Retired jockey and Thoroughbred aftercare advocate Rosie Napravnik will return to Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots Jan. 3 to lead the sixth annual “New Vocations Day at the Races.”

Oaklawn Park executive Louis Cella and the late trainer D. Wayne Lukas will be part of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame’s 2026 class, the ASHOF’s 68th overall.

Horse Racing Alberta has approved the 2026 budget, reflecting a disciplined approach in response to current economic conditions while maintaining strong support for the province’s racing and breeding industries.

Universe, a closing second in the 2025 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2) after two earlier graded stakes placings, aims to turn the stakes corner as a newly turned 3-year-old in the Jan. 3 Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park.

After breaking her maiden by an impressive 3 lengths over Woodbine’s all-weather track Nov. 29, Dunmore Beach will make her dirt debut Jan. 1 in the $175,000 Cash Run Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

The Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association and Gulfstream Park announced Dec. 31 a three-year agreement that, with each passing year, lowers the minimum number of required racing days at Gulfstream Park in South Florida.

Santa Anita Park canceled racing Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 due to a strengthening rainstorm coming in from the Pacific Ocean.

Kazushi Kimura did not originally have a mount in the American Oaks (G1T) opening day, Dec. 28, at Santa Anita Park, but that changed when fellow jockey Antonio Fresu was injured in the seventh race and Kimura picked up the mount aboard Ambaya.

Santa Anita Park canceled racing on Wednesday, Dec. 31, and Thursday, Jan. 1, due to a strengthening rainstorm coming in from the Pacific Ocean.

If you’ve attended the Preakness Stakes (G1) in recent years, you’re no doubt well aware of trainer Brittany Russell.