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

The program, established in 2024, aims to provide 25 externships to vet students with a focus on networking opportunities in equine veterinary medicine and establishing a mechanism to identify, recruit, and retain young veterinarians.

A University of Kentucky study suggests the use of ertugliflozin keeps a horse’s blood sugar and insulin levels down after a corticosteroid joint injection. With insulin tied to laminitis, this discovery could provide safer care for at-risk horses.

Caitlin Courtney has been named the new director of sales at Denali Stud after 11 years working with St George Sales and Brookstone Farm.

For the fifth straight year, the European Pattern Committee has reduced the number of black-type races, which chair Jason Morris says, “reflects the collective responsibility that the EPC member countries share towards enforcing quality control.”

Leading young sire Zarak will miss the start of the covering season due to an accident in his stable, the Aga Khan Studs revealed Feb. 17.

Dollars & Sense with Frank Angst looks at Forever Young’s remarkable career as an example of an international approach that could keep racing’s top stars in training. Read more:

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J. Paul Reddam homebred Pavlovian, recent winner of the Sunland Park Derby, is among the top 10 by points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Reddam has won the Derby twice but Pavlovian could become his first homebred starter.