Byron King’s Top 12 on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, presented by Spendthrift Farm.

A year after its colt No More Time was ruled out of the Kentucky Derby (G1) due to injury, Morplay Racing begins a new quest for the Run for the Roses with Guns Loaded in the Feb. 1 $265,000 Holy Bull Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park.

In the first National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top Thoroughbred Poll of 2025, Pegasus World Cup (G1) winner White Abarrio tops Thorpedo Anna for the No. 1 spot.

Delaware Park has made some changes to their stakes schedule in 2025, shifting the Delaware Handicap (G3) to September and debuting the Delaware Derby in June. The meet will run May 14-Oct. 11.

Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation announced Jan. 28 that Kevin Lavin, who had been vice-chair, has been named chair, replacing Del Hancock, and Geoffrey Russell has been named vice-chair.

Pleasant Acres Stallions announced the arrival of Verifying’s first foal, a strong and healthy filly out of the Malibu Moon mare Selective Memory. Born Jan. 25 at 5:30 a.m., the foal is owned by Belvedere Farm in Reddick, Fla.

Old Friends announced that graded stakes-winning stallions Intidab, age 32, and Kayrawan, age 33, that were donated to the farm for their retirements by Shadwell Farm, were euthanized due to the infirmities of old age.

The Queens M G, winner of the Adirondack Stakes (G3), looks to return to her winning ways Feb. 1 in the Forward Gal Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park. She faces a deep field including stakes winners My Denysse and Stunner.

Apparently, the difference in temperatures is not the only polar opposite between New York and Florida at the moment. It also extends to their breeding programs.

There were conversations about sending Thorpedo Anna to the Dubai World Cup (G1), but McPeek said that while that hasn’t been ruled out, the more likely follow-up to the Azeri Stakes (G2) would be the Apple Blossom Stakes (G1) at Oaklawn.