This free edition of Racing Post’s Good Morning Bloodstock catches up with Europe’s oldest active sire.

Thoroughbreds on major farms and training centers in Victoria, Australia, have been evacuated as bushfires continue to rage across the state, a crisis the emergency services have described as “catastrophic.”

Kentucky-based trainer Brad Cox finished atop the North American earnings list for a third time in 2025.

Paradise Lake wins her first stakes for C R K Stable and trainer Peter Eurton.

Veteran horse trainer Kathleen DeMasi was elected by members of the Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association to serve as the organization’s president; the first woman selected for that role.

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters announced Jan. 8 the winners of the 2025 Media Eclipse Awards in six categories.

The New York Racing Association reports multiple grade 1 winner Leo O’Brien—trainer of New York-bred millionaires Fourstardave, Fourstars Allstar, and Irish Linnet—died Jan. 8 at the age of 85 following a lengthy illness.

Spendthrift Farm’s multiple grade 1 winner Dornoch sired his first reported foal Jan. 7 when a colt was born at Taylor Made Farm near Nicholasville, Ky.

Shisospicy is set to begin her 2026 season in Saudi Arabia, competing in the 1351 Turf Sprint (G2T) on Saudi Cup (G1) night Feb. 14.

Skip Dickstein recognized at the start of the Aug. 31 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (G1) that something unusual was about to happen. His image of Irad Ortiz Jr. unseated from Mindframe earns him a second Eclipse Award for outstanding photography.