Incorporated in 1984, the California Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides medical, dental, optometry, and referral services to the backstretch communities (and their families) in California.

Gigante, a 5-year-old son of leading young-sire Not This Time, is offered as a horse of racing age by Lane’s End, agent. His biggest win came at 3, winning the Secretariat Stakes (G2T) at Colonial Downs going one mile on turf.

Now ranking second on the Kentucky Derby (G1) leaderboard after winning the Southwest Stakes (G3), Speed King is putting the ‘little guys’ on center stage, including his North Carolina-based breeder Nancy Shuford.

Barnes, Getaway Car, and Rodriguez, who are all nominated to the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) Feb. 1, worked Jan. 26 at Santa Anita Park. Barnes worked worked four furlongs in :48 3/5.

Saffie Joseph Jr.’s contingent of White Abarrio, Be Your Best, Mystic Lake, and Skippylongstocking, who finished third to White Abarrio in the Pegasus Stakes (G1), all exited their races in good order.

Now ranking second on the Kentucky Derby (G1) leaderboard after winning the Southwest Stakes (G3), Speed King is putting the ‘little guys’ in center stage, including his North Carolina-based breeder Nancy Shuford.

Honored by the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association National Breeding and Racing Awards, Keogh was the recipient of the Wild Geese Award which is presented to a native son or daughter who excels on the global Thoroughbred landscape.

Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company has added multiple stakes-placed Dream Concert to its OBSOnline January auction, which runs through Jan. 30.

The Eddie Truman Library was opened in Santa Anita’s stable area in a dedicated space that’s part of the recreation center and dining hall that serves backstretch workers. Truman donated many of the books in the collection.

Wootton Bassett fever hit Karaka early on the first day of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale Jan. 26 with two colts by the sire selling for a combined figure of NZ$1,325,000 (about US$756,501).