the early going of the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale Monday when bringing a final bid of $800,000 from Marc Gunderson. The colt, consigned by Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, is out of graded winner Deceptive Vision (A.P. Indy), a full-sister to Canadian champion Eye of the Leopard. The colt is a half-brother to multiple graded-placed Ancient Peace (War Front), who topped the 2023 Keeneland January sale when selling for $650,000. John Sikura's Hill 'n' Dale purchased Deceptive Vision as part of the dispersal of the historic Sam-Son Farm for $900,000 at the 2021 Keeneland January sale.

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Making only this third career start in as many seasons to race, the impeccably-bred Rothko (Tapit–Covfefe, by Into Mischief) proved best as the heavy favorite to graduate in a one-mile maiden test at Fair Grounds on Sunday.

The LNJ Foxwoods homebred was fourth in his career debut at Ellis Park in the summer of 2024 but wouldn't be seen again until the fall of his sophomore year, when he finished a solid second going 6 1/2 panels at Churchill Downs this past November.

Sent off the hot 1-5 choice while trying a mile for the first time here, the 4-year-old settled just behind pacesetter Crazy Diamond (Omaha Beach), who carved out an opening quarter in :23.38. Overtaking the early leader heading into the far turn, Rothko shot clear turning for home and was not for catching as he crossed the wire 1 3/4 lengths ahead of Mingo (Candy Ride {Arg}) at the wire.

The colt is out of dual champion Covfefe, who is also responsible for SW and GSP Ellen Jay (Constitution), $271,808. The dual Grade I winner and track record holder produced a filly by Gun Runner in 2024 followed by an Olympiad filly last season. Hailing from the family of GISWs Acoma and Arch, the 10-year-old mare was bred back to Not This Time.

6th-Fair Grounds, $54,000, Msw, 1-11, 4yo/up, 1m, 1:37.46, ft, 1 3/4 lengths.
ROTHKO (c, 4, Tapit–Covfefe {Ch. Female Sprinter, Ch. 3-year-old Filly, MGISW, $1,110,025}, by Into Mischief) Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0, $59,852. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

O/B-LNJ Foxwoods (KY); T-Brad H. Cox.

 

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After a brief retirement, veteran jockey agent Tony Martin is back and representing Jamison Mudd, an apprentice rider at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.